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Question: Can cranberry help with a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
Answer: Studies have not shown that cranberries are effective treatments for UTIs once you have an infection. There's no good evidence that it will help. Instead, see a doctor. If you have health conditions like aspirin allergy or kidney stones, check with a doctor before using cranberry for a health condition. Sweetened cranberry drinks can be high in calories and high-fructose corn syrup, and thus may be inadvisable for people with diabetes or weight problems.
Question: What are cranberries?
Answer: Traditionally, cranberries have been used for urinary conditions and other ailments. Cranberries, cranberry juice, and cranberry extracts are safe.
Question: What is meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)?
Answer: Meibomian gland dysfunction ( MGD) is a common eye condition, yet many people don't realize they have it. You get it when there's a problem with a few dozen tiny glands in your eyelids that help make tears.
Question: How is meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) diagnosed?
Answer: There's no single thing that can show that you have MGD. Your eye doctor will look closely at your eyelids to inspect the gland openings. She may press on your eyelids to squeeze oil out. The Schirmer's test checks if you make enough tears. Other tests can measure the quality of your meibum and how fast your tears evaporate. The combination of results can lead to a diagnosis of MGD.
Question: What are self-care treatments for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)?
Answer: Put a warm, wet washcloth or heat pack over your eyelids for 5 minutes, twice a day, to help loosen the oil. Follow this with a light fingertip massage. For the upper lid, look down and very gently roll one side of your index finger from the top of your eyelid down to the lash line. For the lower lid, look up at the ceiling and roll your finger up to the lash line. To help unblock gland openings, clean with a non-soap cleanser once a day. Dab it on a warm, wet washcloth and gently go along your upper and lower lash lines.
Question: What are treatments for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)?
Answer: For more advanced MGD and depending on what other health issues you have, your doctor may add medications to your care plan: Lubricants Antibiotics for infections Cyclosporine to suppress your immune system Steroids that help ease inflammation These could be eye drops or spray, creams, or pills. In the office, your doctor may use devices that send heat or pulsed light to open blocked meibomian glands and improve symptoms.
Question: What does an acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury feel like?
Answer: What you'll feel: Pain in your shoulder. You might also see a bump on top of the shoulder where it's separated.
Question: How can you get a rotator cuff injury?
Answer: How it can get hurt: Sports that involve lifting your hands over your head -- like pitching in baseball, swimming the freestyle or butterfly stroke, serving in tennis, and weightlifting -- can cause the top part of the shoulder blade to pinch the rotator cuff muscles. Doctors call this âshoulder impingement.â Repetitive motion in sports can also overload the tendons of the rotator cuff. Over time, they can swell and get inflamed. Doctors call this tendinitis. If you ignore the pain and keep swinging that golf club or tennis racket, the tendon that connects the rotator cuff muscles to the ball part of the joint can eventually tear.
Question: How do you treat a rotator cuff injury?
Answer: Treatment: Your doctor may suggest that you rest your shoulder for a few days, then start rotator cuff stretches and exercises so that this area gets stronger and moves well. Don't lift anything above shoulder level until the injury heals. An anti-inflammatory medication or corticosteroid injection may help bring down swelling and ease pain. If the pain and weakness don't improve, you might need physical therapy or surgery.
Question: How is a dislocated shoulder treated?
Answer: Treatment: Don't let anyone work on your shoulder unless you're sure they are trained and have experience in doing this. Otherwise, it could make matters worse. Instead, see your doctor, who may give you a sedative or pain medicine before sliding your upper arm bone gently back into its socket. You'll have to keep the shoulder still for a few weeks afterward in a sling. If your shoulder is being stubborn and it won't go back in place, you may need surgery to move the joint. Surgery can also repair torn ligaments or tendons in your shoulder.
Question: How can you dislocate your shoulder?
