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Medical Condition (2,131) | Medical Knowledge Base

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Medical Condition

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Dupuytren's Disease

Medical Condition

Dupuytren's disease is a thickening and shortening of tissue under the skin in the palm of your hand. It often affects the ring and small fingers, usually of both hands. In most cases it gets worse slowly, and it may never cause major problems. If it does get worse, your fingers may bend toward your...

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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Medical Condition

A durable power of attorney for health care is a legal document in which one person grants another person the authority to make medical decisions if he or she becomes unable to do so. The person chosen as the health care agent (or health care proxy or surrogate) should understand and respect the person's wishes...

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Dust Mites

Medical Condition

Dust mites are tiny spiderlike creatures (arachnids) that feed mostly on flakes of dead human skin. Mites do not bite humans or spread disease. Dust mites may cause allergies and asthma symptoms in some people. When allergies are present, they are triggered by material in the stool of dust mites rather than by the...

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Dysmenorrhea (Painful Menstrual Cramps)

Medical Condition

Painful menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea) are one of the most common reasons for women to seek medical attention. During the menstrual cycle, the lining of the uterus produces a hormone called prostaglandin, which causes the uterus to contract, often painfully. Besides mild to severe cramping in the lower belly, symptoms...

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Ear Infection (Acute Otitis Media)

Medical Condition

A middle ear infection is a problem that happens when germs grow in the space behind your eardrum. This often happens after a cold or a throat infection. It can cause ear pain, fever, and trouble hearing. Nonprescription pain medicine may be all you need. Some children may need to take antibiotics.

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Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger

Medical Condition

Ear pain in children may be a sign of an infection in the space behind the eardrum ( middle ear). Ear infections ( otitis media ) most commonly occur when cold symptoms, such as a runny or stuffy nose and a cough, have been present for a few days. An ear infection may occur when...

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Earwax

Medical Condition

Earwax is a naturally produced secretion that protects the ear canal. It is a mixture of skin, sweat, hair, and debris (such as shampoo and dirt) held together with a fluid secreted by glands inside the ear canal (ceruminous glands). The ear canals are self-cleaning. Earwax helps filter dust and keep the ears clean and...

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Eating Disorders: Cultural and Social Factors

Medical Condition

Eating disorders occur most often in industrialized cultures where there is an emphasis on thinness, especially if thinness is linked to success. Magazines, television, and other media have created an unrealistic image of the perfect, successful person. The pressure to be thin can lead to intense dieting, even in very...

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Eating Disorders: Things That Put a Person at Risk

Medical Condition

Certain needs, fears, family dynamics, and ways of communicating, thinking, and feeling put a person at greater risk of developing an eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating. Some of these include: A need for attention. A need to please others, be in control, or be perfect. Low self-esteem. Fear or...

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Eating Out When You Have Diabetes

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With planning and thoughtful choices, you can follow your meal plan for diabetes when you eat away from home, such as at a party or a restaurant. Here are some tips: Plan ahead At restaurants, check for online menus that include nutrition information before you go, or ask for this information when you arrive. Most...

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Eating Protein

Medical Condition

Protein is made of building blocks called amino acids. Although the human body can make some of these amino acids, nine of them (the essential amino acids) must be obtained from food. Soy foods and animal sources of protein (milk, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, and seafood) contain all the essential amino acids in the...

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Eating Well During Cancer Treatment

Medical Condition

Eating well when you have cancer means eating enough to prevent weight loss and keep your strength up. Cancer and cancer treatments can make it harder for your body to get what it needs from the food you eat. And your body needs good nutrition to prevent infection and heal quickly. You may feel better...

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Echocardiogram (Echo)

Medical Condition

An echocardiogram (echo) is a type of ultrasound examination that uses high-pitched sound waves sent through a device called a transducer to produce an image of the heart and sometimes the aorta. An echocardiogram measures how well the heart is working by evaluating blood flow, heart valves, and heart size, thickness...

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Ectopic Pregnancy Locations

Medical Condition

Nearly all ectopic pregnancies develop in a fallopian tube. About 1% of ectopic pregnancies develop in the cervix, an ovary, or the abdomen.

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Ectopic pregnancy

Medical Condition

In a small number of pregnancies, the fertilized egg attaches to an area outside of the uterus, rather than in the uterus. This is called an ectopic pregnancy or extrauterine pregnancy. Nearly all ectopic pregnancies develop in a fallopian tube. These are often called tubal pregnancies. If left untreated, a tubal...

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Eczema

Medical Condition

Eczema is a group of chronic skin disorders that affect the hands, scalp, face, back of the neck, and skin creases of the elbows and knees. It can run in families, but it may occur for no known reason or be caused by an allergic reaction to certain foods, clothing, lotions, soaps, plants, or topical...

