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Pregnancy danger from urinary tract infection
): A pregnant woman who develops a UTI should be treated promptly to avoid premature delivery of her baby and other risks such as high blood pressure. Some antibiotics are not safe to take during pregnancy. In selecting the best treatment…
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- Tummy 1. Babytalk for the stomach. The word tummy is derived from stomach.2. Slang for a paunch. A big tummy raises…
- Onychoosteodysplasia This is the nail-patella syndrome, an hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed (dysplastic) or…
- Necrobiosis lipoidica See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Vaccination, DTaP Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- Eye bleed Medically called a subconjunctival hemorrhage. A very common cause of a painless bloody eye usually first…
- Enteritis, Crohn Crohn disease involving only the small intestine. Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder, primarily…
- Acute renal failure Sudden and often temporary loss of kidney function. Also called acute kidney failure. As opposed to chronic…
- Coccydynia Coccydynia: Pain in the coccyx (the tailbone). The coccyx is the small bone at the bottom of the spine very…
- Insemination, homologous A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Pauling-Corey helix The alpha helix, the structure of most proteins, discovered by Linus Pauling and Robert Corey. See: Alpha…
- Tendon The tissue by which a muscle attaches to bone. A tendon is somewhat flexible, but fibrous and tough. When a…