Answer: When the shoulder slips only partway out of the socket, doctors call that âsubluxation.â How it can get injured : A strong hit to your shoulder on the football field or ice hockey rink can pop the ball out of its socket. You can also get a dislocated shoulder if you rotate your shoulder joint too far, like when you're serving in volleyball.
Question: How can you get an acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury?
Answer: How it can get hurt : You might get hit hard in the shoulder or fall on an outstretched hand.
Question: How can you prevent a rotator cuff injury?
Answer: Prevention: Exercise your rotator cuff muscles to keep them strong and improve your range of motion. Be careful when you play sports like golf and tennis that use the same repetitive motions. Switch up your game once in a while. And stop whenever you feel pain.
Question: How can you prevent an acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury?
Answer: Prevention: Do range-of-motion and strengthening exercises. Gradually increase the weight and number of reps to strengthen your shoulder.
Question: What is an acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury?
Answer: What it is : The AC (acromioclavicular) joint is where the uppermost part of your shoulder blade -- a structure called the acromion -- meets your collarbone. When ligaments connecting the acromion and collarbone get torn, you've got a separated shoulder.
Question: What does a rotator cuff injury feel like?
Answer: What you'll feel: Pain is the main symptom of a rotator cuff injury. The pain gets worse when you raise your arm, and you might hear a click or popping sound. Eventually, the shoulder will hurt even when you're not moving it. A rotator cuff injury can limit your shoulder movement and cut your strength.
Question: What is a dislocated shoulder?
Answer: What it is : A dislocated shoulder happens when the top of the upper arm bone (the âballâ) slips out of its socket. The ball can slip forward, backward, or downward. Before you fully dislocate it, the shoulder might feel like it's starting to go out of place. That's called instability. When the shoulder slips only partway out of the socket, doctors call that âsubluxation.â How it can get injured : A strong hit to your shoulder on the football field or ice hockey rink can pop the ball out of its socket.
Question: What does a dislocated shoulder feel like?
Answer: What you'll feel: You can feel when your shoulder pops out of place. The pop will be followed by intense pain. You might also have swelling, bruising, and weakness in the arm.
Question: How is an acromioclavicular (AC) joint injury treated?
Answer: Treatment: You'll need to see your doctor if you think you might have an AC joint injury. You will probably need to wear a sling to keep your shoulder still. Ice the area for about 20-30 minutes every couple of hours to cut swelling. Take acetaminophen or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen to help with the pain.
Question: Who is most likely to get ringworm on the scalp?
Answer: Ringworm is most common in children between the ages of 3 and 7, but it can affect adults, too.
Question: How are head lice treated?
Answer: To treat, parents can use an over-the-counter product with permethrin ( Nix), pyrethrin ( Rid), or spinosad ( Natroba). Lice kits usually contain a special shampoo that is left on the hair for 10 minutes and then washed out, and a fine-toothed comb to remove any remaining eggs. Another treatment is a lotion called Sklice, which doesn't use a comb. One treatment may be all that's needed. The key ingredient is ivermectin, a powerful parasite killer. You can use it on kids as young as 6 months.
Question: What is the treatment for lice?
Answer: To treat, parents can use an over-the-counter product with permethrin ( Nix), pyrethrin ( Rid), or spinosad ( Natroba). Lice kits usually contain a special shampoo that is left on the hair for 10 minutes and then washed out, and a fine-toothed comb to remove any remaining eggs. Another treatment is a lotion called Sklice, which doesn't use a comb. One treatment may be all that's needed. The key ingredient is ivermectin, a powerful parasite killer. You can use it on kids as young as 6 months.
Question: How is folliculitis treated?
Answer: Look for small, pus-filled pimples. Some mild cases will go away without treatment, but an antibiotic can help clear up the bacteria quickly. If shaving, waxing, or plucking is the cause, you may need to hold off on these for a few weeks to allow healthy hair to grow. Be sure to keep the affected area clean, cool, and dry.
Question: What is dandruff?
Answer: Dandruff is simply a buildup of shedding dead skin. We don't know the cause, but it may be due to a fungus on the skin.
