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… Shingles is a painful skin rash . It's caused by the varicella zoster virus. Shingles usually appears in a band, a … your nerve roots. In some people, the virus "wakes up" when disease, stress, or aging weakens the immune system .  What … neck, and scalp. Inflammation, and possibly blockage, of blood vessels, which may lead to stroke. Bacterial infection …
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… have something to do with changes in the activity of brain cells. These changes may lead to inflammation of certain … serious side effects, especially for people who have heart disease and high blood pressure. If over-the-counter pain medicines or …
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… work is called kidney function. If you have chronic kidney disease and are not able to control the disease, your kidney … fluid, and restores the proper balance of chemicals in the blood. There are two basic types of dialysis: hemodialysis … uses a man-made membrane called a dialyse to clean your blood. You are connected to the dialyse by tubes attached to …
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… with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. Controlling high blood sugar helps prevent kidney damage, blindness, nerve … Rosiglitazone has rarely caused very serious liver disease. Tell your doctor right away if you develop symptoms …
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… regulate or control the levels of glucose (sugar) in your blood. This results in too much or too little sugar in your blood. There are 3 major types of diabetes: type 1, type 2 … or not managed properly. Complications include heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, eye damage, high blood
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… needs. Uses This medication is used to treat very low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). Certain conditions (such as … much insulin. Insulin is a natural substance that lowers blood sugar. This drug works by preventing insulin release … blood minerals (low potassium blood levels) diabetes heart disease (such as heart failure, past heart attack) kidney …
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… have any serious side effects, including: signs of liver disease (such as nausea/vomiting that doesn't stop, … eyes/skin, dark urine) new/worsening cough diarrhea blood/mucus in your stool eye/vision problems (such as … your medical history, especially of: organ transplant stem cell transplant with donor cells Durvalumab can make you …
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… spider bites, including the rapid destruction of red blood cells and anemia (hemolytic anemia). Signs and symptoms … spider bites, including the rapid destruction of red blood cells and anemia (hemolytic anemia). Signs and …
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… (say "ee-uh-sin-uh-FILL-ick") esophagitis, white blood cells called eosinophils are in the esophagus. Eosinophils … (say "ee-uh-sin-uh-FILL-ick") esophagitis, white blood cells called eosinophils are in the esophagus. …
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… A healthy vagina normally contains a small number of yeast cells, along with a certain number of bacteria. Normally there aren't enough of the yeast cells to cause problems. But sometimes something happens to the vagina that lets the yeast cells multiply quickly and take over, causing symptoms. …