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Medications
… needs. Uses This medication is used to treat "iron-poor" blood (anemia) in people with long-term kidney disease and … form of erythropoietin). You may need extra iron because of blood loss during kidney dialysis. Your body may also need … pharmacist your medical history, especially of: low blood pressure certain metabolic disorders (such as …
Medications
… used along with a proper diet to lower cholesterol in the blood. Lowering cholesterol helps decrease the risk for … works by removing bile acid from the body. In people with high cholesterol, this causes the liver to make more bile … side effects, including: difficulty swallowing chest pain/pressure severe stomach/abdominal pain unusual …
Medical tests
… to check for bacteria, yeast, trichomoniasis, and white blood cells. Why It Is Done A vaginal wet mount is done to … cells are not present or very low in number. Abnormal: High numbers of white blood cells often mean a vaginal … Vaginal pH is about 3.8–4.5. Abnormal: Vaginal pH is higher than 4.5. A higher pH may be caused by bacterial …
Health topics
… pain (vulvodynia). Pudendal neuralgia. This can happen from pressure on the pudendal nerve in the genital area, … problems started after you began taking a new medicine or a higher dose of a medicine. Yes Medicine may be causing … sooner. Medicines you take . Certain medicines, such as blood thinners (anticoagulants), medicines that suppress the …
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… your arms or hands. You may get X-rays. Your doctor may do blood tests to check for infection or illness. How is neck … able to move or turn your head and neck easily. If there is pressure on a spinal nerve root , you might have pain that … tingling, or weakness in your arms or hands. You may have blood tests to check for an illness or infection. Imaging, …
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… history, physical examination, and lab tests that show high levels of the enzyme alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) in the blood. Your doctor may also conduct an imaging test such as … shingles, and pneumonia. Because people with PBC have a high risk of getting osteoporosis , you should have periodic …
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… C virus. It is spread by contact with an infected person's blood. The most common way to get hepatitis C is by sharing … infected person's blood. In Canada, the activity with the highest chance of passing hepatitis C include sharing … examination. Check your liver enzymes to see if they are high. This may be the first sign that you have the virus. …
Medications
… doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: blood problems (such as low number of red cells, white … as levodopa and carbidopa, selegiline) certain drugs for high blood pressure (methyldopa, guanethidine, guanadrel, hydralazine) …
Medications
… especially of: eye problems (such as cataracts, glaucoma) high blood pressure liver problems diabetes stomach/intestinal problems …
Medications
… especially of: eye problems (such as cataracts, glaucoma) high blood pressure liver problems diabetes stomach/intestinal problems …