Question: What is ringworm?
Answer: Despite the name, ringworm has nothing to do with worms. It's an infection that leaves round, scaly, red rashes and patches of hair loss on the scalp. Ringworm is most common in children between the ages of 3 and 7, but it can affect adults, too. It's spread through close contact or by sharing hats, clothing, towels, and combs. In rare cases, it's possible to catch ringworm from a dog or cat.
Question: What is lichen planus on the scalp?
Answer: No one knows what causes it, but there are a number of theories, ranging from stress to genetics. It may also be linked to the hepatitis B or C virus, dental materials, or thyroid disease. Doctors believe lichen planus is an autoimmune disease, which means your immune system attacks your own body by mistake. Anti-malaria medications and those used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, and arthritis can sometimes cause a lichen planus-like irritation. People who have lichen planus develop flat-topped, purple, or reddish bumps on their skin.
Question: Should I clean the house if I have lice?
Answer: Clearing up lice also requires that you thoroughly clean house. Vacuum the rugs and furniture, and then wash all of the child's clothes, hats, bedding, and towels in hot water. Dry-clean items you can't wash, like stuffed animals, or seal them in plastic bags for two weeks. Experts recommend that you continue to check the hair for two to three weeks to make sure that all of the lice and nits (eggs) are gone. Use another lice kit after 10 days.
Question: Is there a cure for dandruff?
Answer: There's no cure, but it's fairly easy to control by washing your hair more often with a medicated shampoo. Leave it in for 5 minutes before rinsing to give it a chance to work. Pick one with one or more of these ingredients: Coal tar ( Neutrogena T/ Gel, Tegrin) Zinc pyrithione ( Suave Dandruff Control, Pert Plus Dandruff Control, Head & Shoulders) Salicylic acid ( T- Sal, Sebulex) Selenium sulfide ( Selsun Blue) Ketoconazole ( Nizoral A- D) available as a 1% over-the-counter shampoo or a 2% prescription-strength one You may need to try two or three products to clear up your dandruff.
Question: What is psoriasis?
Answer: This skin condition can show up anywhere, but often happens on the scalp. It causes the body to make too many new skin cells. This buildup can form thick, crusted scales that can feel itchy or sore.
Question: Can you get dandruff from other people?
Answer: You can't catch dandruff from someone else, and it isn't dangerous, but it can be itchy and a bother. Luckily, there's no redness or scabbing of the scalp.
Question: What is the treatment for cradle cap?
Answer: For treatment, try rubbing your baby's scalp softly with baby or mineral oil to loosen the scales. After a few minutes, wash your baby's hair with a gentle baby shampoo. Then brush the scalp very gently with a soft brush to loosen the flakes. If a regular shampoo isn't working, ask your pediatrician about a medicated one.
Question: Can you get dandruff from someone else?
Answer: You can't catch dandruff from someone else, and it isn't dangerous, but it can be itchy and a bother.
Question: What is cradle cap?
Answer: This form of seborrheic dermatitis affects infants, typically in the first 6 months. It causes greasy, yellowish scales or crusts on the scalp. Although it may frighten parents, cradle cap is not a sign of a more serious infection, and it will usually clear up by the baby's first birthday.
Question: How is lichen planus on the scalp treated?
Answer: To kill the fungus, you must treat ringworm on the scalp with medications taken by mouth. Retinoid medications used for acne may also help. Antihistamines (such as Benadryl), cold compresses, and soothing baths can help the itching. Sometimes doctors use a type of ultraviolet light therapy called PUVA (psoralen plus UVA radiation), narrow band UVB phototherapy, or antibiotics.
Question: Does hair make my scalp itch?
Answer: There's no cure, but it's fairly easy to control by washing your hair more often with a medicated shampoo. And they usually itch.
Question: How does alcohol use disorder affect younger and older people differently?
