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Question: What lifestyle changes can help prevent plaque buildup inside your arteries after you get a stent?
Answer: You can help prevent plaque buildup inside your arteries with a few changes to your lifestyle: Exercise more Drop some pounds if you're overweight Quit smoking if you've got the tobacco habit Reduce stress Take all medications your doctor prescribes You may be able to return to work in a week.
Question: What are the risks of getting a stent?
Answer: Risks may include: Bleeding at the spot on your skin where your doctor inserted the tube Damage to your blood vessel from the tube Infection Irregular heartbeat About 1% to 2% of people who have a stent may get a blood clot where the stent is placed.
Question: What can help you have a smooth recovery after getting a stent?
Answer: These simple steps can help you have a smooth recovery: Ask your doctor what medicines you should or shouldn't take before the procedure. Follow the instructions for taking your medicines and don't stop them before your doctor tells you to. Tell your doctor if you notice any signs of infection such as pain, swelling, or redness at the spot where he put in the tube. Avoid intense exercise or lifting heavy objects afterward. Your doctor will tell you when it's OK to start exercising.
Question: What are stents that are used to treat heart disease made of?
Answer: Most stents are made out of wire mesh and are permanent. Some are made out of fabric. These are called stent grafts and are often used for larger arteries. Others are made of a material that dissolves and that your body absorbs over time. They're coated in medicine that slowly releases into your artery to prevent it from being blocked again.
Question: How can contact dermatitis be prevented?
Answer: For either type of contact dermatitis, antibiotics may be necessary. Avoiding future contact with the irritant or allergy trigger is also important. Wearing gloves can help protect the skin on the hands, which are often affected.
Question: How does atopic dermatitis affect you?
Answer: Most often, it affects skin on the: Face Hands Feet Inner elbows Back of the knees Over time, scratching the skin can cause it to become thick and red.
Question: What is dyshidrotic dermatitis?
Answer: This type of eczema affects the hands and feet. The cause is unknown.
Question: What are the symptoms of dyshidrotic dermatitis?
Answer: The first symptom may be severe itching. Blisters may then appear, which give way a few weeks later to scaly patches. Sometimes deep cracks can appear on the hands or fingers. This type of eczema may become chronic and painful.
Question: How does neurodermatitis develop?
Answer: However, factors that may raise the chance that an outbreak will strike include: Cold, dry air Exposure to chemicals such as formaldehyde Exposure to metals, including nickel Treatments for nummular dermatitis include: Protecting your skin from scratches and other injuries Taking a lukewarm bath or shower, then applying a moisturizer to your skin Applying a steroid ointment to the rash Taking a steroid medication by mouth or injection that goes to work throughout your body Taking antibiotics if an infection develops People with this type of eczema develop skin irritation in spots that they frequently scratch out of habit.
Question: How does stasis dermatitis develop?
Answer: The treatments include: Shampoo containing salicylic acid, selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione, or coal tar Antifungal treatments that are rubbed onto affected areas Steroid lotions This type of eczema can develop in people when the veins in their lower legs don't properly return blood to their heart. Stasis dermatitis can arise quickly, causing weeping and crusting of the skin. Over time, this type of eczema can cause the skin to develop brown stains.
Question: How is irritant contact dermatitis treated?
Answer: Treatments for irritant contact dermatitis include: Moisturizers for the skin Steroid medications Treatments for contact dermatitis from allergic triggers also include steroid drugs.
Question: What can make atopic dermatitis worse?
Answer: Most often, it affects skin on the: Face Hands Feet Inner elbows Back of the knees Over time, scratching the skin can cause it to become thick and red. Scratching can also create wounds that become infected. Irritants that can make symptoms of atopic dermatitis worse include: Soap Rough clothing Household chemicals Foods, dust mites, and other allergy triggers can also make symptoms worse.
Question: What happens if you have seborrheic dermatitis?
