Thyroid Ultrasound Elastosonography: Why, How, When?Limits and PerspectivesMattia Di Segni
Unexplained or unintentional weight loss may seem a welcome change for some people, but looking into the potential causes is important. Unintentional weight loss may be a sign of a medical condition, such as thyroid problems, lupus, diabetes, orcancer. With medical evaluation, anunderlying conditio...
Sometimes you may have heart palpitations but your ECG is normal. Your doctor may want to run other tests to make sure, like a Holter monitor. But as long as you don’t have other symptoms such as chest pain, your heart is most likely healthy. Treatment for Heart Palpitations This depend...
Thyroid disorders can involve too much or too little of different types of hormones produced in the thyroid. You may be referred to an endocrinologist when a thyroid disorder is first diagnosed to review your condition and create a treatment plan. If there are no other complicating factors, you...
If you keep getting negative pregnancy test results but your period doesn’t begin, and you still think that you may be pregnant, get in touch with a healthcare professional. Numerous factors can cause a missed period, including ovary disorders,thyroid problems,hormonal imbalance, orstress. Consu...
Sigmoidoscopy: This test is similar to a colonoscopy, but looks only at the lower part of the colon, including the sigmoid colon and the rectum. Imaging Studies: Images from X-rays, Ultrasounds, MRIs, and CT scans of the lower intestinal tract may show any abnormalities in the colon. ...
Introduction: Neurofibroma is a type of peripheral nerve tumor that can arise sporadically or be a part of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a rare genetic disorder. Neurofibromas within the thyroid gland are extremely rare. Here, we present the fifth reported case of primary neurofibroma of ...
Nonionizing radiation (such as ultrasound waves, visible light, microwaves, and magnetic resonance imaging) “has enough energy to move around atoms in a molecule or cause them to vibrate, but not enough to remove electrons”. A fetus is partly protected from radiation effects by the mother’s...