Answer: In young people binge drinking is more acceptable, and teenagers tend to drink with friends. Older people are more likely to drink alone, and take medications or have co-morbidities that make drinking more risky. Both situations can make it hard to identify a problem drinker.
Question: What health problems can alcohol use disorder cause?
Answer: Alcohol intoxication may or may not be obvious to observers. Even in highly functional alcoholics, chronic alcoholism can lead to physical problems. Most common is damage to your liver, which over time can lead to cirrhosis (scarred liver). Other risks include depression, chronic gastritis that leads to stomach bleeds, pancreatitis, high blood pressure, heart failure, numbness and tingling in your feet and changes in your brain. Alcoholism can also increase your risk for infections including pneumonia and tuberculosis. Alcoholism can also lead to impotence in men, damage to the fetus in pregnant women, and an elevated risk of cancer of the larynx, esophagus, liver, breast, stomach, pancreas, and upper gastrointestinal tract. Because heavy drinkers seldom have adequate diets, they may have nutritional deficiencies. Heavy drinkers typically have impaired liver function, and up to one in five develops cirrhosis.
Question: How common is alcohol abuse?
Answer: Consumed in moderate amounts, alcoholic beverages are relaxing and in some cases may even have beneficial effects on heart health. Consumed in excess, alcohol is poisonous and is considered a drug. It is estimated that between 18 million -- or one in 12 adults -- in the U. S. abuse alcohol or are chronic alcoholics. Nearly 100,000 Americans die each year as a result of alcohol abuse, and alcohol is a factor in more than half of the country's homicides, suicides, and traffic accidents. Alcohol abuse also plays a role in many social and domestic problems, from job absenteeism and crimes against property to spousal and child abuse.
Question: What makes treatment difficult for alcohol use disorder?
Answer: The alcoholic's continual craving for alcohol makes abstinence -- an important goal of treatment -- extremely difficult. The condition is also complicated by denial: Alcoholics might be reluctant to admit their excess drinking either because of denial or guilt. Another barrier to receiving care is that physicians screen only about 15% of their primary care patients for alcohol disorders. Historically, alcoholic behavior was blamed on a character flaw or weakness of will; experts now consider alcoholism, and addiction more generally, a medical disease.
Question: What are physical effects of drinking alcohol?
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Question: What causes alcoholism?
Answer: The cause of alcoholism seems to be a blend of genetic, physical, psychological, environmental, and social factors. A given person's risk of becoming an alcoholic is three to four times greater if a parent is alcoholic. While children of alcoholics have an increased risk of struggling with alcohol, many children of people who have an alcohol abuse or dependence issue do not develop a problem.
Question: What can you do for pain management in an abortion procedure?
Answer: Your doctor will also talk to you about different types of pain management available to you during the procedure. For an in-clinic abortion, you'll probably get local anesthesia, meaning that your cervix will be numbed but you'll be awake. While 600 to 800 milligrams of ibuprofen usually provides enough pain relief, your doctor might also offer you an oral medication to calm you down or mildly sedate you, so you're awake but relaxed. If you prefer heavy sedation, meaning you're in a light sleep throughout the procedure, you can ask if a sedative medication can be given to you through an IV.
Question: How is a vacuum aspiration (suction abortion) done?
Answer: If you opt for an in-clinic abortion in your first trimester, you'll have a vacuum aspiration, which you may also hear called a âsuction abortion.â In most cases, your cervix doesn't need to be prepped or dilated for this procedure. But if you're more than about 10 to 12 weeks pregnant, your health care provider may take steps to open your cervix a bit before getting started so that the medical tools can access your uterus. She'll likely insert little sticks made of sterilized seaweed that absorb moisture and expand, called laminaria. Once you're ready for the procedure, your health care provider will have you lie on an exam table with your feet in stirrups, like you're having a pelvic exam. When you're comfortable and sedated, if you so choose, your health care provider will insert a medical tool called a speculum into your vagina to keep it open, and swab your vagina and cervix with an antiseptic solution called Betadine. She'll inject an anesthetic into the cervix to numb it, holding your cervix in place with a grasping instrument. She'll then insert a small tube attached to either a hand-held syringe or a suction machine into your uterus, and clear out its contents. From start to finish, the procedure takes several minutes. Afterward, your doctor will check to make sure that the procedure was successful, and then let you rest for about 30 minutes under observation.
