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… Your age and overall health, to make sure that you are healthy enough for a surgery. If you are able and willing to … the aneurysm can outweigh the risks. Repairing the aneurysm lowers the risk of rupture and can help a person live … longer. Repairing a smaller aneurysm, which doesn't have as high a risk of rupture, does not help a person live longer. …
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… Helps control stress, depression, and anxiety. Helps manage blood pressure and cholesterol. Lowers your risk for heart attack and stroke. Makes your lungs stronger. Can help you reach a healthy weight. Keeps your blood sugar at a healthy level. …
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… CPO are usually a low risk and rarely cause an infection in healthy people. If they spread from the gut to other parts … cleaned after going to the bathroom and before preparing or eating food. People identified as having a CPO should follow … chances of becoming sick with CPO are low. You may be at higher risk if you have had long-term, frequent, or …
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… tube called a catheter through a femoral artery in the thigh and carefully guides it to the narrowed part of the … and press the plaque against the wall of the artery, creating more room for blood to flow. Balloon is removed, … guidelines for atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the lower extremities: Management of asymptomatic disease and …
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… system in which the muscles of the esophagus and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) don't work right. Anxiety … tube attached to instruments (transducers) that measure pressure. A barium swallow is done using X-rays. Other tests … spasm treated? Treatment for esophageal spasm includes treating other conditions that may make esophageal spasms …
Medications
… specific health needs. Uses Travoprost is used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma (open-angle type) or other eye diseases (such as ocular hypertension). Lowering high pressure inside the eye can help prevent …
Medications
… health needs. Uses Latanoprostene bunod is used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma (open-angle type) or other eye diseases (such as ocular hypertension). Lowering high pressure inside the eye can help prevent …
Medical tests
… to have this test. Cervical cancer is often caused by a high-risk type of the human papillomavirus (HPV) . Talk to … in the cells of the cervix . Finding these changes and treating them when needed will greatly lower your chance of getting cervical cancer. How To Prepare …
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… people from germs that could make them seriously ill. Even healthy people can get very sick from infections. Anyone, … infection like the flu or COVID-19. And some people are at higher risk for serious illness. This includes people who … problems by raising their carbon dioxide (CO2) levels or lowering their oxygen levels. But studies have shown that …
Medications
… selegiline for 2 or 3 days, your doctor may direct you to lower your levodopa dose. Follow your doctor's instructions … grounds This drug may rarely cause an attack of extremely high blood pressure (hypertensive crisis), which may be … chest pain neck stiffness/soreness severe nausea/vomiting sweating/clammy skin (sometimes with fever) widened pupils …
