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Causes of chronic mitral regurgitation include infective endocarditis, degenerative valvular disease and rheumatic fever.
Ocular toxocariasis produces unilateral chronic panuveitis associated with granulomatous mass lesion in fundus.
If you had migraines before you got chronic daily headaches, the migraines might return.
The lower extremities and feet should be inspected for signs of chronic ischemia, infection, ulcerations, fissures, fungus or xanthomas.
The differential diagnosis from chronic active hepatitis may present some difficult problems.
Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in biologic agents as potential adjuvants in the treatment of chronic wounds.
She proceeded to exploit her ill health to become the most feared of all chronic suffers, an ill-natured and tyrannical invalid.
Although rheumatoid arthritis is often a chronic disease, it tends to vary in severity and may even come and go.
But subsequent medical tests cleared him of any acute or chronic arsenic poisoning.
Both chronic VEGFR blockade and xenogeneic EC immunization in rats cause emphysema in rats without apparent damage to other organs.
The discovery of antibiotic drugs has been helpful in treating acute infection associated with chronic bronchitis.
She had become very uncomfortable and ill at ease when visiting her parents and suffered chronic tension.
These complications included keloids, wound dehiscence, incisional hernias, and chronic abscesses at the wound site.
It may culminate in chronic valvular disease and can lead to heart failure and ultimately death.
Gary Gardner, co-author of the report, said the impact of chronic hunger and obesity was immense.
Some scientists believe that a chronic shortage of dietary calcium is a contributing factor in developing osteoporosis.
He was also interested in the contribution of viral infections to chronic fatigue syndrome.
As with other chronic diseases, no cure is available for most types of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis.
Chris is now free from the chronic pain and limitations that he was told he would have to learn to live with.
However, in a report of two patients with chronic locked-in syndrome, neuropsychological assessment showed preserved cognitive abilities.
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Antral-type and intestinal metaplasia may represent local responses to chronic injury secondary to the presence of gallstones and inflammation.
It can be present as a chronic condition, flaring up occasionally under stress.
Brownish-black may indicate chronic mercurial poisoning caused by the formation of sulfide of mercury in the tissues.
The vast majority of amnesic patients are chronic alcoholics, suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome.
He found a major cause of bronchial asthma and many other chronic diseases to be a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the alveolus of our lungs.
Undernutrition is common in many chronic conditions, and obesity can result from conditions that limit physical activity.
Heliox has been used and studied in adults with asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and respiratory acidosis.
Dr Johnson was overweight and suffered from chronic bronchitis, gout and dropsy, as well as nervous tics and compulsive gesticulations.
One of the doctors was hospitalised and had to be given morphine to control chronic stomach pains.
Doctors suspect chronic back pain is caused by a combination of normal wear and tear on the joints of the back and poor muscle control.
Many herbal remedies are potentially hepatotoxic, and only milk thistle can be used safely in patients who have chronic liver disease.
Up to three million people are facing chronic food shortages in the coming months.
Domestic biomass fuel combustion and chronic bronchitis in two rural Bolivian villages.
In a small proportion of cases the illness may take a chronic course over many years with a transition into an enduring personality disorder.
Among children, asthma is a leading cause of hospitalization, chronic disease, and school absenteeism.
But since the mid-1990s, the cotton market has experienced chronic price depression.
This is called juvenile idiopathic arthritis, also known as juvenile chronic arthritis or juvenile rheumatic arthritis.
Previously, the condition was known by other names such as fibrositis, chronic muscle pain syndrome, psychogenic rheumatism and tension myalgias.
The chronic guilt that defines modern liberalism makes liberal politicians fundamentally unable to deal with terrorists, wrote a US scholar.
One day, individuals may be able to tailor their diet to their genetic constitution to reduce the risk of chronic disease.
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Atrial fibrillation is the most common chronic arrhythmia and is a major risk factor for stroke.
I'm up to my armpits in constituency work, but 30,000 hits from the public on the parliament's website over chronic pain haunts me.