Question: Can a bleeding disorder cause a nose bleed?
Answer: But if you get nosebleeds a lot -- there may be a reason you can pinpoint: Dry climates or dry, heated air that dries out the inside of your nose Picking your nose or rubbing it too hard A cold Repeated nose-blowing An injury to your nose Allergies or allergy medicines that can dry out your nose Other medications you're taking such as certain blood thinners A sinus infection It's possible for nosebleeds to be caused by bleeding disorders, but it's rare. If your nosebleed doesn't stop, or you have a lot of bleeding from your gums or when you get minor cuts, then you should see a doctor. Bleeding disorders can be serious because platelets in your blood that help it clot are either missing or aren't working.
Question: Can nose bleeds be genetic?
Answer: In some cases, nosebleeds can be caused by genes passed down in families. A rare condition called âhereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiaâ ( HHT) affects the blood vessels. The main symptom is repeated nosebleeds that seem to come out of nowhere and get worse over time.
Question: Am I  having an anterior or posterior nose bleed?
Answer: It can be hard to tell if you have a posterior or anterior nosebleed. Both can make blood flow toward the back of your throat if you're lying on your back. But posterior nosebleeds can be much more serious. You're more likely to need to emergency help.
Question: What are some other chemicals that can cause popcorn lung?
Answer: Other chemicals that can cause popcorn lung include: Metal oxide fumes, a common byproduct of welding Formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical used in some glues and building materials Sulfur dioxide, a pollutant released by burning fossil fuels Ammonia Chlorine Nitrogen oxides Hydrochloric acid Sulfur mustard, a chemical weapon known as "mustard gas" Sometimes, bronchiolitis obliterans happens after you've had a serious illness that affects your lungs, for example some forms of pneumonia or bronchitis.
Question: What is the purpose of lungs?
Answer: Your lungs are where your blood picks up oxygen before carrying it to cells in the rest of your body. When you breathe in, air flows into your lungs through your windpipe, or trachea. Your windpipe divides into two tubes called the bronchi, which lead to your left and right lungs.
Question: What happens when someone has popcorn lung?
Answer: When you have "popcorn lung," those tiny air passages get irritated and inflamed. That leads to scarring that makes them narrower. That makes it harder for you to get enough air.
Question: When are other times someone could have bronchiolitis obliterans?
Answer: Other chemicals that can cause popcorn lung include: Metal oxide fumes, a common byproduct of welding Formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical used in some glues and building materials Sulfur dioxide, a pollutant released by burning fossil fuels Ammonia Chlorine Nitrogen oxides Hydrochloric acid Sulfur mustard, a chemical weapon known as "mustard gas" Sometimes, bronchiolitis obliterans happens after you've had a serious illness that affects your lungs, for example some forms of pneumonia or bronchitis. And some people who have rheumatoid arthritis can get popcorn lung as a side effect of that condition.
Question: What are the main symptoms of popcorn lung?
Answer: The main symptoms of popcorn lung are a dry cough and shortness of breath. These show up between 2 weeks and 2 months after you've been around a toxic gas or had an illness. You're especially likely to have them when you're exercising or doing heavy labor. If you've had a lung transplant, it might take several years for symptoms to show up. If you feel tired without an obvious reason or wheeze when you don't have asthma or a cold, that also could be a symptom of bronchiolitis obliterans.
Question: What is popcorn lung?
Answer: It's sometimes caused by breathing in a chemical used to flavor microwave popcorn. But other chemicals or lung illnesses can also cause popcorn lung. The chemical that gave this condition its nickname is diacetyl. The main symptoms of popcorn lung are a dry cough and shortness of breath.