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Question: What are the side effects of Vitamin D creams used to treat psoriasis?
Answer: Vitamin D creams include: Calcipotriene ( Dovonex, Sorilux, Taclonex) Calcitriol ( Vectical) Side effects include skin irritation, burning, itching, dry skin, peeling skin, or rash. In rare cases, too much vitamin D can be absorbed into the body, which can lead to increased levels of calcium.
Question: What do doctors try first to treat mild to moderate psoriasis?
Answer: But just because your psoriasis is called "mild" doesn't mean it's easy to live with. Often the first treatment you'll try is a skin cream or ointment. If a mild treatment doesn't work, you'll move up to stronger treatments until your doctor finds one that helps you.
Question: Do I still need to get checkups if my cancer is in complete remission?
Answer: Your doctor or health care center will continue to check for signs of cancer or health problems related to your treatment. It's crucial to get all recommended checkups, even if you have no symptoms. Follow-up care can include physical exams, blood tests, and imaging tests.
Question: What does recurrence mean in cancer?
Answer: Some cancer cells can remain unnoticed in the body for years after treatment. If a cancer returns after it has been in remission, it's called a ârecurrence.â It's normal to be concerned that this will happen to you. Every situation is different, and there's no way to predict what will happen.
Question: Does remission mean the same thing for everyone?
Answer: If you've been diagnosed with cancer, you're probably hoping to hear your doctor use the word âremission.â It marks a major turn in your care and long-term health.
Question: Isn't complete remission the same thing as my cancer being cured?
Answer: There's no way for doctors to know that all of the cancer cells in your body are gone, which is why many doctors don't use the word âcured.â If cancer cells do come back, it usually happens within the 5 years following the first diagnosis and treatment.
Question: What does follow-up care for cancer look like?
Answer: It's something you will need to continue to check. Complete remission means that tests, physical exams, and scans show that all signs of your cancer are gone. If a cancer returns after it has been in remission, it's called a ârecurrence.â It's normal to be concerned that this will happen to you.
Question: How do I know if I have heartburn?
Answer: Your description of your symptoms may be all a doctor requires to diagnose heartburn, but sometimes additional testing may be necessary. The esophagus can be viewed through an endoscope, a long, thin, flexible tube inserted through the mouth, or by X-ray. Sometimes, your doctor may recommend a 24-hour esophageal p H probe study, especially if you have unusual symptoms, such as throat or chest or abdominal pain, coughing, or asthma-like symptoms. To detect if your heart is the cause of your symptoms, an electrocardiogram ( ECG), a recording of the heart's electrical activity, may be taken.
Question: How long is the recovery after a Maze procedure to treat atrial fibrillation?
Answer: If it's with open-heart surgery, you should plan on staying in the hospital for about a week. Overall, it will take about 2 months to recover if there are no complications. If you have a robotic-assisted procedure, you may only need to stay in the hospital a day or two after the surgery. You will also be able to return to normal activities sooner than if you have open-heart surgery. It will take about 6 months for the scars to fully form. You may still have a few episodes of AFib during your recovery. But for many people, this procedure is successful at stopping their symptoms.
Question: What are the risks of Maze surgery for atrial fibrillation?
Answer: Before any procedure, it's wise to discuss the risks and benefits of the surgery with your doctor. The possible risks are like those from other types of heart surgery: Heart attack Stroke Bleeding problems Infection New arrhythmias developing The main benefits are fewer or possibly no more symptoms and lower chances of blood clots and stroke. You may also feel more energetic and be able to exercise longer than you have in some time.
Question: How does robotic-assisted surgery work in treating atrial fibrillation?
Answer: The doctor makes several small cuts between your ribs and uses a camera to guide catheters for another type of AFib treatment called ablation. Your doctor puts a thin, flexible tube into a blood vessel in your leg or neck. It'll guide the creation of scar tissue that may help keep your heartbeat at the right pace.
Question: How does convergent procedure work in treating atrial fibrillation?
