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Question: What is an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)?
Answer: Your doctor may recommend an IABP if your heart isn't getting enough blood or isn't sending enough out to the rest of your body. It can happen after a heart attack, when your heart is weak, or because of another heart problem like: Arrhythmia -- when your heart doesn't beat in a regular rhythm Myocarditis -- when an infection inflames your heart muscle An IABP also might be used to help you recover from surgery to reopen or bypass a blocked artery near your heart. It's only in place for a short time, typically a few days, while you're in the hospital. But more serious issues, like trouble with the blood flow in your arms or legs or gas leaking from the balloon, are rare.
Question: What are the symptoms of a cluster headache?
Answer: The pain is only on one side of your head (unilateral). It is severe, piercing and peaks within minutes. Your eye on the affected side becomes red and watery. And, you often have nasal congestion with a runny nose on that same side as well. It lasts from 30 minutes to 2 hours, then fades or disappears, only to come back a day or so later. Some people can have four or more attacks in a day. Cluster headaches can strike every day for weeks or months, and then stay away for a long time. They're more common in men and tend to start between ages 25 and 50. Heavy smokers get them more often than nonsmokers. Stress, drinking alcohol, and eating certain foods play a role in triggering the headaches for some people, but doctors don't know the root cause of them.
Question: What are the symptoms of migraine headaches?
Answer: Migraines headaches are some of the hardest types of headaches to live with. They usually begin with an intense, throbbing pain on one side of the head, which may spread. They also often cause nausea and vomiting. A migraine can last from a few hours to many days and can make people sensitive to light, smells, and sound. For some people, a warning sign, called an aura, comes just before a migraine attack. It can be a set of visual symptoms, like seeing flickering lights, blind spots, or zigzag lines, or other signs like numbness in a limb or a strange smell.
Question: What causes migraine headaches?
Answer: Doctors aren't sure what causes migraine headaches. Most researchers believe the headaches begin in the nervous system. Because migraines often run in families, it seems likely that genes play a role, too.
Question: What causes tension-type headaches?
Answer: They're often caused by stress, but other things like noise, eyestrain, poor posture, too much caffeine, lack of sleep, or grinding your teeth at night can also cause them.
Question: When should I talk to my doctor about my headaches?
Answer: Migraines headaches are some of the hardest types of headaches to live with.
Question: What is the basic treatment for most headaches?
Answer: They're annoying, even painful, but most headaches aren't dangerous and are easy to treat with a basic pain reliever.
Question: What is the cause of pain during tension headaches?
Answer: Your neck muscles may seem knotted, and parts of your head and neck may be sensitive to touch. Tension-type headaches can be short-lived and happen rarely, or they can last for a while and come back often.
Question: When should you talk to your doctor about headaches?
Answer: Migraines headaches are some of the hardest types of headaches to live with. Sinus headaches aren't common, and after you treat one, it doesn't usually come back.
Question: What are sinus headaches?
Answer: Most researchers believe the headaches begin in the nervous system. In some cases, they also make you feel pressure behind your face. Nasal congestion and blockage from seasonal allergies or an infection that leads to sinus congestion is the main cause, usually because of hay fever and other seasonal allergies, or a cold or the flu.
Question: How can talk therapy help treat depression and chronic pain?
Answer: In cognitive therapy, a person learns to notice the negative "automatic thoughts" that surround chronic pain. These often are distortions of reality. Some time with a therapist can teach you how to change these thought patterns and make you feel better. It's also a proven treatment for depression and can reduce symptoms of anxiety in those with chronic pain.
Question: How can antidepressants help with treating depression and chronic pain?
Answer: Because chronic pain and depression can involve the same nerves and neurotransmitters, certain antidepressants are often used to treat both. Some antidepressants can reduce the perception of pain. There is abundant evidence of the effectiveness of tricyclic antidepressants like amitriptyline HCL ( Elavil) and nortriptyline ( Pamelor). They can be highly effective for forms of neurologically-based pain (neuropathic pain) such as migraine headaches, herniated disks, and other spinal nerve root problems.
