For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
Creams for old stretch marks are designed to help mask and even remove stretch marks that make your skin look old and deformed. While old stretch marks can also be removed with laser surgery, stretch mark creams are a cost effective way to look younger and keep your skin uniform and tight.
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Triamcinolone acetonide cream (Kenalog topical cream, Triacet, Triderm) is a prescription corticosteroid medication indicated to reduce sensations of itching or inflammation in patients with certain types of skin conditions.
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Testosterone is the hormone most responsible for sexual development and body composition in men. Testosterone production increases with the onset of puberty and usually peaks in most males during their late teens or early twenties.
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Newborn jaundice, also called infant jaundice, is when a newborn's blood contains excessive amounts of bilirubin. Usually this happens because a newborn's liver is not mature enough to process the bilirubin efficiently. Symptoms of newborn jaundice include yellowing of the skin and eyes on your baby.
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Many conditions can cause jaw bone pain. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, some types of jaw bone pain can be caused by conditions outside the jaw bone, such as a heart attack.
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Medical conditions causing irritation of the vagina and a woman's sensitive external genital tissues often cause similar symptoms, including pain, burning and itching. If you experience such symptoms, you may suspect a yeast infection or sexually transmitted disease, such as genital herpes.
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Your heart is responsible for supplying blood to every living cell in your body. To perform this essential task, your heart must beat in a controlled fashion so it can fill and empty efficiently.
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A keloid scar is a red, purple or brown raised scar that can result after an injury. While scarring is a biological safety method to protect the skin, a keloid arises when the scar tissue multiplies beyond what is necessary to protect the wound.
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Spinach is a leafy green flowering plant that can be consumed in both raw and cooked forms. While consuming spinach in its raw state can often make it difficult to digest, the nutrients and vitamins that are preserved in this raw vegetable can actually help improve digestion in the long run.
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If you suffer from heart disease or have a blood clot, your doctor may prescribe warfarin. Warfarin is a blood thinner, whose purpose is to prevent blood clots from forming or expanding in the blood vessels.
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The benefits of probiotics have been recognized for centuries, and in recent years both mainstream medicine and the food industry have become more interested in their role in preventing and managing conditions and diseases.
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If youβre a parent, you probably know firsthand how terrifying it is when your child gets a high fever. Add a racing resting pulse to that and you have a recipe for parental panic.
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Millions of women and men use hair dye to enhance, update or change up their look. Most people tolerate hair dye without a problem, but it can cause a reaction in some users. These reactions, known as contact dermatitis, are due to various chemicals in different types of hair dye.
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Your lipid profile is an overall assessment of your cardiac health. It consists of four numbers reflective of the amount of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels of your blood.
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The foods you think are healthy, may be the ones causing the rash on your face. The proteins in milk, soy, eggs, nuts, wheat or fish, the pollen in fruits and vegetables or the additives in many processed foods can cause an allergic reaction inside your body. This reaction may lead to an uncomfortable facial rash.
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Laryngitis is the loss of your voice or hoarseness that occurs when you have swelling or irritation of your larynx, or voice box. Your voice box contains your vocal cords and is located at the top of your trachea, which is the airway to your lungs.
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A G-tube, or gastric tube, is a surgically placed tube that goes through the skin of your abdomen directly into your stomach to provide nutrition support. It is meant for people who cannot eat or get enough nutrition by mouth.
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A sinus infection, or acute sinusitis, causes the sinuses around your eyes and nose to be inflamed and swollen. The swelling interferes with drainage and causes mucus to build up. You may be congested, have a headache or even have fever.
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Although some changes in vision may be a natural part of aging, blurred vision may be a sign of an underlying eye disease. One cause of deteriorating vision is a condition called macular degeneration.
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Many Americans struggle with excess weight. In 2004, Lester Crawford, then acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testified before Congress that two-thirds of adults in the United States were overweight and 31 percent were obese. Obesity is also on the rise among children.
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