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… control pills and estrogen. These can increase the risk of blood clots in the leg, which may cause pain or swelling. Calcium channel blockers, which are used to treat high blood pressure. These can cause leg swelling. Diuretics. These can …
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… Advance Care Planning: Should I Have Artificial Hydration and Nutrition? Decision … hydration and nutrition when you are no longer able to take food or fluids by mouth. Choose not to have artificial … in your vein through which fluids, liquid nutrition, and medicines can be given. A feeding tube can be either a tube …
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… Advance Care Planning: Should I Receive CPR and Life Support? Decision Point You … remember If you believe that every possible step should be taken to save life, you may want to choose CPR … heart. The shock may restart your heart. You may also get medicine—through your vein (IV) or down a breathing tube—to …
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… Medicines That May Cause Rashes in Children On this page: … Overview Overview Many prescription and non-prescription medicines can cause a rash. A few common examples are: … ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen (Aleve). Pain medicines, such as codeine. Seizure medicines. If a rash …
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… Asthma: Overuse of Quick-Relief Medicines On this page: Overview … overuse them instead of adding the slower-acting, long-term medicines. Overuse of quick-relief medicines may be harmful. If you overuse quick-relief …
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… Fertility Problems: Should I Have a Tubal Procedure or In Vitro Fertilization? … age 35 or older, perhaps the greatest risk is the time it takes to recover from surgery and then try to get pregnant. … having twins or more. Pregnancy with more than one baby is higher-risk. The process can be hard emotionally and …
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… Breast Cancer: Should I Have Breast-Conserving Surgery or a Mastectomy? … have mastectomy. Breast-conserving surgery has a slightly higher chance of cancer coming back in the same breast, … need to have a mastectomy. The area where the tumour was taken out will not be as sensitive to touch as it was before …
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… Healthwise Staff Medical Review: Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine Thomas M. Bailey MD - Family Medicine Kathleen Romito MD - Family Medicine Louis Pellegrino MD - Developmental Pediatrics …
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… amphotericin B, bacitracin, and vancomycin. Some blood pressure medicines. One example is ACE inhibitors, such as … of the medicines, vitamins, or natural health products you take. This means anything you take with or without a …
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… Causes of Hair Loss: Medicines and Medical Treatments On this page: Overview … This may continue for 6 months and then it usually stops. Blood thinners called warfarin and heparin. Arthritis … colchicine. Bipolar disorder medicines, such as lithium. High doses of vitamin A. Vaccinations, especially for …
