For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
Gallstones can range from extremely painful to barely noticeable. If you have experienced gallbladder problems in the past, you may be nervous about including certain items in your diet, like beer. Your gallbladder interacts directly with your liver, which can be heavily affected by alcohol consumption.
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Sit ups are an effective exercise to strengthen and tone your abdominal muscles, but the stress they put on your muscles and digestive system can cause pain. Severe pain can indicate issues including cramps, a strained muscle, and problems with your stomach and intestines.
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Lymphocytic colitis occurs when all or part of your large or small intestines becomes inflamed. Symptoms include fecal incontinence, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, weight loss and nausea.
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Toddlers are prone to stomach upset, due in part to the immaturity of their digestive system. Acid reflux -- the backward flow of stomach contents into the food pipe, or esophagus -- is very common and usually harmless in infants.
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Without magnesium, your body could not properly digest foods. Your body uses the mineral magnesium to aid in the digestion process and to help regulate copper, potassium, zinc, vitamin D and calcium levels within your body. Magnesium also helps muscles contract and activates enzymes that your body needs.
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Vitamin B-12 is a natural alternative treatment, in conjunction with traditional medications to treat Bell’s palsy -- a condition that causes temporary paralysis of one side the face, making symmetrical facial expression impossible.
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Liver disease is a general term that can describe many conditions or diseases that affect the liver's functions. Examples include hepatitis, which is an inflammation of the liver, cirrhosis, which is scarring of the liver, or infections.
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It may not be your favorite routine health task, but you need to at least glance at your stool once in a while. Changes in diet and possible medical conditions can be indicated by the color of your stool. Often, it is nothing to worry about.
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As an essential mineral, potassium helps your body's many processes run smoothly. Potassium allows your muscles to function properly so that you can walk, run and otherwise go about your day. Without enough potassium -- a condition called hypokalemia -- cells throughout your body suffer.
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Insulin-dependent diabetics take insulin injections because their pancreas no longer produces insulin. Insulin helps cells absorb glucose, the body’s main energy source, from the blood.
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Diverticulosis occurs when small pouches in the large intestine bulge outward through weak spots. According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, or NDDIC, 10 percent of Americans older than 40, and half of people older than 60, have diverticulosis.
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Jaw pain and chest pressure are two of the classic signs of a heart attack, although the American Heart Association notes that jaw pain as a heart attack symptom is more likely to appear in women. Jaw pain and chest pressure can also indicate a condition called angina pectoris that results from coronary artery disease.
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One of the ways in which the berries of the hawthorn tree may help to lower your blood pressure, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, is through dilation. It appears that flavonoids and oligomeric procyanidins, nutrients in the flavonoid family, help dilate the blood vessels.
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People often don't realize that they can permanently damage their ability to hear from simple activities like using cotton swabs to get rid of ear wax. Never stick an object of any kind into your ear or use pressurized water to clean the ear canal.
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Every cell in the body requires magnesium. As a result, an extensive list of symptoms could result from a deficiency. The mineral is a key player in nerve and muscle function, blood sugar and blood pressure regulation, energy production, and the manufacture of protein, bone and genetic material.
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If you're experiencing tiny, rough bumps in patches on your skin, chances are high that you have a common skin condition known as keratosis pilaris. According to the Mayo Clinic, keratosis pilaris is a skin disorder that results in rough patches of tiny, white acne-like bumps that don't itch or hurt.
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Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic disorder of the digestive tract. Common symptoms are cramps or stomach pain that improve after a bowel movement. IBS patients often suffer from constipation or diarrhea, sometimes alternating between them. Stress or some foods may aggravate symptoms, but an article in "
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Neck and shoulder muscles can carry a lot of tension. This tension is a chronic problem for many people, causing discomfort and limited movement in the affected areas. Certain actions can reduce neck and shoulder tension and potentially eliminate the underlying cause.
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Sex hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, control the reproductive organs and responses. Women entering menopause, the period when the ovaries discontinue releasing eggs and produce lower levels of hormones, may benefit from the temporary use of hormone replacement therapy, or HRT.
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Stanabol is one of the brand names of the chemical for Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. According to Drugs.com, anabolic steroids can be used to help patients gain weight, fight breast cancer, treat hereditary angioedema, or treat anemia.
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