Question: What happens when pain becomes chronic?
Answer: When pain becomes chronic, you may have: Unusually high levels of stress hormones Low energy Mood disorders Muscle pain Lower-than-normal mental and physical performance. From one-quarter to more than half of the population that complains of pain to their doctors are depressed.
Question: How is male-pattern baldness different from female-pattern baldness?
Answer: As they age, men tend to lose the hair on top of their head, which eventually leaves a horseshoe-shaped ring of hair around the sides. This type of hair loss is called male-pattern baldness. It's caused by genes (from both parents -- the idea that men take after their mother's father is a myth) and it's fueled by the male hormone, testosterone. In female-pattern baldness, the hair loss is different -- it thins throughout the top of the scalp, leaving the hair in front intact.
Question: What dries out your hair?
Answer: A number of things can dry out hair, including: Washing it too often Using a harsh shampoo Excessive blow-drying or use of a curling iron or straightening iron Exposure to sun, wind, and dry air Perms and dyes Poor nutrition Certain medications To keep the moisture in your hair, try these tips: Don't wash your hair every day unless you have a scalp condition such as dandruff which needs daily shampooing for control.
Question: How do you treat split ends?
Answer: Some treatments for split ends include: Brush gently with a soft, flexible hairbrush; don't overbrush. Avoid towel-drying. If you do dry your hair with a towel, rub it gently. Use a conditioner, and leave on a deep conditioner about once a week.
Question: What causes greasy hair?
Answer: The scalp contains a natural oil called sebum, which helps keep the skin lubricated. Sebum is produced by the sebaceous glands. Sometimes these glands work overtime and produce too much oil, leading to a greasy scalp. Greasy hair can look dull, limp, and lifeless, and it may be more difficult to manage. To treat greasy hair, try washing with a gentle shampoo that is specially formulated to control sebum.
Question: What is the growth cycle of hair?
Answer: During the anagen phase, which lasts two to six years or longer, the hair grows. During the telogen phase, which lasts about three months, the hair rests. At the end of the telogen phase, the hair falls out and is replaced by new hair.
Question: Will stopping medication help hair loss?
Answer: When hair loss is related to a medication, stopping the drug usually prevents further hair loss, and the hair will eventually grow back. Hair also tends to grow back after most illnesses, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy.
Question: Will hair lost to male- and female-pattern baldness ever grow back on its own?
Answer: Hair lost to male-pattern and female-pattern baldness won't grow back on its own, but there are medications that can help slow hair loss and even regrow hair. Minoxidil ( Rogaine) is a topical medicine that is available over the counter to treat men and women. Finasteride ( Propecia) is a pill that is available to men only by prescription. Injectable cortisone may also help regrow hair lost to certain conditions. Other hair-loss treatments include injections with platelet-rich plasma, low-level light devices (for home use), hormonal replacement therapy (for perimenopausal patients), and neutraceuticals (pills or liquids taken by mouth such as prenatal vitamins).
Question: What can you do to keep moisture in your hair?
Answer: A number of things can dry out hair, including: Washing it too often Using a harsh shampoo Excessive blow-drying or use of a curling iron or straightening iron Exposure to sun, wind, and dry air Perms and dyes Poor nutrition Certain medications To keep the moisture in your hair, try these tips: Don't wash your hair every day unless you have a scalp condition such as dandruff which needs daily shampooing for control. When you do wash your hair, use a gentle shampoo that's designed to infuse moisture into dry hair. Also, use a conditioner daily. Limit blow-drying and use of hot irons, hot rollers, or curling irons. Increase the time between hair treatments, such as dyes and perms. Wear a hat on cold, windy days and put on a bathing cap when swimming.
Question: What causes gray hair?
