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Medical Condition (2,131) | Medical Knowledge Base

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Medical Condition

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Skin and Wound Cultures

Medical Condition

A skin or wound culture is a test to find germs (such as bacteria or a fungus ) that can cause an infection. A sample of skin, tissue, or fluid is added to a substance that promotes the growth of germs. If no germs grow, the culture is negative. If germs that can cause an...

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Sleep Apnea: Oral Devices

Medical Condition

Oral devices (also called oral appliances) are sometimes used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They push the tongue and jaw forward, which makes the airway larger and improves airflow. This also reduces the chance that tissue will collapse and narrow the airway when you breathe in. Examples include a mandibular...

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Sleep Apnea: Should I Have a Sleep Study?

Medical Condition

Guides through decision to have sleep study to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea. Includes pros such as diagnosis that can lead to treatment. Also offers cons such as cost. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.

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Sleeping With Back Pain

Medical Condition

Sleeping can be hard when your back aches. You toss and turn, and it hurts. Try to sleep with your back in a neutral position-not arched a lot, but not flat either. This takes pressure off your spine. These two positions can help: When sleeping on your side, place a pillow between your knees. Try...

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Sliding Hiatal Hernia

Medical Condition

The esophagus connects to the stomach at an opening in the diaphragm called the hiatus. The lower esophageal sphincter (LES), which is normally at the same level as the diaphragm, keeps stomach contents (food, acid, and other digestive juices) from backing up (or refluxing) into the esophagus. But when a sliding hiatal...

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Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis

Medical Condition

A slipped capital femoral epiphysis occurs when the upper end of the thighbone (femur) slips at the area where the bone is growing (growth plate or physis) and does not fit in the hip socket correctly. The condition is most common in teenagers. Rapid growth and a hormone imbalance during adolescence may cause the femur...

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Slit Lamp Examination

Medical Condition

The slit lamp exam uses a tool that provides a magnified, three-dimensional (3-D) view of the parts of the eye . During the exam, your doctor can look at the front parts of the eye. These parts include the clear, outer covering (cornea), the lens, and the colored part (iris). The doctor can also see...

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Small Bowel Prolapse (Enterocele)

Medical Condition

A small bowel prolapse (enterocele) occurs when the tissues and muscles that hold the small bowel in place are stretched or weakened. This can cause the small bowel to move from its natural position and press against the wall of the vagina.

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Small Intestine

Medical Condition

The small intestine is a winding, tightly folded tube about 20 ft (6 m) long in adults. It connects to the stomach on the top end and to the large intestine (colon) on the bottom end. Most of the food a person consumes is digested and absorbed in the small intestine. The lining of the...

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Smallpox

Medical Condition

Discusses smallpox, a contagious infection caused by the variola virus. Covers symptoms and how it's diagnosed. Discusses how it's spread. Discusses smallpox vaccine, including who should have it and who should not. Covers smallpox as a biological weapon.

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Smoke Inhalation

Medical Condition

Smoke inhalation occurs when a person breathes in hot air, smoke, or chemical fumes, which can cause burns or swelling in the air passages. Life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning can occur with smoke inhalation. The person may be restless, confused, or violent from the smoke and toxic gases inhaled. A changed mental...

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Smoker's Cough: What Do You Tell Yourself?

Medical Condition

Learn what many people tell themselves about a cough that won't go away.

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Smoking: Sexual and Reproductive Problems

Medical Condition

Smoking can gradually and permanently damage blood vessels throughout the body, including those that carry blood to the penis. This can make it difficult to get or maintain an erection (impotence). Quitting smoking may help prevent new damage from occurring inside the blood vessels. Smoking can also affect a man's...

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Snake and Lizard Bites

Medical Condition

Poisonous snake or lizard bite A bite from a poisonous (venomous) snake or lizard requires emergency care. If you have been bitten by a snake or lizard that you know or think might be poisonous, call or other emergency services immediately. Do not wait for symptoms to develop. If you are not sure what type...

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Snakebite: Symptoms of a Pit Viper Bite

Medical Condition

Pit vipers, such as the rattlesnake , copperhead , and cottonmouth (also called water moccasin), are poisonous (venomous) snakes. They leave one, two, or three puncture marks on the skin, but you won't always see any marks. Symptoms of a pit viper snakebite usually appear within a few minutes to a few hours after a...

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Social Connections

Medical Condition

What are social connections? Social connections are the relationships you have with the people around you. They may be close, like family, friends, and coworkers, or more distant, like people you know casually. They can be as close as next door or so far away that you only connect with them by telephone or through...

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Social Worker

Medical Condition

Social workers are health professionals who use counseling to help people function in their environment, improve their relationships with others, and solve personal and family problems. They also help people locate and access appropriate resources for their particular needs. A social worker may work in a hospital...

