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… arterial disease of the legs. In Leriche's syndrome, blood flow in the aorta is blocked in the stomach area. This … symptoms happen: Leg weakness or numbness. Pain in the thighs, hips, and buttocks ( intermittent claudication ). Erectile dysfunction (impotence). Weak pulse in the thigh arteries (femoral arteries). …
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… up after 1 or 2 days. A few specks or a small amount of blood on the white part of the eye often appear after a blow … all directions. Pain with eye movements. A large amount of blood in the white part (sclera) of the eye. Any blood over the coloured part (iris) of the eye. A change in …
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… Cyanotic heart defects are defects that allow oxygen-rich blood and oxygen-poor blood to mix. In cyanotic heart defects, less oxygen-rich blood reaches the tissues of the body. This results in the …
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… razor. This is especially important if the person is taking medicines called blood thinners, which can cause even minor cuts to bleed …
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… in urine, such as increased protein or clumps of red blood cells or kidney cells, called cell casts Nervous … or psychosis , without known cause Problems with the blood, such as reduced numbers of red blood cells ( anemia ), platelets, or white blood cells …
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… the heat from a laser to seal or destroy abnormal, leaking blood vessels in the retina . One of two approaches may be … Focal treatment is used to seal specific leaking blood vessels in a small area of the retina, usually near the macula . The ophthalmologist identifies individual blood vessels for treatment and makes a limited number of …
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… Use Insulin Diabetes: Counting Carbs if You Use Insulin High Triglycerides Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) … Use Insulin Diabetes: Counting Carbs if You Use Insulin High Triglycerides Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) …
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… load is a measurement of how much HIV is present in your blood. A sample of blood is drawn and sent to a lab for testing. Results are … test is used to help decide when to change antiretroviral medicines. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency …
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… drinking cups, forks, spoons or cigarettes. Those at highest risk of getting it from an infected person are: … enough. This is because necrotizing fasciitis cuts off the blood supply to body tissue, and the antibiotics must be … of getting it is very low. Some people are known to have a higher risk of getting the disease. Injection drug use is …
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… , and about 16 per cent die. Some people are at a slightly higher risk of cryptococcal disease including those who: Are … care provider can test for Cryptococcus infection in a blood, lung or spinal fluid sample. Is there a treatment …