Answer: Without melanin, the new hair that grows in has no pigment, which makes it appear gray, white, or silver. Some people start to go gray young -- as early as their teens. When graying begins usually is determined by genes, so if your mother or father became gray early, you may, too. As they age, men tend to lose the hair on top of their head, which eventually leaves a horseshoe-shaped ring of hair around the sides. In female-pattern baldness, the hair loss is different -- it thins throughout the top of the scalp, leaving the hair in front intact. Sebum is produced by the sebaceous glands.
Question: What medical treatments can cause hair loss in men?
Answer: Hair loss could be a side effect of certain drugs you take for: Cancer Arthritis Depression High blood pressure Heart problems Radiation treatment or chemotherapy can cause widespread hair loss, but usually your hair will grow back with time, once the treatments end.
Question: What role does genetics play in hair loss in men?
Answer: Male pattern baldness -- you may hear it called androgenetic alopecia -- is triggered by the genes you got from your parents. Exactly how it is inherited isn't clear, but it does tend to run in families. So if you have close relatives who are balding, you're more likely to have it, too. Doctors don't fully understand why certain hormonal changes cause hair follicles to shrink, or why the balding process gradually happens in the same pattern for most men. But it usually starts with a thinning of the hairline above your temples and crown.
Question: How can infections cause hair loss in men?
Answer: Things like ringworm can create scaly patches on the scalp and bald spots. The hair usually grows back after treatment.
Question: How can your immune system cause hair loss in men?
Answer: So if you have close relatives who are balding, you're more likely to have it, too. Your hair may grow back, but it may fall out again, too. Sunscreen won't make your hair fall out, but it will protect the areas where your hairline has receded.
Question: What are myths of hair loss in men?
Answer: More than half of men 50 or older have signs of hair loss. For example: Wearing a baseball cap or hat may give you âhat hair,â but it does not lead to hair loss. Neither does swimming in a chlorinated pool or salt water. Sunscreen won't make your hair fall out, but it will protect the areas where your hairline has receded. Hair dryers may cause your hair to be more brittle, but they won't lead to permanent hair loss.
Question: How do clinical trials help treatment for prostate cancer?
Answer: These studies test new drugs to see if they're safe and if they work. They're often a way to try new medicine that isn't available to everyone. Your doctor can tell you if one of these trials might be a good fit for you and how to find one. Clinical trials for people with prostate cancer let researchers find new methods to treat the cancer and manage symptoms and side effects.
Question: What are risks of clinical trial for prostate cancer?
Answer: The new treatment may not work as well as standard treatments. There's also a risk of side effects from the drug the clinical trial is testing. You won't know ahead of time if those side effects are worse than those of your current treatment.
Question: What are benefits of participating in a clinical trial for prostate cancer?
Answer: One thing to keep in mind when you join one is that you may not actually get a chance to take the drug that scientists are testing. Some people in the trial may get the new medicine, but others will get the standard treatment for prostate cancer. Some clinical trials may cover all or part of your medical costs while you take part. When you volunteer for cancer research, the results could help other men with prostate cancer live longer.
Question: How do clinical trails work for prostate cancer?
Answer: Scientists are looking for new ways to treat advanced prostate cancer in clinical trials. Your doctor can tell you if one of these trials might be a good fit for you and how to find one. Your doctor will discuss these details with you. But even if you don't get the new drug, there are still advantages: You'll get detailed care and attention from the health care team that manages the study.
Question: Does prickly pear cactus affect other medications?
Answer: If you take any medications regularly, talk to your doctor before you start using prickly pear cactus supplements. Since prickly pear cactus affects blood sugar levels, it may not be safe if you're taking diabetes drugs.
Question: Is prickly pear cactus safe to eat?
Answer: As a food, prickly pear cactus seems to be safe. It may cause minor side effects, such as: Upset stomach Diarrhea Bloating Headache Risks.
Question: How do you use prickly pear cactus?
Answer: It is considered a healthy part of the Mexican diet. People eat the fruit of the prickly pear cactus. People also make it into: Candies Juices Wine Jellies Powders As a food, it's very common in Mexico.
Question: What precautions should you take with prickly pear cactus?