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Sodium

Medical Condition

Sodium is a naturally occurring mineral that the body needs to function properly. But too much sodium can cause problems, such as high blood pressure (hypertension), or make problems worse. Salt is the most familiar source of sodium. Sodium is often hidden in foods that don't taste salty, such as cheddar cheese and...

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Sore Throat: Here's Help

Medical Condition

Take a minute to learn about a sore throat and what you can do to feel better.

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South African Tick-Bite Fever

Medical Condition

South African tick-bite fever is a disease passed to humans by ticks that are infected with an organism called Rickettsia africae. These ticks, known as buffalo ticks, usually live on cattle in southern Africa. Symptoms usually begin within 8 days after the tick bite and may last for 1 to 15 days. Symptoms may include...

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Spacer for Metered-Dose Inhalers (MDIs)

Medical Condition

© Healthwise, Incorporated A spacer is a chamber that can be attached to a metered-dose inhaler (MDI). The spacer chamber may have a one-way valve that allows the medicine to be held in the chamber before it is inhaled. This way you can inhale the medicine in one or many breaths, depending on your ability....

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Spastic Cerebral Palsy

Medical Condition

Spastic cerebral palsy results in a condition in which a person has muscle tightness and problems with moving the body. People with spastic cerebral palsy have poor balance and poor coordination, especially in the arms and legs. This condition results from some type of disruption during early brain development, such as...

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Speech Problems: Normal Disfluency

Medical Condition

Normal disfluency is stuttering that begins during a child's intensive language-learning years and resolves on its own sometime before puberty. It is considered a normal phase of language development. About 75 out of 100 children who stutter get better without treatment. 1 The most common normal disfluency in children...

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Speech and Language Milestones, Ages 1 to 3 Years

Medical Condition

Speech and language development milestones relate to receptive language (the ability to understand words and sounds) and expressive language (the ability to use speech and gestures to communicate meaning). Most 1-year-olds begin to understand the meanings of words. Their receptive language grows from understanding names...

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Spermatic Cord

Medical Condition

A spermatic cord is connected to each testicle to help keep the testicle in position and supply the penis with semen. The cord contains veins, arteries, nerves, lymph vessels, and part of the tube that carries sperm called the vas deferens. The spermatic cord extends upward from the epididymis, a small sac-shaped...

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Spermicide for Birth Control

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A spermicide is a substance that kills sperm. Spermicides are available as jelly, foam, cream, suppositories, and film. The active ingredient of most spermicides is a chemical called nonoxynol-9. Most spermicides come with an applicator. The applicator is filled with spermicide and inserted into the vagina right before...

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Spinal Cord Injury Specialist

Medical Condition

Spinal cord injury specialists are rehabilitation doctors (physiatrists) who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of people who have spinal cord injuries. A person is referred to a spinal cord injury specialist because of spinal cord disease or a spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injury specialists can be...

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Spinal Cord Injury: Adapting Your Home

Medical Condition

When you leave a rehabilitation (rehab) center for your home after a spinal cord injury (SCI), you need to have your home ready for your special needs. Following are some of the adaptations and adaptive equipment you may need. Talk with your rehab team about what you will need specifically and the best way to...

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Spinal Cord Injury: Autonomic Dysreflexia

Medical Condition

Autonomic dysreflexia is a syndrome in which there is a sudden onset of excessively high blood pressure. It is more common in people with spinal cord injuries that involve the thoracic nerves of the spine or above (T6 or above). Be prepared to call your spinal cord injury therapist, , or other emergency services if...

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Spinal Cord Injury: Breathing Practice

Medical Condition

Lung and breathing problems are common in a spinal cord injury (SCI). This is because you may not be able to use some of the muscles necessary for breathing, or they may be very weak. This makes it difficult to breath, cough, and bring up mucus from the lungs, which leads to a greater risk...

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Spinal Cord Injury: Talking With Your Partner About Sex

Medical Condition

Talking with your partner may help your sexual function, whether it be erection problems for men or lack of arousal for women. Couples often wrongly assume that they each know what the other person likes when it comes to sex, but likes and dislikes may change after a spinal cord injury (SCI). Talk about how...

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Spinal Decompression for Neck Pain

Medical Condition

Spinal decompression surgery reduces pressure on the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots and may reduce neck pain. To relieve the pressure, your doctor may remove: Bony growths (bone spurs or osteophytes) and fibrous tissue that are narrowing the spinal canal and pressing on spinal nerve roots. Parts of the vertebrae...

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Spinal Fusion

Medical Condition

Spinal fusion is a surgery that joins (fuses) two or more vertebrae together. Vertebrae are the 33 interlocking bones of the spinal column that are stacked on top of each other. Methods of doing spinal fusion may include: Using bone that is harvested from elsewhere in the body or is obtained from a bone bank...

