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Question: Should I exercise my jaw if I get radiation therapy?
Answer: Likewise, certain kinds of radiation therapy can cause pain and stiffness, and even contribute to cavities in your teeth because of dry mouth. Three times a day, open and close your mouth as far as you can without feeling pain 20 times. This can help prevent and ease stiffness in your jaw muscles.
Question: Will lung cancer ever affect my mouth?
Answer: Food might not even taste the way it usually does. Usually, those changes are related to the treatments, not the disease itself. But if your cancer spreads to your lymph nodes or other areas around your head or neck, it could cause problems like pain. When you get treated for cancer in your lungs or elsewhere in your body, you might have: Mouth sores. Bleeding or sensitive gums.
Question: Can smoking affect my mouth and oral health?
Answer: No doubt about it: You need the lung cancer treatments. If you quit tobacco, those problems become less likely, though they're still more likely than for a nonsmoker. These can ease mouth sores and dry mouth.
Question: When might I need to call my doctor or 911 after a tonsil removal surgery?
Answer: Symptoms such as pain, snoring, and fever under 102 F are normal after surgery. But call your doctor if you notice these things: You feel weak, dizzy, lightheaded, or have a headache. This could mean you haven't had enough fluids. For your child: If's he's peeing only 2 to 3 times a day and crying without tears, that usually means he hasn't had enough to drink. You have a fever 102 F or higher. You throw up or still feel sick to your stomach more than 12 hours after surgery Go to the emergency room if you have: A hard time breathing Any bleeding (small bits of dark blood in your nose or spit are normal, but bright red blood means you need to be seen by a doctor.)
Question: How do flexitarians consume plant-based diets?
Answer: Some people call themselves "flexitarians" or "semi-vegetarians," meaning that they occasionally eat meat, poultry, pork, or fish. You might also hear the term "pescatarian," which means they eat a plant-based diet plus fish.
Question: How does a plant-based diet benefit my heart health?
Answer: You might also hear the term "pescatarian," which means they eat a plant-based diet plus fish. Start eating more fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, and seeds.
Question: How do I make the switch to a plant-based diet?
Answer: Start eating more fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. Depending on how far you want to take it, you can cut back on animal products, or cut them out. Check with a dietitian to make sure you're getting the nutrients you need. For example, you'll need to take a supplement or look for foods fortified with vitamin B12 if you totally cut out animal products. You'll also want to check on whether you're getting enough iron, calcium, and zinc. If you decide to swap dairy products for rice milk, nut milk, soy milk, or other plant-based alternatives, check the label to see how much calcium and vitamin D you're getting.
Question: How should I get enough protein for my plant-based diet?
Answer: To get enough protein without meat, favor beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, quinoa, or tofu. You'll still need to stick with your doctor's guidelines about fat, calories, sugar, and salt. It's possible to get too much of those whether you eat animal products or not.
Question: What are common types of plant-based diets for heart health?
Answer: There are many different types of plant-based diets. The three most common ones are: Vegan : No animal products such as meat, eggs, or dairy products. Lacto-vegetarian: No meat or eggs, but dairy products are OK. Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: No meat, but dairy products and eggs are OK. You can eat a plant-based diet without going completely vegetarian.
Question: Who can get palliative care?
Answer: Any adult or child can get it if they have a serious or ongoing condition, like: Cancer Heart failure Kidney or liver failure ALS ( Lou Gehrig's disease) HIV/ AIDS Multiple sclerosis Stroke Parkinson's disease Dementia Your team may include doctors, nurses, social workers, dietitians, volunteers, and even spiritual advisers.
Question: How do I get palliative care?
Answer: If you feel palliative medicine might help you, ask for it if it's not offered. You can receive care at home, in the hospital, nursing home, or an assisted living center.
Question: What can palliative medicines help with?
Answer: Its focus is not to treat or cure your disease, but to ease your symptoms and any side effects of treatment. These include: Pain Shortness of breath Fatigue Anxiety or depression Sleep problems Lack of appetite Constipation Your palliative care experts will ask what you may need and want.
Question: How do you know what palliative medications to use?
Answer: These include: Pain Shortness of breath Fatigue Anxiety or depression Sleep problems Lack of appetite Constipation Your palliative care experts will ask what you may need and want. Maybe you'd like to feel well enough to leave the hospital or to move to the next step in your treatment. Or, you may want to get stronger so you can see your daughter play baseball or attend your son's wedding. Your team can help you reach those goals. The team can answer questions about treatment options, help you make decisions, and let your regular doctors know your wishes. You'll have more control over your overall care this way.
Question: How is palliative care different from hospice?
Answer: Unlike with hospice care, you can receive palliative care at any stage in your disease and continue to get treatments to cure it. You don't have to be dying or have a terminal illness to get palliative care.
