Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a glass-topped table displaying a martinet and a beastly-looking riding crop. Clearly my friend had a taste for corporal punishment games. “Yes, my good friend,” he said, “They will both see some use today, don’t you suppose?” I ...
Some people reported that their acne turned into a wound-like scar after using the gel steroids on their skin. And, people wearing contact lenses should not use eye drops with steroids at any cost. How often do people take steroids? The answer depends on the patient’s needs. The ...
Abnormal cells can sometimes grow in or on the uterus. Polyps, fibroids, scar tissue, cancer, microbes, and extra uterine tissue can cause bleeding, pain, and other symptoms. Chronic Pelvic Pain If your healthcare provider can't identify the cause of your pain, you may be diagnosed withchro...
I have taken on every challenge full steam ahead without ever taking my eye off the goal. Yet, despite everything I have achieved, I have yet to ever feel satisfied or fulfilled. Sure, it’s exciting when the task at hand is accomplished, but almost immediately my thoughts turn to the ...
I’ve seen the pain specialist this week and it seems my scans show I have fibrosis – which essentially means scar tissue and adhesions have formed from the operation pressing on the nerves and causing similar symptoms to a disc prolapse. The pain may settle, if it doesn’t they can inje...
SCH typically occurs with some injury or trauma to the sensitive, delicate tissue in the eye, therefore they are often difficult to prevent. Most SCH will resolve on their own, without intervention in one to three weeks. In people under 50 years old, those who wear contacts experience a sli...
The body will dissolve away old scar tissue and regenerate healthy correct cells in their place. I broke my fast in the fourth week and did not completely heal the cuff, but it doesn’t feel as painful or like it’s about to pop out as it once did when I throw something hard. ...
Major wounds can heal with scarring. Skin healing is completed by replacing the damaged/lost cells with new ones. In the brain, the damaged cells are nerve cells (brain cells) known as neurons and neurons cannot regenerate. The damaged area gets necrosed (tissue death) and it is never ...
The trachoma biovar of Chlamydia trachomatis is divided into serovars A, B and C, which are responsible for the chronic eye disease trachoma, and serovars D-K, which are the leading cause of sexually transmitted infections in mucosal epithelial cells of the genitourinary tract and conjunctivitis....
average size of the holes that closed was 185 micrometers—about 0.007th of an inch. The bigger the hole, and the more that scar tissue or gel pulls on the edges of the hole, the less effective the drops seem to be. For those patients, Skondra usually recommends the traditional surgery...