Answer: Mini maze: Most people with AFib don't need open-heart surgery. The doctor uses radio waves (radiofrequency ablation) in the pulmonary vein, and a surgeon makes a small cut under your breastbone to use radiofrequency energy on the outside of your heart.
Question: Should I stay away from my silent migraine triggers?
Answer: Once you figure out your triggers, try to stay away from them. If your symptoms are severe or regular, your doctor may suggest a medication or device to help prevent your migraine headaches.
Question: What general well-being factors can trigger silent migraines?
Answer: Your general well-being is also important. Stress, either physical or emotional Lack of sleep Skipped meals Headache experts say keeping a daily diary is an important step.
Question: Are the aura and the pain of a headache two different things?
Answer: Researchers are now looking at aura and pain as two distinct things. In the past, experts thought migraine was mainly a problem with blood flow in your brain. Now they believe the headaches involve the way nerve cells are firing in your brain and how that activity relates to the blood flow.
Question: What are the visual symptoms of the aura phase of a silent migraine?
Answer: During the phase that warns you a migraine is coming, called the prodrome phase, you could: Get "hyper" or cranky Have food cravings Be tired and yawn more Feel stiff, especially in your neck Need to pee more often Get constipated or have diarrhea Next, the aura phase usually lasts about an hour. It's best known for its unusual visual symptoms, such as seeing: Wavy or jagged lines Flashing lights Dots or spots in your vision Blind spots Tunnel vision But it can also affect your other senses, movement, and speech.
Question: Are there medications that can treat silent migraines?
Answer: More than 100 medications can treat migraine. Be prepared to try different drugs to find the right one for you. Tell your doctor about all prescription and over-the-counter medicines you take to avoid problems with how any of them work and side effects.
Question: What hormone changes in women can trigger silent migraines?
Answer: What and how you eat are common triggers, such as: Caffeine Alcohol Chocolate Nuts Pickled foods Foods or drinks with the amino acid tyramine, such as red wine and aged cheese It could be something happening around you: Bright or flickering lights Loud noise Weather and extreme heat or cold Changes in your hormone levels -- during menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause, or when taking birth control pills -- may affect women.
Question: How can you treat silent migraines?
Answer: Your doctor may suggest medications or devices that can treat the problem. You can also help yourself by avoiding your migraine triggers.
Question: How can your well-being affect your chance of getting silent migraines?
Answer: Your general well-being is also important. Stress, either physical or emotional Lack of sleep Skipped meals Headache experts say keeping a daily diary is an important step.
Question: How can women get silent migraines?
Answer: What and how you eat are common triggers, such as: Caffeine Alcohol Chocolate Nuts Pickled foods Foods or drinks with the amino acid tyramine, such as red wine and aged cheese It could be something happening around you: Bright or flickering lights Loud noise Weather and extreme heat or cold Changes in your hormone levels -- during menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause, or when taking birth control pills -- may affect women.
Question: Are the triggers of silent migraines similar to the triggers of regular migraines?
Answer: Silent migraine can be set off by the same things that cause painful ones.
Question: How can you prevent silent migraines?
Answer: Once you figure out your triggers, try to stay away from them. If your symptoms are severe or regular, your doctor may suggest a medication or device to help prevent your migraine headaches. Eat well, get plenty of rest, exercise most days, and find ways to manage your stress.
Question: How can silent migraines affect you?
Answer: It's best known for its unusual visual symptoms, such as seeing: Wavy or jagged lines Flashing lights Dots or spots in your vision Blind spots Tunnel vision But it can also affect your other senses, movement, and speech. You may have: Trouble hearing, or hear things that aren't there Strange smells or tastes Numbness, tingling, or a pins-and-needles feeling Weakness Trouble remembering or saying a word Even though your head doesn't hurt, a silent migraine may affect your body in other ways: Upset stomach or vomiting Hot flashes and chills Stuffy or runny nose Dizziness or spinning (called vertigo) Sore neck or jaw Sensitivity to light, sounds, smells, touch, or motion Confusion Afterward, you may feel wiped out and have the blahs for as long as a day. Not all migraine attacks follow the same pattern. Even for the same person, the symptoms can be unpredictable.