Question: How can a palliative care team help you and your child with emotions?
Answer: You may be in pain or too tired to get through the day. The team can answer questions about treatment options, help you make decisions, and let your regular doctors know your wishes.
Question: How can rheumatoid arthritis affect your voice box?
Answer: It doesn't happen often, but RA can also affect a joint in your voice box.
Question: What joints does rheumatoid arthritis affect?
Answer: RA usually starts in the hands, but it can affect any joint, including your: Elbows Feet Hips Jaw Knees Neck Shoulders Wrists If you have RA, you'll notice a symmetrical pattern. It shows up in the same joints on both sides of your body, like both wrists or both hips.
Question: How do you know if rheumatoid arthritis is in your joints?
Answer: RA almost always affects your joints. It may take a few weeks or months for the first signs to show. The inflammation it causes results in classic symptoms like: Stiffness. The joint is harder to use and doesn't move as well as it should. It's especially common in the morning. While many people with other forms of arthritis have stiff joints in the morning, it takes people with rheumatoid arthritis more than an hour (sometimes several hours) before their joints feel loose. Swelling. Fluid in the joint makes it puffy and tender. Pain. Inflammation inside a joint makes it hurt whether you're moving it or not. Over time, it causes damage and pain. Redness and warmth. The joints may be warmer and show color changes related to the inflammation.
Question: How can rheumatoid arthritis  affect your heart?
Answer: Likewise, RA can inflame the lining around your heart (called pericarditis) or your heart muscle (called myocarditis). You probably wouldn't notice symptoms from that. There's a chance you could feel shortness of breath or chest pain.
Question: Does rheumatoid arthritis cause pain?
Answer: Fluid in the joint makes it puffy and tender. Pain.
Question: Can rheumatoid arthritis affect your lungs?
Answer: This may not cause symptoms. But you might notice shortness of breath. Your doctor can treat it with drugs that ease the inflammation in the lungs.
Question: Does rheumatoid arthritis affect your eyes?
Answer: While many people with other forms of arthritis have stiff joints in the morning, it takes people with rheumatoid arthritis more than an hour (sometimes several hours) before their joints feel loose.
Question: How do you know if rheumatoid arthritis affects the entire body?
Answer: Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can go beyond your joints. You could also feel: Fatigue Muscle aches Poor appetite Bad all over (your doctor may call this malaise) Depression Extreme fatigue could be a sign of anemia, or a lack of healthy red blood cells.
Question: Can rheumatoid arthritis inflame areas around your heart?
Answer: Likewise, RA can inflame the lining around your heart (called pericarditis) or your heart muscle (called myocarditis). You probably wouldn't notice symptoms from that. There's a chance you could feel shortness of breath or chest pain.
Question: Can rheumatoid arthritis affect your voice box?
Answer: It doesn't happen often, but RA can also affect a joint in your voice box.
Question: How can rheumatoid arthritis affect your lungs?
Answer: Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can go beyond your joints. This may not cause symptoms. Your doctor can treat it with drugs that ease the inflammation in the lungs.
Question: Does rheumatoid arthritis affect your joints?
Answer: RA almost always affects your joints. Redness and warmth.
Question: What should I be monitoring while my child is on ADHD medication titration?
Answer: What works at first may not continue to over time. Watch your child for symptoms and side effects as he grows and his schedule and lifestyle change. Check in with the doctor every 3 months or so to make sure your child is still on the right treatment.
Question: What side effects are associated with ADHD medication titration?
Answer: Common side effects include sleeping problems, appetite loss, and not feeling as social. These often go away after a few weeks, so your doctor may encourage you to wait it out and see if they get better on their own. If they don't, your doctor can adjust the dosage or change the medication. Less common but more serious side effects can include hallucinations, tics, and depression. You may want to start during the weekend or over a school break so you can keep a close eye on your child for the first few days. You can also use this time to figure out the best time to take the medicine.
Question: When is the best time to start titration for ADHD medication in a child?
Answer: This is called titration. You may want to start during the weekend or over a school break so you can keep a close eye on your child for the first few days. You can also use this time to figure out the best time to take the medicine. For example, a younger child may need to take the medicine in the morning to focus throughout the school day, and a teen may need a stronger dose later in the afternoon to get through homework or to focus while driving home.
Question: How long does ADHD medication titration take?
Answer: It can take several weeks. And don't be discouraged if the first medicine your child takes isn't the right fit. The doctor may try titration with two or three different types of medicine before finding the best match. Check in with the doctor every 3 months or so to make sure your child is still on the right treatment.
Question: How can I find the right ADHD treatment for my child?
Answer: Your doctor may prescribe your child a low dose of a medicine, then raise it little by little until your child gets the greatest benefit with the fewest side effects. This is called titration. Watch your child for symptoms and side effects as he grows and his schedule and lifestyle change.