We also see some chronic opium users, since opium was often the only effective medicinal for rural populations in parts of Southeast Asia.
Firstly, there is a chronic housing shortage which has been in part responsible for the runaway property price inflation of recent years.
And an immersion in his oeuvre is an effective cure for many chronic ailments of a metaphysical nature that one might suffer.
Metaplastic changes are common lesions and occur in reaction to foreign substances or chronic irritation.
In this study, we describe an infant mummy from ancient Egypt that showed macromorphologic signs of chronic anemia and vitamin C deficiency.
Physicians in the United States commonly used this herb in the mid-nineteenth century for chronic ovaritis.
Pathologist Dr Al Badri found that Mr Holmes died from cardio respiratory failure and chronic alcoholism.
These lesions, well-described in many textbooks of physical diagnosis, are clearly related to chronic alcoholic liver disease.
The mother-of-two suffers from the chronic fatigue condition, myalgic encephalomyelitis, which leaves her feeling completely drained of energy.
Cytogenetic damage, evaluated as chromosomal aberrations, has been successfully applied as a reliable biomarker for chronic health risk.
When she was 14 years old, she had received a diagnosis of seronegative chronic active hepatitis, based on a liver biopsy.
This bad water has caused skin diseases such as impetigo, scabies and eczema, as well as chronic diarrhea problems.
Smoking is the major risk factor for chronic respiratory symptoms, but dietary factors may also play a role.
This is still the case with conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalitis.
Microscopic examination showed the pseudomembranes arising from an area of ulceration, surrounded by acute and chronic inflammation.
Emaciated patients suffering from chronic sprue can also take buttermilk preferably before noon.
He also admits he used to be a chronic alcoholic, but gave up methylated spirits 10 years ago.
She had megaloblastic changes in the bone marrow and chronic severe liver disease.
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There are many similarities between the problems of the health service and the patient with chronic disease.
Chronic suppurative otitis media is chronic suppuration of the middle ear cavity associated with a defect in the tympanic membrane.
One patient received diathermy following oral surgery, the other for treatment of chronic scoliosis.
The national agenda to end chronic homelessness is an improvement over past efforts to manage homelessness.
Acupuncture controls chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and can palliate chronic pain.
This is the cause of chronic swelling that sometimes occurs after surgery or a traumatic injury to a limb.
They will also support research into the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalopathy, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
Helicobacter pylori is believed to be a major causative agent of human peptic disorders including chronic gastritis and ulcers.
They too concluded that non-invasive ventilation was a dominant strategy for severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Because newborns have an immature immune system, 90 percent of infants infected perinatally progress to chronic infection.
Those who survive their first year risk being permanently impaired by chronic malnutrition.
I do not deny that there are patients with chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habit that defy analysis.
I was diagnosed with a variety of conditions, including acid reflux, high blood pressure, depression and anxiety and chronic headaches.
This may happen due to injuries, infections, or even chronic problems like rheumatoid arthritis and leprosy.
Some of its other traditional uses have been as a mild purgative for chronic constipation and for the treatment of swollen glands.
Another particularly difficult area of chronic pain management is in rheumatic disease.
Signs of chronic mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia may first show up in childhood.
The school collaborates with a charity to inspire and re-engage underachieving pupils and chronic truants.
All subjects with history of chronic liver disease or any other known cause of hepatitis were excluded from the study.
Although this may be secondary to sudden decompensation of chronic heart failure, myocardial ischemia is also common.
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Contracture of the palmar fascia, like palmar erythema, is often cited as a sign of chronic liver disease.
Therefore, chronic marital distress may be a more salient psychosocial risk factor for women than for men.
Sometimes chronic pain is just a nagging discomfort, but it can flare up into severe pain.
For some patients, the experience of developing a chronic illness may mean they are unable to function in the role that their doctor expects.
Treatment with this drug should not be initiated in patients with active infections including chronic or localized infections.
The commonest pathology in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy is mesial temporal sclerosis with scarring of the hippocampus.
