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When To Call a Professional Contact your doctor if you have a yellowing of the skin and eyes. If you have fever or abdominal pain as well, contact a health professional immediately. Forecast Infections related to duodenal obstruction by stones have excellent results when treated. More severe infection, ascending cholangitis, has a mortality rate of [...]

Your gallbladder stores bile until you eat. Then releases it into the small intestine to help digest food. The bile ducts are small “tubes” that carry bile drainage (a mixture of cholesterol, acids, salts and waste products) from the liver to the gallbladder and from the gallbladder to the small intestine. Several diseases can affect [...]

Latex allergy is a hypersensitivity to latex, a natural substance made from the milky sap of the rubber tree. Latex allergies occur when the immune system which normally protects the body against bacteria, viruses and toxins, also react to latex. In any kind of allergy when the immune system reacts against a substance that is [...]

Symptoms of food allergies vary depending on the immunological mechanisms involved. The most frequent reaction is a rash. If exposed to the drug before it is possible that the rash quickly, within the first or second day after taking the drug. The reaction can also take and will not appear until 8 to 10 days [...]

The fundamental manifestation of these diseases is heart failure, with onset of shortness of breath, tiredness, swelling of the legs, especially in the ankles. Respiratory distress may also occur more or less suddenly, or at bedtime incorporate improving and forcing the patient to remain seated. At other times may appear palpitations, loss of consciousness or [...]

In this modern life, diet and lifestyle have a great effect for our health. One of the parameter of our fitness is weight. One of the way to get ideal weight is diet. However, not all diet program works to achieve an ideal weight. When this thing happens you can consider trying effective HCG diet [...]

How is it diagnosed? The diagnosis of this condition is often delayed or not done, especially when symptoms are relatively mild and nonspecific. The diagnosis is based on common symptoms in the presence of a normal neurological examination. Patients with secondary forms of the disease may be due to peripheral neuropathy and sensory abnormalities related [...]

What is restless legs syndrome? The restless legs syndrome is a set of signs and symptoms characterized by the appearance of a series of spontaneous movements of the legs and continuous, associated with paresthesias (tingling or numbness) unpleasant. These sensations occur only at rest and are relieved by moving the legs. Are common sleep disorders [...]

Why occurs? Primary infantile glaucoma is caused by an abnormal fetal development of the angle structures of the eye, causing impaired drainage of aqueous humor and raising intraocular pressure. This in turn leads to damage to the optic nerve. In addition, children under 3 years, which have a more elastic collagen tissue eye, elevated intraocular [...]

What is retinal detachment? Retinal detachment is an abnormal separation between two of the two layers that make up the retina pigment epithelium (outer layer of the retina) and the sensory retina (inner layer of the retina), which is interposed between a liquid. If untreated, retinal detachment leads to total loss of function of the [...]

How does the doctor make the diagnosis? Superficial foreign bodies If you tell your doctor has noticed that something was entering the eye, examine your eye using a fluorescein dye for easy detection of foreign material on the ocular surface. You have to flip the lid to examine its underside and remove any foreign matter [...]

What is an ocular foreign body? Any material entering the eye such as dust, sand painting is known as ocular foreign body. They fall into two basic categories: – Superficial foreign bodies: stick to the surface of the eye or trapped under a lid, but do not penetrate the eye. – Penetrating foreign bodies, pass [...]

Specific treatment for menorrhagia is based on a number of factors, including: – The general health status and medical history – The cause and severity of the condition – Tolerance for specific medications or therapies – The probability that the periods become less abundant in a short time – The plans for future pregnancies – [...]

At some point in their reproductive life, a woman experiences heavy bleeding during menstruation. Some women, in each period have enough blood loss and cramps as to be unable to perform normal daily activities. The medical term for these periods of excessive, prolonged or both, is menorrhagia. Although heavy menstrual bleeding is a common concern [...]