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Lipomatosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Lipomatosis involves multiple benign fat-cell growths that can appear under the skin or affect internal organs. Common signs include round lumps, tingling, cramps, ulcers, and trouble moving. Diagnosis relies on exam and imaging. Care may include monitoring, pain relief, injections, surgery, and lifestyle changes.

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Anal Fistula: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Surgery

Anal fistula is an abnormal tunnel between the anal canal and nearby skin, often after an anal abscess or with Crohn’s disease. Symptoms include pain, itching, swelling, drainage, bleeding, and fever. Diagnosis uses exam and imaging. Treatment is usually surgery, with recovery and red-flag symptoms noted.

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Tenesmus: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Tenesmus is an urgent, intense feeling of needing to have a bowel movement despite little or no stool, often with incomplete emptying. Causes include inflammatory bowel disease, infections, diverticulosis, IBS, anal abscess, and rectal cancer; symptoms may include abdominal cramps and rectal pain.

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Bile Reflux: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment

Bile reflux occurs when bile flows backward from the intestine into the stomach or esophagus, irritating the lining and altering gastric pH. It can cause upper abdominal pain, chest burning, nausea, and yellow vomiting, and may require medications or surgery for relief in severe cases when untreated.

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Bladder Control Medication: 8 Options for Urinary Incontinence

Bladder control medication options for urinary incontinence include mirabegron, oxybutynin, darifenacin, solifenacin, imipramine, trospium, tamsulosin, and estradiol. Summarizes typical use for urge incontinence, overactive bladder, menopause and BPH, plus common side effects and key precautions.

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Pancreas: Functions, Anatomy & Disease

The pancreas supports digestion and blood glucose control through enzymes and hormones like insulin and glucagon. Summary reviews functions and anatomy, symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, fatty stools, and major diseases including pancreatitis, diabetes mellitus, and pancreatic cancer, plus prevention steps.

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Ascariasis: Symptoms, Transmission & Treatment

Ascariasis is a roundworm infection that can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, fatigue, and worms in stool. Covers stool testing, how eggs spread via contaminated food, water, or soil, and treatment with albendazole or mebendazole, plus hygiene steps to prevent reinfection.

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Candida Auris: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention

Candida auris is a drug-resistant fungus that can cause severe hospital-acquired infections, especially in people with weakened immune systems. It spreads through contact and contaminated surfaces, is hard to diagnose, requires specialized testing, and often needs advanced antifungal treatment.

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Cutaneous Larva Migrans: Symptoms, Transmission & Treatment

Cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitic skin infection caused by larvae from animal feces entering the skin. It results in itchy, red, winding paths often found on the feet. Diagnosis is usually clinical, and treatment involves medications like albendazole to kill the parasite and prevent secondary infections.

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Ascites: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Ascites is the buildup of protein-rich fluid in the abdomen, causing swelling, weight gain, discomfort, and shortness of breath. Common causes include cirrhosis and portal hypertension, heart or kidney disease. Diagnosis uses imaging and paracentesis; treatment includes sodium restriction, diuretics, and drainage.

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Motion Sickness: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Motion sickness causes nausea triggered by movement and may include vomiting, dizziness, cold sweats, headache, and fatigue, sometimes with sopite syndrome. Covers common travel and VR triggers, diagnosis, medication options, prevention tips, and possible complications like dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.

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Is a forehead vein normal?

A prominent forehead vein can appear with stress, exercise, or heat, and may be a normal personal feature, especially in thin people with less fat under the skin. Less commonly, an enlarged temple artery may signal temporal arteritis with fever, weight loss, headache, tenderness, and vision changes.

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HPV Treatment: Main Types & Signs of Improvement

HPV treatment options often include prescription ointments, office-applied topical solutions, and procedures like cryotherapy, cauterization, laser therapy, and excisional techniques (conization or LEEP) for warts or precancerous cervical changes, with regular follow-up and screening as needed.

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Skin Infection: Main Types & What to Do

Skin infection can be caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, or parasites and may lead to redness, itching, pain, lesions, or pus. Covers common types such as boils, cellulitis, impetigo, athlete’s foot, candidiasis, scabies, herpes, warts, and nail fungus, with typical antibiotics, antifungals, and antivirals used.

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Fibrocystic Breast Disease: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Fibrocystic breast disease involves benign changes like pain, swelling, and lumps triggered by hormonal shifts and fluid retention. Common in women aged 30 to 50, symptoms usually resolve after menstruation. Diagnosis uses imaging to rule out cancer, while management includes diet changes and pain relief.