I remember one episode when he cured chronic kidney failure with a quick zap on his twisty thing.
Common symptoms include shortness of breath, chronic coughing and increased mucus production.
Urine may become stagnant leading to chronic ascending bacterial urinary tract infections.
Lichen simplex chronicus is a thickening of the skin caused by chronic rubbing, and typically presents as thick plaques.
How best can we then differentiate microcytic anaemia of chronic disease from genuine iron deficiency when ferritin values are normal?
She presented again in January 1997 with recurrent chronic throat irritation.
Clinical trials to further test antifungal therapy for chronic sinusitis are being planned.
Several tests may help determine the underlying cause of chronic kidney disease.
There do not appear to be any adverse long-term behavioral effects resulting from chronic stimulant use.
All of a sudden, it was OK to blaze chronic all day while being unemployed.
The risks associated with chronic exposure to volatile anesthetic gases have not been established.
It can also be passed to humans, causing a chronic ailment known as undulant fever.
Patients may also present with chronic lower abdominal or pelvic pain, or alterations in the menstrual pattern.
He will be returning this week, after missing last week with his chronic shagger's back causing him to spasm.
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His chronic lack of judgement and naive approach to the complexities of the society lead inevitably to tragedy.
In its chronic illness, her body has turned on itself, nursing and feeding its own traumatic memories continually.
The worst inflammation and fibrosis in chronic gastroesophageal reflux occurs in the mucosa just above the cardia.
Virtually every patient with chronic catheterization is colonized with bacteriuria within six weeks.
Like other chronic wounds, pressure ulcers fail to heal in a timely manner.
In patients with chronic septic lung disease, the bronchial arteries are usually enlarged and tortuous and may engulf the pulmonary hila.
A typical rodent model of chronic pain involves tying a temporary ligature around the sciatic nerve.
Leukemic transformation of chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis to acute lymphoblastic leukemia is rare.
Researchers are discovering that chronic sleep deprivation harms health, promoting weight gain and diabetes and reducing immunity.
People with chronic diseases like diabetes should get greater support in the community and at home.
Our results suggest a possible causal link between airborne particulate matter from traffic and chronic respiratory symptoms.
Alas, celebrations of the lowest and the last all present a chronic toxic hazard, an endless potential for slippage.
Early symptoms of chronic vitamin A toxicity include thinning of the hair and eyebrows.
Diabetes and hypertension are the underlying causes in most cases of chronic kidney disease.
Actinomycosis is a chronic infection caused by various bacteria called actinomycetes.
People with chronic bronchitis should stop smoking and avoid second-hand smoke.
Bony erosion occurs in chronic cases and tends to be periarticular, well corticated and have a thin overhanging edge.
On examination, she was not icteric, and there were no stigmata of chronic liver disease.
He has a history of arthritis, gout, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
He has been suffering from a chronic case of Mud Fever ever since we bought him 6 months ago.
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Research suggests that chronic panic sufferers may be easily flummoxed by their bodily sensations.
In dogs, chronic exposure to episodic hypoxia via tracheal occlusion depresses arousal responses to asphyxial gases when rebreathing expired air.
Older adults often are overprescribed antibiotics for treatment of chronic coughs with thickened sputum.
It is a systemic, chronic failure of management right across the totality of the agency.
Long, heavily calcified stenoses in tortuous vessels or at bifurcations and chronic total occlusions are less suitable.
A possible etiologic relation to chronic inflammation and lung fibrosis is supported.
Hepatorenal syndrome occurs in patients with chronic liver disease and advanced hepatic failure.
Similarly, in patients with chronic renal failure, increased melanin production may cause the distal part of the nail bed to turn brown.
She has no evidence of malignancy, inflammatory disease, hemorrhage, or chronic infection.
More than 1 million milder forms of skin cancer will occur, and these are the ones tied to chronic or prolonged suntanning.
Eight had chronic otorrhea or previous surgery, two were long-term hearing aid wearers, and one was an habitual ear scratcher.