Answer: It is considered a healthy part of the Mexican diet. People also make it into: Candies Juices Wine Jellies Powders As a food, it's very common in Mexico. It may cause minor side effects, such as: Upset stomach Diarrhea Bloating Headache Risks. If you have diabetes, don't take prickly pear cactus supplements unless a doctor says it's safe. You may need to stop taking prickly pear cactus before surgery. It's not known if prickly pear cactus is safe for children or for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Question: What is prickly pear cactus?
Answer: It is considered a healthy part of the Mexican diet. Prickly pear cactus may help with the symptoms of an enlarged prostate. But we need more research to be sure. Prickly pear cactus is a folk remedy for many other conditions, ranging from sunburn to ulcers to preventing mosquito bites. People also make it into: Candies Juices Wine Jellies Powders As a food, it's very common in Mexico.
Question: Does prickly pear cactus help if you have type 2 diabetes?
Answer: More research is needed to see if this effect would continue with repeated doses. Diabetes is a very serious condition. Don't ever try to treat it on your own with supplements. It's not known whether the supplement causes side effects.
Question: What's the best dose for prickly pear cactus?
Answer: Quality and active ingredients in supplements may vary widely from maker to maker. This makes it very hard to set a standard dose. Ask your doctor for advice. It's not known if prickly pear cactus is safe for children or for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Question: What are focal onset aware seizures?
Answer: Focal onset seizures have a wide range of symptoms in different kids. It used to be called a simple partial seizure. Your child knows it's happening and can remember it when it's done. Afterward, your child may just go back to doing whatever she was doing before.
Question: How can Crohn's disease affect a child's bones?
Answer: The nutritional deficiencies associated with Crohn's can compromise a child's growth, and can weaken the bones, leading to osteoporosis.
Question: Can you continue to get biofeedback benefits without using the equipment?
Answer: Several different relaxation exercises are used in biofeedback therapy, including: Deep breathing Progressive muscle relaxation -- alternately tightening and then relaxing different muscle groups Guided imagery -- concentrating on a specific image (such as the color and texture of an orange) to focus your mind and make you feel more relaxed Mindfulness meditation -- focusing your thoughts and letting go of negative emotions As you slow your heart rate, lower your blood pressure, and ease muscle tension, you'll get instant feedback on the screen. Eventually, you'll learn how to control these functions on your own, without the biofeedback equipment.
Question: How is neurofeedback or electroencephalography (EEG) used in biofeedback therapy?
Answer: Neurofeedback or electroencephalography ( EEG). This measures brain waves. It may be used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD), epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
Question: Does biofeedback help with high blood pressure
Answer: Evidence on the use of biofeedback for high blood pressure has been mixed. Although the technique does seem to lower blood pressure slightly, biofeedback isn't as effective as medication for blood pressure control.
Question: How is heart rate variability (HRA) used in biofeedback therapy?
Answer: Heart rate variability ( HRA). This measures heart rate. It may be used for anxiety, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD), and irregular heartbeat.
Question: What type of relaxation exercises are used in biofeedback therapy?
Answer: Several different relaxation exercises are used in biofeedback therapy, including: Deep breathing Progressive muscle relaxation -- alternately tightening and then relaxing different muscle groups Guided imagery -- concentrating on a specific image (such as the color and texture of an orange) to focus your mind and make you feel more relaxed Mindfulness meditation -- focusing your thoughts and letting go of negative emotions As you slow your heart rate, lower your blood pressure, and ease muscle tension, you'll get instant feedback on the screen.
Question: How does biofeedback therapy help chronic pain?
Answer: By helping you identify tight muscles and then learn to relax those muscles, biofeedback may help relieve the discomfort of conditions like low back pain, abdominal pain, temporomandibular joint disorders ( TMJ), and fibromyalgia.
Question: Where do biofeedback sessions take place?
Answer: During a biofeedback session, electrodes are attached to your skin.
Question: How does biofeedback therapy help anxiety?
Answer: Anxiety relief is one of the most common uses of biofeedback. Biofeedback lets you become more aware of your body's responses when you're stressed and anxious. Then you can learn how to control those responses.
