Yes. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Genetics Home Reference, Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder of lipid storage that can potentially affect many organs and tissues. Re search...
Arthritis is one possibility (Abboud & Abboud, 2008). It is a common observation that osteoarthritis pain in particular seems to increase in humid weather (Simon & Zieve, 2009). But the mechanism unde rlying...
Blood calcium tests measure the calcium that is not stored in the bones (Rhodes, 2008). Although the normal values vary among testing laboratories, the reference range for adult humans is roughly 8.6â 10...
Rhabdomyolysis is not a new condition per se but it did not have a specific medical diagnostic code until recently. Rhabdomyolysis is a breakdown of striated (voluntary) muscle cells that results in r elease...
Dupuytren's disease is a progressive disorder of the connective tissue in the hand. The cause is unknown, but it is more common in men and often there is a family history of the disease. Cords of conn ective...
It sounds like by “hole in your heart” you mean the hole in the atrial septum that allows blood to pass between right and left atrial chambers of the heart. If so, that hole is called a patent for amen...
Lovaza is a concentrated form of fish oil in the ethyl ester form (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2008). Although lipid digestion begins in the stomach there is no actual absorption un til...
There are many ways that you can have "incidental exposure" to alcohol from common items that you touch, breath, or ingest during a normal day. Mouthwash, 'non-alcoholic’ beer, cough syrup, vanilla extract...
Pretibial Myxedema (also known as localized hypothyroidism) is a dermatological condition in which there is localized thickening of the skin due to accumulation of mucopolysaccharides. While Pretibial Myxedema...
All acronyms can be translated in more than one way. So it is rarely, if ever, possible to translate an acronym without having the context in which it was used. You can try sites like http://www.drsre f...
Inhalation of ethanol can cause headache, sedation, and intoxication. It can even cause blindness, coma, or death if the concentration and/or duration of exposu re...
Some medications can cause drug tests to indicate that PCP is present when it is not. Specific types of antidepressants, cough medicines, allergy medicines, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, and...
Ammonia is an irritant. The liquid solutions and fumes can cause damage to skin, eyes, mouth, and lungs. Both people and pets can be affected (CDC, 2004).
The standard recommendations for reducing the level of triglycerides in your blood include exercise, weight reduction, replacing saturated and trans fats in the diet with monounsaturated fats (e.g. nu ts...
Charcot foot is a very serious condition that must be managed through close collaboration of the patient with their doctors. A patient with acute Charcot Foot should be under the care of an orthopedis t...
Current research is inconclusive as to whether exposure to Accutane (isotretinoin) is associated with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (Crockett, Gulati, Sandler, & Kappelman, 2009). Som e...
“Retrograde priming” generally means the same thing as “retrograde autologous priming” which means allowing a heart surgery patient’s arterial blood to replace some of the “priming fluid†in...
There is no information given about the husband's wishes with respect to the pregnancy, so unless the scenario is taken from a real case, there is no way to determine this. However, if we accept that the...
The short answer is: No, the pertussis vaccine is not good for life. Current understanding of the duration of immunity acquired from both natural pertussis infection and from vaccination is incomplete due...
There is a Tricare Brochure for National Guard and Reserve (dated February 2010) at the following URL: http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/Download/Forms/Choices_NGR_Flyer_Lo.pdf
The brochure may a nswer...
“s/p” is a commonly used shorthand in medical records for “status post”, meaning that the patient’s current status is impacted by a significant condition or procedure in their medical histor y...