Yet this supremacy, already questioned by many Americans at home, is in chronic disrepair abroad.
The extra fluid may cause weight gain, although severe chronic heart failure sometimes causes wasting.
Interestingly, despite the common aetiology, concomitant cirrhosis and chronic pancreatitis is rare.
Schizophrenia is a chronic and persistent brain disorder and one of the most severe common mental illnesses.
Physically unfit women at unhealthy weights have higher chronic disease risk.
In addition, chronic alcohol abuse takes a heavier physical toll on women than on men.
Timolol maleate can cause bronchospasms and is contraindicated in patients with bronchial asthma or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Patients with chronic bird fancier's lung can be classified into two types.
When he treated the children with vitamin A, using only the recommended daily allowance of cod liver oil, their chronic ear infections stopped.
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Disgusted with his chronic lack of leadership, the troops mutinied and both the young man and his mother were killed.
She has since worked as a support group facilitator for chronic pain sufferers.
Alcohol intake is a cofactor in the rate of progression of chronic HCV infection.
This is seen, for example, where lipid peroxidation is implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis and feline hepatic lipidosis.
This plant is useful for both acute and chronic respiratory diseases, including acute influenza, earache, sinusitis and sore throat.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver is defined as hepatic steatosis in the absence of alcohol use or another chronic liver disease.
I had chronic diarrhea for over a year, and the coconut macaroons did nothing for it.
The controversial move is one aspect of a massive drive to get doctors to intervene with heavy drinkers before they become chronic alcoholics.
Takayasu's arteritis is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the aorta and its branches.
Obesity, insufficient excision, significant skin maceration, and chronic skin infection may increase the incidence of recurrence.
He was a chronic annotator, editor and commentator, loving the detail of government but disliking the main business.
So it is a fairly common injury that athletes who push wheelchairs often sustain, on a chronic basis.
The vascular lesions are probably secondary to chronic inflammation and fibrosis in the adjacent lung.
And it's all thanks to a simple new dating game that's being billed as the cure for chronic singledom.
His achievement is more remarkable as he is in remission from chronic myeloid leukaemia.
Eight years later she died of carcinoma of the oesophagus and chronic renal failure.
New therapies based on proteins and antibodies would stop in their tracks chronic diseases such as cancer.
The athlete commonly presents to the physician with a chronic untreated profundus avulsion.
In fact, chronic myelogenous leukemia is the only leukemic process that is associated with thrombocytosis.
Gastroesophageal reflux can lead to extraesophageal complications, including laryngitis, chronic cough, refractory asthma and dental erosions.
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The author delves into the structural underpinnings of chronic underemployment and unemployment, and the minds of those affected.
There is no evidence that LSD produces physical withdrawal symptoms when chronic use is stopped.
In fact, chronic hepatitis C virus infection is the leading cause of cirrhosis in this country.
When Sophie fell poorly with glandular fever and then chronic fatigue syndrome her home computer provided a lifeline to the outside world.
Circulating concentrations of the cytokine tumour necrosis factor are increased in cachectic patients with chronic heart failure.
Acute lathyrism is not an appropriate model for periodontitis which has a chronic origin.
Other conditions that may mimic pancreatic cancer include chronic pancreatitis and choledocholithiasis.
A woman described as a chronic kleptomaniac was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at the March 22 sitting of Carlow District Court.
Parents are having to pay too much in school fees to compensate for chronic underfunding by the provincial government.
Like other benzodiazepines, chronic use of Rohypnol can produce dependence.
Well, people with chronic illnesses should make sure their medical condition is stable before they travel.
And asthma flares are the most common reason for pediatric emergency room visits due to a chronic illness.
He said that the most likely diagnosis of her condition was chronic tenosynoritis or tendonitis.
This could explain why chronic alcoholics often need an early morning drink just to get going.
Binge drinking should not be conflated with chronic alcoholism and under-age consumption.
The technique is used to help patients suffering from backache, headaches and panic attacks, plus a range of chronic diseases.