Question: What are the symptoms of silent migraines?
Answer: You can have symptoms that go along with any phase of a migraine, but without the classic pain around your temples.
Question: Are the symptoms of silent migraines similar to a migraine?
Answer: You can have symptoms that go along with any phase of a migraine, but without the classic pain around your temples.
Question: How are silent migraines diagnosed?
Answer: Stress, either physical or emotional Lack of sleep Skipped meals Headache experts say keeping a daily diary is an important step. Try to track everything you eat and drink, changes in your sleep or stress levels, and other possible triggers. Also, keep tabs on your symptoms and the times they begin and end. Your diary and your medical history will help your doctor figure out what's going on. In rare cases, your symptoms could be a sign of a different, more-serious medical problem, such as a stroke or bleeding in the brain. To rule these out, your doctor may want to do more tests, such as a CT scan or MRI, or have you see a specialist called a neurologist for an exam.
Question: What causes silent migraines?
Answer: Researchers are now looking at aura and pain as two distinct things. In the past, experts thought migraine was mainly a problem with blood flow in your brain. Now they believe the headaches involve the way nerve cells are firing in your brain and how that activity relates to the blood flow.
Question: Do all migraines follow the same pattern?
Answer: Not all migraine attacks follow the same pattern. Even for the same person, the symptoms can be unpredictable.
Question: What triggers silent migraines?
Answer: Silent migraine can be set off by the same things that cause painful ones. What and how you eat are common triggers, such as: Caffeine Alcohol Chocolate Nuts Pickled foods Foods or drinks with the amino acid tyramine, such as red wine and aged cheese It could be something happening around you: Bright or flickering lights Loud noise Weather and extreme heat or cold Changes in your hormone levels -- during menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause, or when taking birth control pills -- may affect women.
Question: What situational triggers can cause silent migraines?
Answer: What and how you eat are common triggers, such as: Caffeine Alcohol Chocolate Nuts Pickled foods Foods or drinks with the amino acid tyramine, such as red wine and aged cheese It could be something happening around you: Bright or flickering lights Loud noise Weather and extreme heat or cold Changes in your hormone levels -- during menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause, or when taking birth control pills -- may affect women.
Question: What are symptoms of the aura phase in silent migraines?
Answer: During the phase that warns you a migraine is coming, called the prodrome phase, you could: Get "hyper" or cranky Have food cravings Be tired and yawn more Feel stiff, especially in your neck Need to pee more often Get constipated or have diarrhea Next, the aura phase usually lasts about an hour. It's best known for its unusual visual symptoms, such as seeing: Wavy or jagged lines Flashing lights Dots or spots in your vision Blind spots Tunnel vision But it can also affect your other senses, movement, and speech.
Question: How can a silent headache affect the rest of my body?
Answer: You may have: Trouble hearing, or hear things that aren't there Strange smells or tastes Numbness, tingling, or a pins-and-needles feeling Weakness Trouble remembering or saying a word Even though your head doesn't hurt, a silent migraine may affect your body in other ways: Upset stomach or vomiting Hot flashes and chills Stuffy or runny nose Dizziness or spinning (called vertigo) Sore neck or jaw Sensitivity to light, sounds, smells, touch, or motion Confusion Afterward, you may feel wiped out and have the blahs for as long as a day.
Question: How is a silent migraine diagnosed?
Answer: Stress, either physical or emotional Lack of sleep Skipped meals Headache experts say keeping a daily diary is an important step. Try to track everything you eat and drink, changes in your sleep or stress levels, and other possible triggers. Also, keep tabs on your symptoms and the times they begin and end. Your diary and your medical history will help your doctor figure out what's going on. In rare cases, your symptoms could be a sign of a different, more-serious medical problem, such as a stroke or bleeding in the brain. To rule these out, your doctor may want to do more tests, such as a CT scan or MRI, or have you see a specialist called a neurologist for an exam.
Question: How can I prevent another hip fracture?