Answer: In adults, it also often affects these areas: Eyebrows Sides of the nose Area behind the ears Groin Center of chest Seborrheic dermatitis causes skin to fall off in flakes. The condition may be due to an overgrowth of a type of yeast that normally lives in these areas, as well as an overgrowth and rapid shedding of cells on the scalp. It may be especially hard to treat in people whose immune systems aren't working properly, including people with AIDS .
Question: What is atopic dermatitis?
Answer: Eczema is a common problem that causes the skin to become inflamed. People often also call it dermatitis.
Question: How is stasis dermatitis treated?
Answer: Treatments include: Steroid creams or ointments Creams or lotions that lubricate the skin Moist compresses Antibiotics to treat infections Elevating the legs Compression stockings
Question: Who can get nummular dermatitis?
Answer: Treatments include: Cool, wet compresses Steroid drugs that are rubbed onto the skin or taken by mouth Psoralen combined with ultraviolet A therapy This type of eczema more often affects men than women. Men usually don't get their first outbreak before their mid-50s. Women tend to get it in their teen years or early adulthood.
Question: How is seborrheic dermatitis treated?
Answer: Treatments vary between infants and people with the condition later in life. The treatments include: Shampoo containing salicylic acid, selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione, or coal tar Antifungal treatments that are rubbed onto affected areas Steroid lotions This type of eczema can develop in people when the veins in their lower legs don't properly return blood to their heart.
Question: How is neurodermatitis treated?
Answer: The main treatment for this type of eczema is to stop scratching it. In the meantime, steroid medicines that are rubbed onto the skin can help treat symptoms. When neurodermatitis affects the scalp, it can be harder to treat. In these cases, it may require the steroid medication prednisone, which is taken by mouth.
Question: How is dyshidrotic dermatitis treated?
Answer: Treatments include: Cool, wet compresses Steroid drugs that are rubbed onto the skin or taken by mouth Psoralen combined with ultraviolet A therapy This type of eczema more often affects men than women.
Question: How is allergic contact dermatitis treated?
Answer: Treatments for irritant contact dermatitis include: Moisturizers for the skin Steroid medications Treatments for contact dermatitis from allergic triggers also include steroid drugs. These are rubbed on the skin or taken as a pill.
Question: What happens if you have neurodermatitis?
Answer: Severely affected skin may develop painful, deep cracks, also called fissures. This type of eczema often affects these areas: Back Sides or back of the neck Genitals Scalp Wrists Ankles Inside and behind the ear People may scratch affected areas during the day without realizing it. They may also scratch while asleep. Usually, neurodermatitis causes a skin outbreak that doesn't get any bigger.
Question: How is atopic dermatitis treated?
Answer: Antibiotics to treat infections Ultraviolet light, alone or with a drug called psoralen There are two types of contact dermatitis: Irritant contact dermatitis Allergic contact dermatitis These types of eczema can develop after a substance damages the skin. Treatments include: Steroid creams or ointments Creams or lotions that lubricate the skin Moist compresses Antibiotics to treat infections Elevating the legs Compression stockings
Question: What can cause nummular dermatitis?
Answer: The cause is unknown. However, factors that may raise the chance that an outbreak will strike include: Cold, dry air Exposure to chemicals such as formaldehyde Exposure to metals, including nickel Treatments for nummular dermatitis include: Protecting your skin from scratches and other injuries Taking a lukewarm bath or shower, then applying a moisturizer to your skin Applying a steroid ointment to the rash Taking a steroid medication by mouth or injection that goes to work throughout your body Taking antibiotics if an infection develops People with this type of eczema develop skin irritation in spots that they frequently scratch out of habit.
Question: When is ablation considered for bone metastasis?
Answer: With this local treatment, a needle or probe is put into the tumor to destroy it. Though used more often for other types of metastasis, ablation can help if you have a problem with one or two bone tumors.
