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… cancer genetic testing can tell you if you carry rare changed, or mutated, genes that can cause colorectal cancer. … do not have one of these mutated genes, having certain gene changes can increase your chance of getting colorectal cancer. The most common genetic changes related to colorectal cancer are familial …
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… for a Skin Wound Caregiving: Skin Care for Immobile Adults Changes in Your Nails Colour Changes in Nails Cut That Removes All Layers of Skin Eczema: … Skin Tags Ringworm of the Skin Seborrheic Keratoses Skin Changes Skin Cyst: Home Treatment Skin Rashes: Home …
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… increase the risk of injury from cold exposure. Alcohol: Changes your body's ability to regulate body temperature. Changes your judgment. For example, a person may not put on … more clothing when it is needed if his or her judgment is changed by alcohol. Can cause blood vessels in the skin to …
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… Information Overview The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) changes (mutates) often. Sometimes these changes make the virus resistant to a medicine or class of … mutates and stops responding to the medicines. There is a change in the way your body absorbs a medicine. There are …
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… of hormones in your body. It can happen from normal hormone changes during infancy, puberty, or as men age. Or it may be … the medicine. If it's caused by another medical problem, treating the other condition will help balance hormones and … the medicine. If it's caused by another medical problem, treating the other condition will help balance hormones and …
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… and damage them. Tay-Sachs can occur when parents pass on a changed gene to their child. If the changed gene is from both parents, the baby will get the disease. If the changed gene is from only one parent, the baby will be a …
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… like anger, sadness, and fear. And your feelings can change from day to day, and even moment to moment. Most … are some tips for building resilience. Accept that things change. View change as a challenge rather than a threat. Examine how and …
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… work or only partly work as they should. If you have one changed (mutated) gene, you may have mild anemia and … and a thalassemia gene from the other. When both genes are changed, it means you got a thalassemia gene from each … four alpha-globin genes that make hemoglobin are missing or changed. If one gene is missing or changed: Your red blood …
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… the symptoms? Skin cancer usually appears as a growth that changes in colour, shape, or size. This can be a sore that doesn't heal or a change in a mole or skin growth. Basal cell skin cancer … repeats the cycle and has not healed in a few weeks. Any change in the size, shape, or colour of a mole or a skin …
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… throat that doesn't go away, fever, chills) mental/mood changes (such as restlessness, confusion, depression) … right away if you have: heartburn with lightheadedness/sweating/dizziness chest/jaw/arm/shoulder pain (especially with shortness of breath, unusual sweating) unexplained weight loss Older adults may be more …
