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… this drug. If needed, treatment for tuberculosis or other infections should be given before receiving this medication. … effects. This medication may lower your ability to fight infections. This may make you more likely to get a serious infection or make any infection you have worse. Tell your …
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… Tenofovir alafenamide is used to treat chronic hepatitis B infection, a viral infection of the liver. It works by stopping or slowing the growth of the virus. Chronic hepatitis infection can lead to serious liver damage (cirrhosis) and …
Medications
… this drug. If needed, treatment for tuberculosis or other infections should be given before receiving this medication. … effects. This medication may lower your ability to fight infections. This may make you more likely to get a serious (rarely fatal) infection or make any infection you have worse. Tell your …
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… means that you can injure your feet and not know it. Common infections from blisters, ingrown toenails, small cuts, or … notice swelling in your feet or legs or all over your body. Infections related to diabetes High blood sugar from … is the body's natural defence system that helps fight infections. People with high blood sugar from diabetes can …
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… (HPV) test is done to check for a high-risk HPV infection. Like a Pap test , an HPV test is done on a sample … collected from the cervix . HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) . An HPV test checks for the genetic … cause any symptoms. Most people don't know they have an HPV infection. Health Tools Health Tools help you make wise …
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… amputation is recommended for: Gangrene with or without infection. Unbearable pain when at rest. Non-healing, … should be treated with the goal of getting rid of the infection yet preserving as much of the extremity as … amputation is recommended for: Gangrene with or without infection. Unbearable pain when at rest. Non-healing, …
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… disease that the tick may pass on during feeding, or a skin infection where the tick bit you. How to avoid tick bites … removed the entire tick, but watch for symptoms of a skin infection . If you have a rash, headache, joint pain, fever, … If you have any of these symptoms, or symptoms of a skin infection, call your doctor. What to avoid Do not try to: …
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… topics such as: Sore Throat and Other Throat Problems . Ear Infections . Sinusitis . Mononucleosis Tests . Sleep Apnea: … Fracture) Cochlear Implants Colds Complications of Ear Infections Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) … the Nose Dry Coughs Ear Canal Problems (Swimmer's Ear) Ear Infections Ear Problems and Injuries, Age 11 and Younger Ear …