Question: How does biofeedback therapy help urinary incontinence?
Answer: Biofeedback therapy can help people who have trouble controlling the urge to use the bathroom. Biofeedback can help women find and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that control bladder emptying. After several sessions of biofeedback, women with incontinence may be able to reduce their urgent need to urinate and the number of accidents they have. Biofeedback can also help children who wet the bed, as well as people with fecal incontinence (the inability to control bowel movements).
Question: How does biofeedback work?
Answer: They do know that biofeedback promotes relaxation, which can help relieve a number of conditions that are related to stress. During a biofeedback session, electrodes are attached to your skin. Finger sensors can also be used. These electrodes/sensors send signals to a monitor, which displays a sound, flash of light, or image that represents your heart and breathing rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, sweating, or muscle activity. When you're under stress, these functions change. Your heart rate speeds up, your muscles tighten, your blood pressure rises, you start to sweat, and your breathing quickens. You can see these stress responses as they happen on the monitor, and then get immediate feedback as you try to stop them.
Question: What is biofeedback?
Answer: One technique can help you gain more control over these normally involuntary functions. It's called biofeedback, and the therapy is used to help prevent or treat conditions, including migraine headaches, chronic pain, incontinence, and high blood pressure. The idea behind biofeedback is that, by harnessing the power of your mind and becoming aware of what's going on inside your body, you can gain more control over your health.
Question: What are less common uses of biofeedback therapy?
Answer: Other biofeedback uses include: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) High blood pressure Raynaud's disease Injury Asthma Constipation Epilepsy Rheumatoid arthritis Many different health care providers offer biofeedback therapy, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and general physicians.
Question: How long does biofeedback therapy take?
Answer: Usually, you can start to see biofeedback benefits within 10 sessions or less. Some conditions, such as high blood pressure, can take more sessions to improve.
Question: What does a biofeedback therapist do?
Answer: A biofeedback therapist helps you practice relaxation exercises, which you fine-tune to control different body functions. For example, you might use a relaxation technique to turn down the brainwaves that activate when you have a headache.
Question: How does biofeedback help with urinary incontinence?
Answer: Biofeedback therapy can help people who have trouble controlling the urge to use the bathroom. Biofeedback can help women find and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles that control bladder emptying. After several sessions of biofeedback, women with incontinence may be able to reduce their urgent need to urinate and the number of accidents they have. Biofeedback can also help children who wet the bed, as well as people with fecal incontinence (the inability to control bowel movements). Unlike drugs used to treat incontinence, biofeedback doesn't tend to cause side effects.
Question: How is electromyogram (EMG) used in biofeedback therapy?
Answer: Different types of biofeedback are used to monitor different body functions: Electromyogram ( EMG). This measures muscle activity and tension. It may be used for back pain, headaches, anxiety disorders, muscle retraining after injury, and incontinence.
Question: How is electrodermal activity (EDA) used in biofeedback therapy?
Answer: This measures sweating and can be used for pain and anxiety.
Question: How is thermal biofeedback used?
Answer: This measures skin temperature. It may be used for headache and Raynaud's disease.
Question: What happens during a biofeedback session?
Answer: During a biofeedback session, electrodes are attached to your skin. Finger sensors can also be used. These electrodes/sensors send signals to a monitor, which displays a sound, flash of light, or image that represents your heart and breathing rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, sweating, or muscle activity.
Question: What does a biofeedback therapist do to help you?
Answer: A biofeedback therapist helps you practice relaxation exercises, which you fine-tune to control different body functions. For example, you might use a relaxation technique to turn down the brainwaves that activate when you have a headache.
Question: What is an electromyogram in biofeedback?
Answer: This measures muscle activity and tension. It may be used for back pain, headaches, anxiety disorders, muscle retraining after injury, and incontinence.
Question: What is the idea behind biofeedback?
Answer: Biofeedback lets you become more aware of your body's responses when you're stressed and anxious.