Question: What is chest discomfort or pressure like as a symptom of a heart attack in men?
Answer: The pain can be severe, but it doesn't have to be. It can be a feeling of âfullness,â squeezing, or pressure. It can even be mistaken for heartburn. The discomfort often happens in the left or center of your chest. The feeling may last for more than several minutes, or it may come and go.
Question: What is chest pain like as a symptom of a heart attack in men?
Answer: This is the most common symptom of a heart attack in both men and women. Most often, it starts slowly with mild pain or discomfort. A sudden onset of severe symptoms is sometimes called a â Hollywood heart attack,â because of the typical way heart attacks have been portrayed in movies and television. A heart attack can happen this way, but it doesn't that often.
Question: What is pain like as a symptom of a heart attack in men?
Answer: Pain or discomfort sometimes shows up in other areas because they're not getting enough blood. Usually, it's an area of the body that's above the waist, including the upper part of your stomach, your shoulders, one arm (probably the left) or both, your back, neck or jaw, even your teeth.
Question: When should you get help because of symptoms of a heart attack?
Answer: Another possible sign is breaking into a cold sweat The more symptoms you have, the more likely it is that you're having a heart attack.
Question: What are other symptoms of a heart attack in men?
Answer: Shortness of breath, called dyspnea, can happen with or without chest pain and may even be your only symptom. It can happen when you're being active or not and is probably due to congestion (fluid buildup) in your lungs. You may also find yourself coughing or wheezing. Feeling tired for no reason is another common sign. You might feel anxious, too. Nausea and vomiting are less common in men than women. Some people say they feel light-headed or dizzy. Another possible sign is breaking into a cold sweat The more symptoms you have, the more likely it is that you're having a heart attack. But bear in mind, you may have no symptoms at all. These are called silent heart attacks and are more common the older you are or if you have diabetes.
Question: What should you know about the signs of a heart attack?
Answer: Some come on suddenly, and others give plenty of warning. Still, there are some common signs of heart attacks in men. This is the most common symptom of a heart attack in both men and women. The pain can be severe, but it doesn't have to be. If you think there's any possibility that you're having a heart attack, call 911 right away.
Question: How long are patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) hospitalized?
Answer: The goal is to get the inflammation down quickly and stop the immune system attack. This will likely take a week or two in the hospital.
Question: What are the best therapies for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: After the hospital, they may need some combination of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. They may have to stay in a rehab hospital for a while, or maybe they can go home and work with a therapist.
Question: What causes acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: Other symptoms include: Fever Headache Sleepiness Behavior changes such as fussiness or confusion Nausea and vomiting Seizures Coma ADEM seems to be an autoimmune disease. That means your immune system attacks your body's own cells and tissues as if they were outside bacteria or viruses.
Question: What triggers acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: Experts don't know exactly what triggers it, but it could be an overreaction to an infection. Most of the time, the attack happens when a child is getting over some common illness, like a cold or stomach bug. ADEM sometimes follows an immunization, particularly certain rabies shots and the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella. No direct connection has been made though. Other times, nothing out of the ordinary happens before symptoms appear.
Question: What is the treatment for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in children?
Answer: Most people start with high doses of a powerful corticosteroid by IV for a few days. Your child may feel better within hours. They'll continue to take a steroid (as a pill or a liquid) for several weeks, in smaller and smaller doses. If your child can't have steroids or if they don't work, some procedures can calm the immune system. The doctor may filter their blood through a machine to remove the antibodies that their immune system is sending to attack the brain. This is called plasmapheresis. Or they could get shots of antibodies from a healthy person, which is called intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.
Question: What is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: ADEM is a rare kind of inflammation that affects the brain and spinal cord. It damages the protective coating of nerve fibers, called myelin. Most often, children under age 10 will get it. While symptoms can be severe, they can be treated. Most people make a full recovery and don't have another attack.
Question: How is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) diagnosed in kids?
Answer: But MS is rare in children. Other differences can also help your doctor make the right diagnosis. Kids with ADEM may have a fever, a headache, seizures, or trouble thinking clearly. The disease usually appears soon after a viral illness. There's no such link with MS. An ADEM attack usually happens once, while multiple sclerosis involves many episodes over time. Tests of spinal fluid usually show certain proteins when you have MS, but not ADEM. With ADEM, spinal fluid usually has more white blood cells than normal. Damage to the brain from ADEM and damage caused by multiple sclerosis look different on an MRI. It's more widespread with ADEM. The doctor has to rule out other illnesses with similar symptoms, too, like infections of the brain and spinal cord such as meningitis.