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Effects of statins on heart attack or stroke risk

Medical Condition

Evidence shows that statins may lower a person's chance of having a heart attack or stroke, especially for people who are at high risk for one. The tables above show the number of people who will have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years, arranged by risk level. The information shown here...

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Ejection Fraction

Medical Condition

The ejection fraction is a measurement of the heart's efficiency and can be used to estimate the function of the left ventricle, which pumps blood to the rest of the body. The left ventricle pumps only a fraction of the blood it contains. The ejection fraction is the amount of blood pumped divided by the...

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Elbow Circles for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Medical Condition

Before starting any exercise program, talk to your health professional. He or she may ask that you do specific exercises and will help you determine how often and how long to do them and your long-term goals. Start the exercise slowly and gradually. Either keep track of how long you can do it or count...

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Elbow Injuries

Medical Condition

Covers common causes of elbow injuries. Discusses injuries caused by sudden injury and those caused by overuse. Discusses treatment options. Offers interactive tool to help you decide when to see a doctor. Covers home treatment and prevention tips.

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Elbow Pain: Other Causes of Pain

Medical Condition

Occasionally a problem elsewhere in the body can cause pain in the arm or elbow. These may include: A neck problem, such as a pinched nerve in the neck. A shoulder problem, such as arthritis in the shoulder. A wrist problem, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. A heart problem, such as angina pectoris. A tumor...

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Elbow Problems, Noninjury

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Looks at conditions, such as gout, pinched nerve, bursitis, tennis elbow, and golfer's elbow, that may cause elbow problems. Offers interactive tool to help you decide when to see the doctor. Covers home treatment and prevention tips.

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Eldercare Mediation

Medical Condition

Dorothy was in her late 80s and had been losing her balance a lot. Her son thought it was time for her to move into a nursing home. Her daughter wanted her to go into an assisted-living facility. Dorothy just wanted to stay in her own home. The three of them argued for months about...

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Electrical Cardioversion

Medical Condition

For electrical cardioversion, your doctor first gives you a medicine that relaxes you and controls pain. Then your doctor places patches either on your chest or on your chest and back, depending on your doctor's preference. The patches send an electric current to your heart. This resets your heart rhythm.

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Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG)

Medical Condition

An electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) is a test that measures the electrical signals that control heart rhythm. The test measures how electrical impulses move through the heart muscle as it contracts and relaxes. During an electrocardiogram, small pads (electrodes) are attached to the skin on the chest, arms, and legs. The...

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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Medical Condition

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure during which brief electrical stimulation to the brain produces a reaction that is like a seizure. ECT is used to treat severe depression or other psychiatric and neurological conditions, such as schizophrenia. It is not known exactly how ECT helps depression. But it...

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Medical Condition

An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors called electrodes are attached to your head. They're hooked by wires to a computer. The computer records your brain's electrical activity on the screen. Or it may record the activity on paper as wavy...

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Electrolyte Panel

Medical Condition

An electrolyte panel is a blood test that measures the levels of electrolytes and carbon dioxide in your blood. Electrolytes are minerals, such as sodium and potassium, that are found in the body. They keep your body's fluids in balance and help keep your body working normally, including your heart rhythm, muscle...

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Electronystagmogram (ENG)

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An electronystagmogram (ENG) measures normal eye movement and involuntary rapid eye movements called nystagmus. It also checks the muscles that control eye movements. ENG checks how well the eyes, inner ears , and brain help you keep your balance and position (such as when you change from lying down to standing). ENG is...

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Emotional and Social Development From Age 6 to 10 Years

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The home remains a child's most important sphere of influence during the early school years. It also becomes the base from which children explore relationships outside of the home. A child's increasing independence is tested, for example, by the first night spent away from home. The child returns home with a sense of...

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Emphysema

Medical Condition

Emphysema is a long-term (chronic) lung disease. In emphysema, the tiny air sacs (alveoli) at the end of the airways in the lungs are damaged. When the air sacs are damaged or destroyed, their walls break down and the sacs become larger. These larger air sacs move less oxygen into the blood. This causes difficulty...

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Endometrial Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Medical Condition

Cancer of the endometrium is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the United States and accounts for 6% of all cancers in women. The majority of cases are diagnosed at an early stage and are amenable to treatment with surgery alone. However, patients with pathologic features predictive of a high rate of relapse and...

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Endometrial Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Medical Condition

Endometrial cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the endometrium. The endometrium is the lining of the uterus, a hollow, muscular organ in a woman's pelvis. The uterus is where a fetus grows. In most nonpregnant women, the uterus is about 3 inches long. The lower, narrow end...

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Endometrial Hyperplasia

Medical Condition

Endometrial hyperplasia is an abnormal thickening of the uterine lining (endometrium) that causes heavy vaginal bleeding. If endometrial hyperplasia is not treated, it may progress to endometrial cancer. Treatment for endometrial hyperplasia includes taking hormones, having a dilation and curettage (D&C), having a...