Answer: About 20% of people who have a hip fracture will have another within 2 years. You may lower the chances of this by figuring out what caused it the first time. A drug called a bisphosphonate can reduce your risk. It stops your bones from getting weak. But if you take it by mouth, it can have side effects. Your doctor might want you to have it through an IV tube.
Question: When is a hip replacement option good for hip fractures?
Answer: Hip replacement options are good choices if the fracture damages the blood supply to the ball part of your hip joint. This is the part that lets your upper leg bend and rotate. Not having enough blood supply keeps the bone from healing as well.
Question: Does Peyronie's disease affect fertility?
Answer: Unless it prevents you from having sex, Peyronie's disease shouldn't affect fertility.
Question: How can weight loss medications be bad for my health if I have heart disease?
Answer: Appetite suppressants tend to "rev" up your body. This can make your blood pressure rise and put more stress on your heart. Other weight loss medications can cause problems with your heart valves. Always check with your doctor before you use any weight loss medications.
Question: What can raise the risk of thrombophlebitis?
Answer: Clots lodged in veins near the surface of the skin often go away on their own in a week or two.
Question: How do doctors treat severe thrombophlebitis?
Answer: If your thrombophlebitis is more severe, your doctor may give you a blood thinner like heparin or fondaparinux ( Arixtra). You can get some of these medications in the hospital through an IV. You can give others to yourself through shots under your skin at home. They help keep the clot from getting bigger. You may also have to take an oral drug like w arfarin ( Coumadin) for several months or longer to keep clots from coming back. Your doctor will give you regular blood tests to make sure the meds are working.
Question: How do blood thinners treat severe thrombophlebitis?
Answer: A number of newer blood thinners, like direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors, are also available. But doctors don't normally recommend them as the first-line treatment for thrombophlebitis. That's because they cost more and may cause uncontrollable bleeding. They include apixaban ( Eliquis), dabigatran ( Pradaxa), edoxaban ( Savaysa), and rivaroxaban ( Xarelto).
Question: When would someone with thrombophlebitis need surgery?
Answer: If there's a high risk of tissue damage, or if your clot comes back, you may need surgery after the inflammation improves. In the event you have a clot in a deep vein in your leg, your doctor might recommend an inferior vena cava ( IVC) filter. The vena cava is the main vein in your abdomen. The IVC filter prevents clots in your legs from breaking loose and traveling to your lungs.
Question: How is thrombophlebitis treated?
Answer: It depends on how bad it is. Clots lodged in veins near the surface of the skin often go away on their own in a week or two. But if you do need treatment, your doctor will probably give you something to relieve swelling and pain. He may recommend you elevate your leg or take over-the-counter aspirin or ibuprofen. He might also suggest you apply heat to the affected leg for 15 to 30 minutes two to three times daily.
Question: How are serious cases of thrombophlebitis treated?
Answer: Serious cases of thrombophlebitis may require treatment with antibiotics. These kill infections caused by poor circulation.
Question: What is the root meaning of thrombophlebitis?
Answer: That's because they cost more and may cause uncontrollable bleeding. In the event you have a clot in a deep vein in your leg, your doctor might recommend an inferior vena cava ( IVC) filter.
Question: What are the symptoms of thrombophlebitis?
Answer: Clots lodged in veins near the surface of the skin often go away on their own in a week or two. But if you do need treatment, your doctor will probably give you something to relieve swelling and pain. He may recommend you elevate your leg or take over-the-counter aspirin or ibuprofen. These help to improve blood flow to your legs.
Question: What can happen with deeper veins in thrombophlebitis?
Answer: It depends on how bad it is. Your doctor will give you regular blood tests to make sure the meds are working. If there's a high risk of tissue damage, or if your clot comes back, you may need surgery after the inflammation improves.
Question: How do doctors remove blood clots in thrombophlebitis patients?
Answer: If your thrombophlebitis is more severe, your doctor may give you a blood thinner like heparin or fondaparinux ( Arixtra). In the event you have a clot in a deep vein in your leg, your doctor might recommend an inferior vena cava ( IVC) filter.
