All the things you need to rebuild your skin are now in place. The last stage of healing is about making the new skin stronger. You might see some stretching or puckering around the wound as the replacement tissue takes hold. Total healing can take days, months, or even years. Once the...
The reef stonefish is considered themost venomous fish in the world. It has venomous spines along its dorsal fin that can deliver a potent toxin, causing intense pain, swelling, tissue damage, and, in severe cases, death. The stonefish is well-camouflaged on the ocean floor, making it easy...
In severe cases, deformity or damage of hip or knee joints takes place and replacement surgery is essential. Likely, the osteotomy is performed with lousy posture evoked by fused bones. In this procedure, surgeons realign or cut the bones in the spine to maintain the perfect shape. However, ...
To prevent the formation of a deep vein thrombosis (also known as a DVT or blood clot in the veins) or pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs) after hip or knee replacement surgery To treat blood clots that can form in your veins or lungs and prevent them from happening again What...
Oasis11- I just want to add that chronic knee pain pain might be a condition called osteoarthritis. A doctor would really need to exam a patient with this condition because knee replacement surgery might be necessary in treating knee pain. ...
Hormone replacement therapy leads to retention of excess quantity of fluids in the body. People undergoing HRT often have inflamed ankles because of this. Oral Contraceptives Oral Contraceptive medicines give rise to side effects like ankle swelling due to the presence of high estrogen in them. ...
What are the Best Treatments for Arthritic Knee Pain? What are the Most Common Causes of Sharp Knee Pain? Discussion Comments Bycandyquilt— On Jun 09, 2013 @anamur-- What activity caused him to get synovitis? I thought that synovitis usually shows up after knee replacement surgery. ...
(elevated plaques of red, bumpy skin); however, the distribution of the eruption can be of great help in distinguishing one type from another. For example, stasis dermatitis occurs most often on the lower leg while atopic dermatitisoccurs in the front of the elbow and behind the knee. ...
Byanon1869— On Jun 18, 2007 Having had a bad injury as a child which resulted in a compond fracture and torn tendons just above the knee which resulted in a 'toe drop' condition. Years later an operation was done to transfer a tendon (the one that moves the foot inwards, i.e. tow...
My husband was injured at work while lifting a piece of steel. He had a fractured ankle and his left knee was more swollen than I thought was possible. While we were in the emergency room, the doctor said that he had fluid on his knee and that they needed to aspirate it through a ...