Most patients had severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on British Thoracic Society criteria.
Large chronic doses of licorice may result in cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and pseudoprimary aldosteronism.
By suppressing the fever these children end up with chronic glue ear, sinusitis or chest catarrh.
Eventually, they develop a mucoid phenotype, which marks the establishment of chronic infection.
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Vaccination is also recommended for persons with chronic hepatitis C infection.
The malignant effects of chronic pain in children are multifactorial and relatively unyielding without treatment.
The problem of flat feet is chronic because it is a habit that occurs without any awareness of what is correct alignment for the feet.
Twenty five patients with chronic hepatitis C and 25 healthy controls were studied.
For example, some of us are predisposed to cardiovascular disease or chronic diseases, like obesity, certain cancers, cataracts, and diabetes.
Like mad cow disease, chronic wasting disease is believed to produce abnormal proteins that gradually destroy brain tissues.
If you have an ongoing chronic illness you might be at higher risk of complications.
Many young people cope well with the emotional aspects of having a chronic illness.
English sport, that institution of chronic underachievement, has suddenly found people who know how to win.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease included asthma and chronic bronchitis, and eye disease included cataracts and glaucoma.
Most chronic arthritis patients are heavy eaters and often take food furnishing 3,500 to 4,000 calories.
Tuberculous effusions can follow early postprimary, chronic pulmonary, or miliary tuberculosis.
People with heartburn have either chronic weakness of that muscle or inappropriate relaxation of the muscle.
Having been supported into chronic invalidity, they must now be given extra support in the quest to return to the world of work.
Antibiotics are generally reserved for use in episodes of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Electrophysiological examination showed evidence of chronic partial denervation and reinnervation only in the upper limb segments.
Asthma, allergies, or a chronic infection in the sinuses or breathing passages might also be responsible for long-term coughs.
Bronchiectasis should be considered when chronic cough produces sputum and hemoptysis.
All these 22 patients had chronic cough with haemoptysis but were not positive for acid-fast bacilli in three sputum examinations.
To prevent withdrawal symptoms, a chronic heavy drinker may be prescribed medication such as diazepam for a few days after stopping drinking.
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Reversal of social status via serotonergic activation appears to mimic chronic serotonergic activity.
Many children exposed to the exhaust fumes from such petrol suffered chronic lead poisoning.
Such a lead content is sufficient to cause chronic lead poisoning if it is applied regularly over the eyelids, especially during childhood.
Trauma, chronic exposure to moisture, and exostoses make otitis externa a common ailment among surfers.
Adrenal responses to stimulation or suppression have been used as a potential indicator of a chronic stressful environment.
Yet, it is this dependence on rice that mires millions in chronic micro-nutrient deficiency.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic medical condition that affects the way your body metabolizes sugar.
Sometimes called chronic lung disease or CLD, it's a disease in infants characterized by inflammation and scarring in the lungs.
Medical practice shows undesirably large variations attributable to a chronic shortage of staff and inadequate training and information.
Naturopaths believe that many illnesses ranging from chronic fatigue to migraine are caused by overgrowth of thrush-causing yeast cells.
Two kinds of prostatitis, acute prostatitis and chronic bacterial prostatitis, are caused by infection of the prostate.
This child cannot rollerskate, play sports or ride bikes because the normal activity of children causes chronic sores.
It is a chronic condition in which stomach acid backs up into your food pipe.
Breakthrough infections and chronic carriage were clearly and strongly related to peak antibody concentrations.
Jones explained his act as a dramatic remedy for boredom and chronic depression.
Shortly after he finished his first album, he was diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia.
A family history of the disease, or chronic infection with the tropical diseases bilharzia also increase the risk of bladder cancer.
A chronic middle ear infection is a long-lasting infection in the middle ear.
Patients with chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes were not regularly monitored.
The poor schmo had a bad dose of noncomplainingitis, that peculiarly British ailment with symptoms which include chronic fear of causing a scene.
