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… the pain really interferes with their lives. Rehabilitation after knee replacement requires daily exercises for several … of your strength, endurance, and ability to be active, then after the surgery you might have a harder time returning to … symptoms of osteoarthritis include joint pain, stiffness after inactivity, and limited motion. What is knee …
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… the burning. Do not attempt to peel the tar or plastic off after it has cooled. This may remove skin that is stuck to … such as Vaseline or Polysporin. Tar will likely peel off after a few days as the skin cells below the tar flake off normally. After the tar or plastic is removed, wash and treat the …
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… The fourth stage of labour is the first two or three hours after birth. During this time you might experience tremors and chills, as well as discomfort from after-pains, episiotomy or tears, and hemorrhoids.   You may … and cuddling your baby. Keep your baby skin-to-skin until after your baby finishes the first feeding and then for as …
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… the head and neck very still. They are usually only used after major surgery or a serious injury, such as a broken … the head and neck. Soft cervical collars are sometimes used after surgery, but they are of limited value in other neck treatment. Sometimes they can be helpful after a moderate neck injury. When they are used for this …
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… pain and may need pain medicine for the first week or so after surgery. The cut that the doctor made (incision) may … will give you specific instructions about what to eat after the surgery. You'll start with only small amounts of … will lose weight very quickly in the first few months after surgery. As time goes on, your weight loss will slow …
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… using pelvic floor muscle training to improve continence after prostate surgery. Results were not the same, but there … floor muscle training did help men control leakage of urine after a radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. footnote … benefit overall in men trying pelvic floor muscle training after any prostate surgery. footnote 2 Another study showed …
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… dentist uses other tools to remove the rest of the tooth. After the tooth comes out, you will be given a piece of … removed. You may have some pain, bleeding, or swelling afterward. The dentist may give you medicine for pain. The pain should steadily decrease in the days after the extraction. A blood clot will form in the tooth …
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… pictures of your thyroid gland from three different angles. After you get the tracer, you may have a scan about 30 … scan your body from head to toes. How long the test takes After you get the tracer, you may have a scan about 30 … or stool within a day. So be sure to flush the toilet right after you use it, and wash your hands well with soap and …
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… with drugs that destroy the child's bone marrow cells. After that, the donated bone marrow stem cells are injected into a vein. After the process is complete, the donor's bone marrow … You may spend up to 4 weeks or longer in the hospital after the transplant. How long you stay depends on whether …
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… wall or to treat cancer that has come back (recurred) after treatment. Partial cystectomy takes out part of the … It uses a piece of your small intestine to make a tube. After surgery, the urine passes from the ureters through the … done to treat bladder cancer, you may need other treatments after that. This may include chemotherapy or radiation …