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Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis

Medical Condition

In spinal fusion for scoliosis, rods, hooks, wires, or screws are attached to the curved part of the backbone and the spine is straightened. Small pieces of bone, called grafts, are then put over the spine. Bone for grafts is often taken from the person's pelvic bone. The grafts will grow together with the spinal...

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Spinal Injury

Medical Condition

A spinal injury is damage to the bones, ligaments, or nerves of the spinal column. This may include damage to the spinal cord, which is the nerve that extends from the base of the brain through the spinal canal to the lower back, or to the bones. A spinal injury can make a person unable...

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Spinal Manipulation

Medical Condition

Spinal manipulation, also called spinal adjustment, is a treatment that uses pressure on a joint of the spine. It is used to improve pain and function. Manipulation can be done with the hands or a special device. The careful, controlled force used on the joint can range from gentle to strong, and from slow to...

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Spinal Stenosis Surgery: How Others Decided

Medical Condition

Hear what others thought about when deciding whether to have back surgery.

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Spinal canal

Medical Condition

The spine (backbone) is a column of bones (vertebrae) stacked on top of one another. Each vertebra has an opening near its center. The spinal canal is made up of openings in the vertebrae through which the spinal cord runs.

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Spinal cord anatomy

Medical Condition

The spinal cord is a soft bundle of nerves that extends from the base of the brain to the lower back. It runs through the spinal canal, which is protected by the bones of the spine (vertebrae). Messages between the brain and the nerve roots travel up and down the spinal cord. This makes it...

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Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Medical Condition

Religious and spiritual values are important to patients coping with cancer. Studies have shown that religious and spiritual values are important to Americans. Most American adults say that they believe in God and that their religious beliefs affect how they live their lives. However, people have different ideas about...

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Spitting Up

Medical Condition

Spitting up is when a baby spits out breast milk, formula, or other food during or shortly after feeding. It is different from vomiting, which is forceful. Spitting up is effortless and does not seem to cause the baby any discomfort. Some babies spit up for no reason. Other babies spit up because the valve...

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Sports-Related Dehydration

Medical Condition

Most people lose as much as 1 qt (1 L) to 2 qt (2 L) of fluid during 1 hour of exercise. When you are not drinking enough fluids, your muscles get tired quickly, and you may have leg cramps while walking or running. If you are an athlete, you can lose as much as...

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Sprained Ankle: Using a Compression Wrap

Medical Condition

Ankle sprains are common injuries that can result in lifelong problems. Some people with repeated or severe sprains can develop long-term joint pain and weakness. Treating a sprained ankle can help prevent ongoing ankle problems. If an ankle sprain does not heal correctly, the joint may become unstable, resulting in a...

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Sprue

Medical Condition

Sprue is a disorder in which the intestines are unable to absorb nutrients from food. It can cause loss of appetite, diarrhea, weight loss, muscle cramps, pale skin, and bone pain. Sprue occurs in two forms: tropical and nontropical. Tropical sprue affects people who live in tropical areas. Its exact cause is not clear...

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Sputum Culture

Medical Condition

Sputum is a thick fluid made in the lungs and in the airways leading to the lungs. A sputum culture is a test to find germs (such as bacteria or a fungus ) that can cause an infection. A sample of sputum is added to a substance that promotes the growth of germs. If no...

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St. John's Wort

Medical Condition

St. John's wort ( Hypericum perforatum ) is a plant with yellow flowers that has been used to treat depression in European countries for centuries. It is sold in liquid and powder (pill) form and can be found at health food stores and pharmacies. A person who wants to try St. John's wort should first...

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Stage and Grade of Cancer

Medical Condition

The stage and grade of a cancer are ways to measure the cancer. When cancer is diagnosed, the stage and grade of a person's cancer helps doctors know what treatment to use. They also help predict how long the person will survive or whether there is a good chance for a cure. The stage describes...

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Stages of Pressure Injuries

Medical Condition

Pressure injuries (bed sores) are an injury to the skin and underlying tissue. They can range from mild reddening of the skin to severe tissue damage-and sometimes infection-that extends into muscle and bone. Pressure injuries are described in four stages: Stage 1 sores are not open wounds. The skin may be painful, but...

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Staph Infection

Medical Condition

Staphylococcus aureus (staph) is a type of bacteria that can cause infections. Staph bacteria normally live on the skin. They don't usually cause problems. They only become a problem when they cause infection. In most cases, you can treat this infection with antibiotics. For some people, especially those who are weak or...

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Statins Are Important After a Heart Attack

Medical Condition

Learn why taking a statin pill is such an important part of your treatment.

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