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Medical tests
… (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 …
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… About 1 in 20 people with mumps get mumps meningitis, an infection of the lining of the brain. Mumps can also cause … and rarely result in permanent damage or sterility. Mumps infection in the early stage of pregnancy may increase the … Symptoms can appear from 12 to 25 days after mumps virus infection. What if I have been exposed to mumps? If you have …
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… Condoms can protect you against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and they can be used to prevent pregnancy … use. How well do they work to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? The female condom provides some … Birth Control Sexually Transmitted Infections Citations Trussell J, Guthrie KA …
Medical tests
… Before your biopsy, you may be given antibiotics to prevent infection. You may be asked to take off all of your clothes … A prostate biopsy has a risk of causing problems such as: Infection. A urinary tract infection is the most common infection that can happen after …
Medications
… should be used only to treat serious, possibly fatal fungal infections. This medication should not be used for less severe infections in limited areas of the body (such as fungal infection of the mouth/esophagus, vaginal yeast infections) …
Medications
… seizures 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 doctor right away if you …
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… the wall of the stomach or a section of intestine. An infection in the appendix erodes through the wall of the appendix. An infection of an abnormal pouch or sac in the intestine … hollow space of the abdomen (abdominal cavity) and cause an infection (peritonitis). Emergency surgery is needed when a …