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In chronic smoldering cases, inflammatory bowel disease can be misdiagnosed, and treatment with steroids only exacerbates the infection.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a debilitating, chronic multisystem disease with an unknown etiology.
The study is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate the aetiology of major chronic diseases.
Educational neglect occurs when a child is allowed to engage in chronic truancy, or is of mandatory school age but not receiving schooling.
In the absence of symptoms, chronic bacterial prostatitis is sometimes discovered by the presence of bacteriuria.
Recurrent medial joint line pain, instability, and tenderness may indicate a chronic medial meniscal tear or osteoarthritis.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal illness of wide-spread pain and profound fatigue.
A chalazion is a chronic granulomatous inflammation in the meibomian gland.
Mulder is at pains to point out that anti-depressants are very effective for those who suffer from severe or chronic depression.
Eighteen years' chronic underinvestment in our public services and infrastructures has bled Wales dry.
This wholefoods, high-fiber diet kept them remarkably free of chronic disease.
They concluded that the cause is chronic overinflation, which is difficult to differentiate pathologically from early microscopic emphysema.
Trichotillomania tends to be chronic and manifests slightly differently in each of us.
Psychological and behavioural responses to pain and social factors are the main determinants of chronic pain disability.
The decision to repair these injuries acutely was based on data from treatment of chronic injury by tenotomy.
Coronary atherosclerotic disease is a chronic process that often begins in childhood.
We do not know for certain whether heading the ball in soccer may result in chronic cognitive impairment.
These agents are not recommended for use in patients with severe chronic constipation or bowel disease.
Use a windbreak to protect unclad limbs from chronic goosepimpling and to stake out your territory so that other families don't stray too close.
Lymphedema causes chronic swelling of part of the body, usually an arm or leg.
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The condition is also known as heaves, recurrent airway obstruction, broken wind, emphysema, chronic bronchitis or small airway disease.
This bacterium is responsible for many cases of ulcers, chronic heartburn and gastritis.
This color can be seen frequently in chronic diseases of the stomach, especially in gastric atony.
They are more common in females and are associated with a history of chronic cystitis.
Patients with age-related macular degeneration may complain of acute loss of vision, blurred vision, scotomas or chronic distortion of vision.
What do you think if you did the same thing, resulting in chronic underfunding of your tyre budget, driving around with bald tyres?
For example, I have this chronic problem with losing things, and it drives me crazy.
But at betting on the nags, as any regular reader will know, I am a chronic loser, a completely hopeless case.
They are operating at the level of secondary or tertiary prevention, or early and late intervention of individual chronic drug users.
How else to explain the chronic neglect of a program that effectively fights some of our most pernicious and recalcitrant social problems?
Most doctors will start chronic treatment of epilepsy if two or more attacks occur in a short interval.
Unless complications are present, patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia do not require urgent referral to a hematologist.
What is the evidence that narcotic analgesia is efficacious in relieving chronic nonmalignant pain?
Over-reliance on such drugs can actually create a vicious cycle of chronic head pain.
In some cases, there may not be a specific injury, but the meniscus can tear due to repetitive loads and chronic degeneration.
Many members used to be troubled by various chronic or acute maladies such as arthritis, stomach disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
The French diet indicates high-quality food satiates and prevents chronic overeating.
A bone abscess found during the subacute or chronic stage of hematogenous osteomyelitis is known as a Brodie's abscess.
It is inspirational that out of so much chronic pain and sadness can come an annual event which is so positive.
Lead builds up in the tissues, and chronic lead poisoning can cause mental retardation and sterility.
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So does chronic prostatitis go along with lupus or rheumatoid or MS or some of those other auto-immune diseases?
His armpits were so clogged with fat that he'd developed chronic dermatosis.
Of course the participants of the sport are at higher risk for the cumulative effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Exhausted from the chronic pain that pulsates through her body day and night, she chokes up on the phone.
Iran may not be as villainized as North Korea or Syria these days, NIA says, but their track record on rights is a chronic issue.