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Endoscope

Medical Condition

An endoscope is a thin, flexible, lighted viewing instrument. It is used during procedures to examine the inside of organs, canals, and cavities in the body. An endoscope may be inserted into a person's mouth and guided down the throat to examine the esophagus, stomach, and upper end of the small intestine. Different...

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Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP)

Medical Condition

An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP) test checks the tubes (ducts) that drain the liver , gallbladder , and pancreas . A flexible, lighted scope ( endoscope ) and X-ray pictures are used. The scope is put through the mouth and gently moved down the throat. It goes into your esophagus , stomach, and...

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Endoscopic Sinus Exam for Sinusitis

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An endoscopic sinus exam allows the doctor to see all the structures inside the nose and the sinuses. Before inserting the endoscope, the passages inside the nose are opened up with a decongestant medicine and numbed with an anesthetic. The endoscope is guided up through a nostril and into the sinus opening, but it is...

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Endoscopic Treatment for Variceal Bleeding Caused by Cirrhosis

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In people who have cirrhosis, high pressure in the veins that carry blood from the intestines to the liver ( portal hypertension ) causes many problems. Variceal bleeding —bleeding from enlarged veins (varices) in the digestive tract—is an extremely serious complication of portal hypertension. For people who have...

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Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)

Medical Condition

Endoscopic ultrasound is a test that allows your doctor to look at the walls of your esophagus, stomach, and upper gastrointestinal tract. This test may also be used to look at the airways and lungs. The test does not use X-rays or other radiation. The doctor uses a thin, lighted tube that bends. It's called...

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Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Medical Condition

Endovascular repair is a procedure to fix an aortic aneurysm in the abdomen. It's called endovascular because a doctor repairs the aneurysm from the inside of the damaged blood vessel (the aorta). This is not a surgery. This is a minimally invasive procedure. Local or general anesthesia might be used. The doctor will...

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Environmental Illness

Medical Condition

What is an environmental illness? An environmental illness can occur when you are exposed to toxins or substances in the environment that make you sick. These health hazards may be found where you live, work, or play. Maybe you have headaches that only occur on weekends. Or maybe you began to feel sick and got...

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Epidermal Cyst

Medical Condition

An epidermal cyst is a small, round lump in the top layer of skin called the epidermis. It may be filled with a soft, yellow substance called keratin. Epidermal cysts most often appear on the face, ears, back, or chest. But they can appear on almost any part of the body. When you have an...

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Epidural Placement for Labor

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Epidural anesthesia involves putting a sterile guide needle and a small tube (epidural catheter) into the space around the spinal cord (epidural space). The epidural catheter is placed at or below the waist. The guide needle is inserted and removed, while the catheter remains in place. The catheter is taped in place up...

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Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia

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Epidural and spinal blocks are types of anesthesia in which a local anesthetic is injected near the spinal cord and nerve roots. It blocks pain from an entire region of the body, such as the belly, the hips, the legs, or the pelvis. Epidural and spinal anesthesia are used mainly for surgery of the lower...

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Epilepsy

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Epilepsy is a disorder that causes repeated seizures. Seizures may cause problems with muscle control, movement, speech, vision, or awareness. They usually don't last very long, but they can be scary. Most people are able to control their seizures with medicines. Some people outgrow epilepsy and no longer have seizures.

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Epilepsy Medicine Therapy Failure

Medical Condition

Medicine therapy for epilepsy can fail for several reasons: You do not follow the treatment plan. You have to follow your therapy routine exactly as your doctor orders, to have the best chance of keeping seizures under control. Missing a dose here or there or taking doses too close together can upset the levels of...

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Epilepsy: Simple Partial Seizures

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Simple partial seizures occur in children and adults with some forms of epilepsy. They are about half as common as complex partial seizures. The person stays awake and aware during the seizure. The seizure may be only a strange smell or taste, sound or visual disturbance, or feeling of confusion, anxiety, or fear—some...

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Epilepsy: Taking Your Medicines Properly

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You may be taking one or more medicines to prevent seizures. To get the most benefit from them, you need to consistently take the right dose of the right medicine at the right time. This can be difficult. But by following a few key tips, you can do it. Become informed about the medicines you...

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Epilepsy: Tips for Keeping Your Child Safe

Medical Condition

Learn how to keep your child with epilepsy safer at home, outdoors, and at school.

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Epilepsy: Tonic Seizures

Medical Condition

Tonic seizures are fairly uncommon. They occur mostly in people with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. This is a severe form of generalized epilepsy that begins in early childhood. (Children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome may also have atonic seizures.) When a tonic seizure occurs, the muscles in the body contract and the entire...

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