Question: What causes thrombophlebitis?
Answer: It depends on how bad it is. You may also have to take an oral drug like w arfarin ( Coumadin) for several months or longer to keep clots from coming back. But doctors don't normally recommend them as the first-line treatment for thrombophlebitis. If there's a high risk of tissue damage, or if your clot comes back, you may need surgery after the inflammation improves.
Question: What is thrombophlebitis?
Answer: If your thrombophlebitis is more severe, your doctor may give you a blood thinner like heparin or fondaparinux ( Arixtra). You can give others to yourself through shots under your skin at home. In the event you have a clot in a deep vein in your leg, your doctor might recommend an inferior vena cava ( IVC) filter.
Question: When does thrombophlebitis go away?
Answer: Clots lodged in veins near the surface of the skin often go away on their own in a week or two. If there's a high risk of tissue damage, or if your clot comes back, you may need surgery after the inflammation improves.
Question: Who is at risk for thrombophlebitis?
Answer: You can get some of these medications in the hospital through an IV. These kill infections caused by poor circulation.
Question: How do compression stockings treat thrombophlebitis?
Answer: But if you do need treatment, your doctor will probably give you something to relieve swelling and pain. These help to improve blood flow to your legs. They also help to reduce swelling.
Question: How do varicose veins lead to thrombophlebitis?
Answer: These help to improve blood flow to your legs. They also help to reduce swelling. You can get some of these medications in the hospital through an IV. That's because they cost more and may cause uncontrollable bleeding.
Question: What is superficial thrombophlebitis?
Answer: But if you do need treatment, your doctor will probably give you something to relieve swelling and pain. The vena cava is the main vein in your abdomen.
Question: What medications do doctors use to treat tinnitus?
Answer: Medications for Tinnitus Many drugs have been studied for treating tinnitus. For some, treatment with low doses of anti-anxiety drugs -- such as Valium or antidepressants such as Elavil -- help reduce tinnitus. The use of a steroid placed into the middle ear along with an anti-anxiety medicine called alprazolam has been shown to be effective for some people. Some small studies have shown that a hormone called misoprostol may be helpful in some cases. Lidocaine, a medication used for the treatment of certain types of abnormal heart rhythms, has been shown to relieve tinnitus for some people, but it must be given intravenously or into the middle ear to be effective. However, the benefits of lidocaine are almost always outweighed by the risks of the drug and it is therefore not recommended and not used for tinnitus.
Question: What are the treatments for tinnitus if you're having difficulty coping?
Answer: If you are having difficulty coping with your tinnitus, you may find counseling and support groups helpful. Ask your doctor for a referral.
Question: How do cochlear implants treat tinnitus?
Answer: Cochlear Implants These devices, implanted in the ear, are mostly used to treat severe deafness. They seem to also help some people with tinnitus-related hearing loss that is significant. The device works by sending electrical signals from the ear to the brain. However, this surgery is not performed for tinnitus alone and is used only for hearing problems.
Question: How can dental treatment help with tinnitus?
Answer: Dental Treatment Some professionals believe tinnitus can be caused by a problem with the temporomandibular joint ( TMJ), the area where the jaw bone attaches to the head, just in front of the ear. They suggest that dental treatment may relieve symptoms of tinnitus, because the muscles and nerves in the jaw are closely connected to those in the ear.
Question: When would you need surgery for tinnitus?
Answer: Dental Treatment Some professionals believe tinnitus can be caused by a problem with the temporomandibular joint ( TMJ), the area where the jaw bone attaches to the head, just in front of the ear.
Question: What is tinnitus retracting therapy (TRT)?
Answer: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy ( TRT) TRT depends upon the natural ability of the brain to "habituate" a signal, to filter it out on a subconscious level so that it does not reach conscious perception. Habituation requires no conscious effort. People frequently habituate many auditory sounds -- air conditioners, computer fans, refrigerators, and gentle rain, among them. What they have in common is that they have no importance, so they are not perceived as ''loud.'' Thus, the brain can screen them out.