Some time ago, I wrote a blog post in which I had the temerity to question the validity of chronic Lyme diagnoses.
These are trying times for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
I was disgusted with this guy's driving skills, disgusted with the macho attitude, and those of you who have ever driven with me will know I suffer from chronic road rage.
Persistent infections in humans can lead to a chronic form of Q fever.
She died on June 8, 2004, after a long and painful battle against scleroderma, a chronic disease of the immune system, connective tissue and blood vessels.
Clinical evaluation may detect gastrointestinal, neurologic, dermatologic, and musculoskeletal complications in the advanced stages of chronic kidney disease.
We have witnessed the birth of a first child, shared in the delivery of the news of a chronic terminal illness, and have been the last to hold the hand of a loved one.
He has gambled that problems would be solved by throwing money at them, but failed to show the political courage required to tackle chronic problems.
We evaluated the efficacy of acetazolamide in the treatment of chronic mountain sickness and the importance of nocturnal hypoxemia in its pathophysiology.
Furthermore, chronic use can lead to hirsutism and gum hypertrophy.
Many supermarkets are experiencing a chronic shortage of shopping baskets because shoppers too mean to buy plastic bags are stealing them, it emerged yesterday.
Other contributory factors may be malnutrition and chronic alcohol abuse.
Chlamydial infection can cause urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and result in ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain in women.
While the situation of each homeless mother is unique, abuse, severe depression, chemical dependency, illiteracy, and chronic poverty are common contributing factors.
In the respiratory field in our hospital, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or the hyperventilation syndrome are misdiagnosed as having asthma almost daily.
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Cats form hairballs as a result of chronic grooming and hair ingestion, and they cough or vomit up the hairball when it becomes large enough to cause irritation.
Potential health hazards for acute and chronic effects in floriculturists and commercial florists constantly exposed to contaminated cut flowers have been reported.
The remaining 5 percent of patients have chronic cough caused by bronchiogenic carcinoma, carcinomatosis, sarcoidosis, left ventricular failure or aspiration.
He said that over-building coupled with chronic overpricing and a downturn in certain western European economies, such as Germany, would prompt a glut of apartments for sale.
Yet chronic disease is often poorly treated and inadequately prevented.
However, in the chronic stage the circulating level of trypomastigotes is too low to be detected and therefore seropositivity is used as evidence of infection.
The physician should check for evidence of chronic alcoholism, including spider angiomata, gynecomastia, enlarged liver, or abnormal blood test results.
There he established a world renowned centre for rheumatic fever and later, when rheumatic fever was conquered, for children and adults with chronic forms of arthritis.
During the first half of the twentieth century it was used for the control of both acute pain and chronic inflammatory conditions such as rheumatic fever.
Other exclusion criteria were a diagnosis of chronic suppurative otitis media or otitis with effusion, and otoscopic appearance consistent with crying or fever alone.
Other reasons for exclusion were dementia, hemorrhage, pregnancy, asthma, chronic lung disease and any contraindication to either of the study medications.
We know where the chronic heart disease cases are going to be.
Chronic blood loss from genitourinary tract cancer, chronic hemoptysis and bleeding disorders may result in iron deficiency but are much less common causes.
The ritual of routine visits for most chronic diseases usually includes monitoring to check on the progress or regress of the disease and the development of complications.
As of June 2004, the Alberta government tested more than 5,000 heads of wild white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk for the presence of chronic wasting disease.
This may be serous or, in chronic cases, thick, mucoid and glue-like.
You have a rather chronic relapsing condition, which occasionally oozes and has scaling as a predominant feature, affecting primarily the extremities of the skin.
Changes that have been observed in association with chronic administration of opioids include physical atrophy of dopamine-producing neurons in the ventral tegmental area.
Eucalyptus has for a long time been known as a remedy for easing bronchial problems such as asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, whooping cough and chronic catarrh.
Chronic trigger points can lead to chronic nerve irritation and headache.

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