Question: What are possible side effects of bisphosphonate therapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: The most common ones include: Fatigue Fever Nausea or vomiting Anemia Bone or joint pain A rare and serious side effect is bone death (osteonecrosis) of the jaw. Ask your doctor about precautions to take before beginning this treatment. Osteonecrosis may cause: Jaw bone pain, swelling, or numbness Loss of gum tissue Loose teeth Infection Another available treatment is denosumab ( Prolia, Xgeva).
Question: How is nerve end ablation used to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: This noninvasive procedure uses ultrasound energy and imaging technology to provide pain relief by destroying nerve endings in the area of the tumor. Because there is no incision, and no probe is inserted, the procedure is typically done on an outpatient basis with a local anesthetic rather than general anesthesia. While complications are possible, they are rare.
Question: How do radiopharmaceuticals for bone metastasis work?
Answer: The doctor injects a single dose of the drug into a vein. It then travels to the areas of bone with cancer and gives off radiation to kill the cancer. This single dose may be effective against pain for several months. You can receive another treatment later.
Question: What does your treatment for bone metastasis depend on?
Answer: The treatment you get will depend upon: Where your cancer started, and the kind of primary tumor you have Which bones the cancer has invaded The extent of damage to the bones Which types of treatment you already have had Your overall health Let your doctor know if your treatment isn't easing your pain and other symptoms. You may find that other approaches work better for you.
Question: How does ablation work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: Some methods of ablation use chemicals or alcohol to kill the tumor. Two common methods include: Radiofrequency ablation ( RFA). A needle delivers an electric current to heat the tumor. Cryoablation. A probe is used to freeze the tumor. Afterward, the doctor may fill the space created by ablation with bone cement to help stabilize the bone.
Question: What are possible side effects of ablation for bone metastasis?
Answer: Osteonecrosis may cause: Jaw bone pain, swelling, or numbness Loss of gum tissue Loose teeth Infection Another available treatment is denosumab ( Prolia, Xgeva).
Question: How is denosumab (Xgeva) used for bone metastasis?
Answer: Osteonecrosis may cause: Jaw bone pain, swelling, or numbness Loss of gum tissue Loose teeth Infection Another available treatment is denosumab ( Prolia, Xgeva). It's given by injection and may work as well as or better than bisphosphonates to prevent fractures. But it also can cause osteonecrosis, as well as low calcium levels in the blood.
Question: How does nerve end ablation work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: A specialist uses imaging to target the specific area to be treated with ultrasound. Then, heat that's made when ultrasound penetrates the targeted tissue destroys nerve endings in the bone around the tumor. The destruction of nerve endings results in pain relief.
Question: How does nerve end ablation for bone metastasis work?
Answer: A specialist uses imaging to target the specific area to be treated with ultrasound. Then, heat that's made when ultrasound penetrates the targeted tissue destroys nerve endings in the bone around the tumor. The destruction of nerve endings results in pain relief.
Question: What are examples of immunotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: Examples of immunotherapy for cancer include: Cytokines -- substances secreted by the immune system that have an effect on other cells Monoclonal antibodies -- a class of antibodies made in the lab from a single population of cells Tumor vaccines -- vaccines using a substance that prompts the immune system to respond to a tumor Possible side effects.
Question: What are the possible side effects of chemotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: The side effects you might have will depend on: The type and amount of drugs you take The length of your treatment Common side effects of chemotherapy include: Loss of appetite, nausea, or vomiting Hair loss Mouth sores Infection Bleeding or bruising Weakness or fatigue Your doctor can help you prevent or manage these. Most side effects go away once you stop treatment.
Question: When is radiation therapy considered for bone metastasis?
Answer: They may include: Fever and chills Weakness Headache Nausea or diarrhea Rashes Radiation is a "local treatment" because it does not affect your entire body. It uses high-energy X-rays or particles to destroy or slow the growth of cancer cells in the bone. It helps most if you have only one or two bone metastases. You may receive it alone or combined with other types of treatment.
