You cough up or vomit blood. You are confused, or very drowsy and hard to wake.When should I seek immediate care?You have increased abdominal pain or swelling. You vomit or cannot keep food or liquids down. You have increased jaundice or your urine is dark.When should I call my doctor...
Cough, hoarseness, or changes in your voice Trouble swallowing or breathing Neck or throat painHow is thyroid cancer diagnosed?Blood tests will show the levels of hormones made by your thyroid gland. They will also show the levels of hormones that stimulate your thyroid. An x-ray, ultrasound...
Bile begins in yourliver, where it is created by special cells. From there, your bile ducts collect the bile and move it through the hepatic duct until it joins the cystic duct from yourgallbladderand becomes the common bile duct. Through this process, approximately half of your bile is...
A liver hemangioma is a type of noncancerous (benign) growth in yourliver. Your doctor might call it a hepatic hemangioma. The hemangioma, or tumor, is a tangle ofbloodvessels. It’s the most common noncancerous growth in the liver. It’s rarely serious and doesn’t turn intoliver can...
Accordingly, the first key take-away of this review is to incorporate change from the creation of the treatment plan for the patient: looking beyond hyperglycemia. Large-scale studies in type 2 diabetes patients have proven to be a treasure-trove for insights into the nature and management of ...
Accordingly, the first key take-away of this review is to incorporate change from the creation of the treatment plan for the patient: looking beyond hyperglycemia. Large-scale studies in type 2 diabetes patients have proven to be a treasure-trove for insights into the nature and management of ...
and felbamate also has two BBWs including hepatic failure and aplastic anemia. The purpose of this review is to provide insight into each BBW received by antiseizure medications and discuss the FDA recommendations for evaluating the drug benefit/risk, and for monitoring parameters before the initiat...
These are referred to as extra-hepatic symptoms. The relationship between these enzymes is described using the AST/ALT ratio. This is a calculation that compares the levels of AST and ALT in your blood. Depending on which value is elevated and the amount of elevation, healthcare providers can...
These findings suggest that the absence of pulmonary circulation of hepatic venous blood is involved in the development of PAVM.doi:10.1007/s002460010243T. ShinoharaT. YokoyamaPediatric CardiologyShinohara T, Yokoyama T. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in patients with total cavopulmonary shunt: what...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term most often used to describe two gut disorders—ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease. As you can probably tell from the name, IBD involves significant inflammation in the small or large intestine, or both. Depending on the severity,...