Question: What is the outlook for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: Most of the time, a child who gets ADEM will recover completely. It will be a slow process, over 4 to 6 weeks. But it could be 6 months or up to a year before they're fully well. In some cases, kids don't get over all of their symptoms. They may have lasting vision damage or muscle weakness. They might have trouble in school if they've missed a lot of time, or perhaps as a lingering effect of the attack. About 8 times out of 10, ADEM happens only once. But sometimes you can get it again within a few months, especially if you don't take steroids for long enough. Your child might get MS later, but it's unlikely. In very rare cases, ADEM can be fatal.
Question: Does therapy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) usually continue after hospitalization?
Answer: After the hospital, they may need some combination of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. They may have to stay in a rehab hospital for a while, or maybe they can go home and work with a therapist. Your child's doctor will probably want a follow-up MRI to make sure the inflammation is gone and no new scars have formed.
Question: How is acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) differentiated from other conditions with similar symptoms?
Answer: The condition has a lot in common with multiple sclerosis and other diseases that damage myelin. They share some symptoms, like muscle weakness, numbness, loss of vision, and loss of balance. But MS is rare in children. Other differences can also help your doctor make the right diagnosis. Kids with ADEM may have a fever, a headache, seizures, or trouble thinking clearly. The disease usually appears soon after a viral illness. There's no such link with MS. An ADEM attack usually happens once, while multiple sclerosis involves many episodes over time. Tests of spinal fluid usually show certain proteins when you have MS, but not ADEM. With ADEM, spinal fluid usually has more white blood cells than normal. Damage to the brain from ADEM and damage caused by multiple sclerosis look different on an MRI. It's more widespread with ADEM. The doctor has to rule out other illnesses with similar symptoms, too, like infections of the brain and spinal cord such as meningitis.
Question: What are the causes of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)?
Answer: Other symptoms include: Fever Headache Sleepiness Behavior changes such as fussiness or confusion Nausea and vomiting Seizures Coma ADEM seems to be an autoimmune disease. That means your immune system attacks your body's own cells and tissues as if they were outside bacteria or viruses. Experts don't know exactly what triggers it, but it could be an overreaction to an infection. Most of the time, the attack happens when a child is getting over some common illness, like a cold or stomach bug. ADEM sometimes follows an immunization, particularly certain rabies shots and the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella. No direct connection has been made though. Other times, nothing out of the ordinary happens before symptoms appear.
Question: How is oral cancer treated?
Answer: Cancer is defined as the uncontrollable growth of cells that invade and cause damage to surrounding tissue.
Question: What is oral cancer?
Answer: Oral cancer appears as a growth or sore in the mouth that does not go away. Oral cancer, which includes cancers of the lips, tongue, cheeks, floor of the mouth, hard and soft palate, sinuses, and pharynx (throat), can be life threatening if not diagnosed and treated early.
Question: What can I do to prevent oral cancer?
Answer: To prevent oral cancer: Don't smoke or use any tobacco products and drink alcohol in moderation (and refrain from binge drinking). Eat a well balanced diet. Limit your exposure to the sun. Repeated exposure increases the risk of cancer on the lip, especially the lower lip. When in the sun, use UV- A/ B-blocking sun protective lotions on your skin, as well as your lips.
Question: What is the outlook for people with oral cancer?
Answer: The overall 5-year survival rate for patients with an early diagnosis of oral cavity and pharynx cancers is 84%. If the cancer has spread to nearby tissues, organs, or lymph nodes, the 5-year survival rate drops to 65%.
Question: Who gets oral cancer?
Answer: It's estimated that over 50,000 people in the U. S. received a diagnosis of oral cancer in 2019. Risk factors for the development of oral cancer include: Smoking . Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smokers are six times more likely than nonsmokers to develop oral cancers. Smokeless tobacco users. Users of dip, snuff, or chewing tobacco products are 50 times more likely to develop cancers of the cheek, gums, and lining of the lips. Excessive consumption of alcohol. Oral cancers are about six times more common in drinkers than in nondrinkers. Family history of cancer. Excessive sun exposure, especially at a young age. Human papillomavirus ( HPV). Certain HPV strains are etiologic risk factors for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ( OSCC). The American Cancer Society recommends oral cancer screening exams every 3 years for persons over age 20 and annually for those over age 40.
Question: How is oral cancer diagnosed?
Answer: A biopsy may be needed to determine the makeup of a suspicious looking area. There are different types of biopsies and your doctor can determine which one is best. Many doctors don't use brush biopsies because while they're very easy, they still need a scalpel biopsy to confirm the results if the brush biopsy is positive. Also there are different types of scalpel biopsies, incisional and excisional, depending whether only a piece or the whole area is needed to determine what the nature of the problem is. Some doctors perform these biopsies with lasers. Feel for lumps or enlarged lymph nodes in both sides of your neck and under your lower jaw. Call your dentist's office immediately if you notice any changes in the appearance of your mouth or any of the signs and symptoms mentioned above. During your next dental appointment, ask your dentist to perform an oral exam.