Question: What are possible side effects of chemotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: Chemo can kill normal cells in addition to cancer cells. The side effects you might have will depend on: The type and amount of drugs you take The length of your treatment Common side effects of chemotherapy include: Loss of appetite, nausea, or vomiting Hair loss Mouth sores Infection Bleeding or bruising Weakness or fatigue Your doctor can help you prevent or manage these. Most side effects go away once you stop treatment.
Question: What is treatment for bone metastasis?
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Question: What are possible side effects of surgery for bone metastasis?
Answer: These include the usual risks of any surgery, such as infection. If surgery is not an option, your doctor may use a cast or splint, or inject bone cement to help you move better and relieve pain.
Question: What are possible side effects of radiopharmaceuticals?
Answer: The most common ones include: Infections Bleeding Temporary increase in pain (flare reaction) This systemic treatment helps your immune system spot and more effectively kill cancer cells.
Question: How will my doctor decide the treatment I get for bone metastasis?
Answer: The treatment you get will depend upon: Where your cancer started, and the kind of primary tumor you have Which bones the cancer has invaded The extent of damage to the bones Which types of treatment you already have had Your overall health Let your doctor know if your treatment isn't easing your pain and other symptoms.
Question: When is nerve end ablation considered for bone metastasis?
Answer: This noninvasive procedure uses ultrasound energy and imaging technology to provide pain relief by destroying nerve endings in the area of the tumor. Because there is no incision, and no probe is inserted, the procedure is typically done on an outpatient basis with a local anesthetic rather than general anesthesia. While complications are possible, they are rare.
Question: How does ablation for bone metastasis work?
Answer: Some methods of ablation use chemicals or alcohol to kill the tumor. Two common methods include: Radiofrequency ablation ( RFA). A needle delivers an electric current to heat the tumor. Cryoablation. A probe is used to freeze the tumor. Afterward, the doctor may fill the space created by ablation with bone cement to help stabilize the bone.
Question: What are the side effects of radiation therapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: Possible side effects.
Question: How does radiation therapy work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: A machine focuses a beam of radiation on the bone metastasis. This treatment, called external beam radiation, lasts only a few minutes. You may receive radiation in one large dose or in smaller amounts over several treatments.
Question: How does radiation therapy for bone metastasis work?
Answer: A machine focuses a beam of radiation on the bone metastasis. This treatment, called external beam radiation, lasts only a few minutes. You may receive radiation in one large dose or in smaller amounts over several treatments.
Question: What are the possible side effects of ablation for bone metastasis?
Answer: This procedure is generally safe but may cause some temporary soreness, swelling, and bruising.
Question: How does surgery work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: If a bone is broken, surgery may help relieve pain quickly. Surgery can also help stabilize a weak bone to keep it from breaking. The surgeon may insert: Screws Rods Pins Plates Cages Possible side effects.
Question: What does surgery for bone metastasis consist of?
Answer: Early, temporary side effects depend on the location being treated, but may include: Fatigue Skin changes Surgery can often help relieve bone metastasis symptoms. How it works. If a bone is broken, surgery may help relieve pain quickly. Surgery can also help stabilize a weak bone to keep it from breaking. The surgeon may insert: Screws Rods Pins Plates Cages Possible side effects.
Question: How is immunotherapy used to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: The most common ones include: Infections Bleeding Temporary increase in pain (flare reaction) This systemic treatment helps your immune system spot and more effectively kill cancer cells. Some methods of immunotherapy have been used for a while, and some are still experimental.
Question: When is bisphosphonate therapy used for bone metastasis?
Answer: This group of drugs works best in cases where metastasis is weakening the bone.
Question: When are radiopharmaceuticals used to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: These drugs contain radioactive elements that target cancer cells. Doctors tend to use this systemic treatment when the metastasis is stimulating new bone growth. This is more common with prostate cancer. If your cancer has spread to many bones, these drugs may be a better option than standard radiation, which uses a beam to aim radiation at each bone metastasis. However, sometimes doctors combine radiopharmaceuticals and standard radiation.
