Do you have chronic and blurred visions and unrelenting eye pain? Have you sought treatment for this‚ but have had no relief? Has your condition been diagnosed and treated as ’dry eye’ when it really isn’t? If you answered yes to these questions‚ rest assured that you are not alone. There is hope. Your blurred vision may actually be caused by the interruption‚ sensitivity or even disease of your corneal nerves. To understand this difficult to diagnose condition‚ it is important to understand what
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make breathing difficult. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common conditions that make up COPD. Chronic bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes‚ which carry air to and from your lungs. Emphysema occurs when the air sacs at the end of the smallest air passages in the lungs are gradually destroyed. Damage to your lungs from COPD can’t be reversed‚ but
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Chest pain or pressure that patients feel is commonly called angina. This usually occurs as a symptom of a problem with the heart and its blood supply. There are two types of angina called stable and unstable. Stable angina is where a person is feeling pain‚ chest pressure‚ or radiant pain in left arm and back with exertion. The more serious type is unstable angina‚ which means having those symptoms even at rest. There is a system of arteries that supply oxygen rich blood to the myocardium‚ or heart
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discussing one of such imperfections ‚ "The Referred pain" which I have called a Glitch in the Nervous system and you will know why as you read this post.And we will also be discussing its Medical implications. What is a Referred Pain? A pain which is felt at the distant site from the organ diseased but not felt at the diseased organ itself is referred pain. Didn’t get it? .. When a part of body organ is damaged or diseased you will not feel pain there‚ instead you will feel it on some other distant
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Pain is a symptom caused by physical‚ emotional‚ or psychological hurt or disorder. At some point in time you must have experienced pain and no you know that no one is exempted from suffering ailments. You are a human being and everyone you know the last time you checked and thus all are physically vulnerable to pain. Since this is the case‚ then you must learn how to manage pain so you can alleviate the symptom into a bearable predicament for a hurting individual or patient. This is what pain management
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In “Pigskin‚ Patriarchy‚ And Pain” we read about the experiences of Don Sabo‚ a young boy who started off by wanting to change himself. Don said he was “too fat‚ too short‚ too weak.” He believed that by playing football‚ things would change for him. What follows is very violent; his skin was pricked with thorns‚ he was punched in the gut and groin repeatedly and essentially told to man up. Don went on to play NCAA division one football which isn’t an easy thing to do. While playing D1 football‚
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The Role of Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure In 1988 Sir James Whyte Black was honored with a Nobel Prize for medicine for his efforts in the discovery of the beta blocker propanolol and the histamine receptor agonist cimetidine. Beta blockers were originally developed to treat angina pectoris but were discovered to also treat hypertension‚ tachycardia‚ an myocardial infarctions. The discovery of propanolol was said to be the greatest discovery since digitalis. The mechanism
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Tick tock tick tock! Constant unfamiliar sounds flooded my ears as I lay in bed. Something about a hospital transports you to a different place‚ nothing feels warm and inviting. Lying in bed on June fourteenth dealing with pain from the day’s surgery my mind enjoyed moments of solitude. Remembering things I rather forget I reminisced on the past day. Waking up at five I expected to by home by six that night‚ the doctors had all but promised. Going in to it the usual procedures happened‚ the peeing
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Pain is an essential‚ unavoidable part of all life. Not only does it act as a mechanism for interpreting the physical state of the body‚ but it also acts as a teaching mechanism for recognizing and avoiding harmful conditions. Conversely‚ the body also has numerous pathways for relieving pain (Ossipov 2012). As the medical field advances‚ there is a strong push to find the safest and most effective ways to relieve pain. The most understood pain-relieving system in the body is the endogenous opioid
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Emphysema - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory condition characterized by airflow limitation currently affecting more than 5% of the population and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. In the US COPD is ranked 3rd in cause of death responsible for killing more than 120‚000 individuals per year. The National Health Interview Survey reports the prevalence of emphysema at 18 cases per 1000 persons and chronic bronchitis
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