Question: What are possible side effects of nerve end ablation for bone metastasis?
Answer: While complications are possible, they are rare.
Question: How does immunotherapy for bone metastasis work?
Answer: Immunotherapy works in one of two main ways: It boosts your body's immune system to fight the cancer. It uses a man-made version of proteins to kill cancer cells. Examples of immunotherapy for cancer include: Cytokines -- substances secreted by the immune system that have an effect on other cells Monoclonal antibodies -- a class of antibodies made in the lab from a single population of cells Tumor vaccines -- vaccines using a substance that prompts the immune system to respond to a tumor Possible side effects.
Question: What are the possible side effects of immunotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: They may include: Fever and chills Weakness Headache Nausea or diarrhea Rashes Radiation is a "local treatment" because it does not affect your entire body.
Question: How do radiopharmaceuticals work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: The doctor injects a single dose of the drug into a vein. It then travels to the areas of bone with cancer and gives off radiation to kill the cancer. This single dose may be effective against pain for several months. You can receive another treatment later.
Question: How do bisphosphonates work to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: This group of drugs works best in cases where metastasis is weakening the bone. How it works. You receive bisphosphonates by mouth or IV infusion every 3 to 4 weeks. These drugs help with bone metastasis by: Slowing bone damage and reducing the risk of bone fractures Easing bone pain Reducing high levels of calcium in the blood Possible side effects.
Question: What are possible side effects of radiopharmaceuticals for bone metastasis?
Answer: The most common ones include: Infections Bleeding Temporary increase in pain (flare reaction) This systemic treatment helps your immune system spot and more effectively kill cancer cells.
Question: How does bisphosphonate therapy for bone metastasis work?
Answer: You receive bisphosphonates by mouth or IV infusion every 3 to 4 weeks. These drugs help with bone metastasis by: Slowing bone damage and reducing the risk of bone fractures Easing bone pain Reducing high levels of calcium in the blood Possible side effects.
Question: What are possible side effects of bisphosphonates for bone metastasis?
Answer: The most common ones include: Fatigue Fever Nausea or vomiting Anemia Bone or joint pain A rare and serious side effect is bone death (osteonecrosis) of the jaw. Ask your doctor about precautions to take before beginning this treatment. Osteonecrosis may cause: Jaw bone pain, swelling, or numbness Loss of gum tissue Loose teeth Infection Another available treatment is denosumab ( Prolia, Xgeva).
Question: What are the possible side effects of nerve end ablation for bone metastasis?
Answer: Possible complications include skin burns and damage to heat-sensitive organs that are next to the treated area.
Question: What is immunotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: The most common ones include: Infections Bleeding Temporary increase in pain (flare reaction) This systemic treatment helps your immune system spot and more effectively kill cancer cells. Some methods of immunotherapy have been used for a while, and some are still experimental.
Question: What are possible side effects of radiation therapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: Early, temporary side effects depend on the location being treated, but may include: Fatigue Skin changes Surgery can often help relieve bone metastasis symptoms.
Question: What treatment for bone metastasis is more effective than bisphosphonates?
Answer: Osteonecrosis may cause: Jaw bone pain, swelling, or numbness Loss of gum tissue Loose teeth Infection Another available treatment is denosumab ( Prolia, Xgeva). It's given by injection and may work as well as or better than bisphosphonates to prevent fractures. But it also can cause osteonecrosis, as well as low calcium levels in the blood.
Question: How is chemotherapy used to treat bone metastasis?
Answer: Your doctor will use a type of chemo that is effective against your primary tumor. So, if you have metastatic lung cancer, for example, your doctor will use drugs that are effective against lung cancer. Doctors tend to use this systemic treatment when the metastasis is stimulating new bone growth.
Question: What are possible side effects of immunotherapy for bone metastasis?
Answer: They may include: Fever and chills Weakness Headache Nausea or diarrhea Rashes Radiation is a "local treatment" because it does not affect your entire body. Possible side effects.