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3 days ago · If your baby also has symptoms such as a cold, cough or diarrhea, you may want to call your baby's healthcare professional sooner. This might depend on how bad the symptoms are. If you haven't already called your baby's healthcare professional, call if your baby's fever lasts more than three days.
Oct 4, 2024 · Acute hepatitis B lasts less than six months. But for others, the infection lasts more than six months and is called chronic. Chronic hepatitis B raises the risk of liver failure, liver cancer and serious scarring of the liver called cirrhosis. Most adults with hepatitis B recover fully, even if their symptoms are bad.
Oct 1, 2024 · In this video, we'll cover the basics of a stroke. What is it, who it happens to, the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Whether you're looking for answers for yourself or someone you love, we're here to give you the best information available. You've likely heard the term stroke before.
Oct 1, 2024 · In the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke, or cerebral infarction, there's a lack of blood flow to an area of the brain leading the brain cells to begin to die off due to a lack of oxygen and other nutrients.
Oct 8, 2024 · This helps lessen the symptoms of depression. Tricyclic antidepressants block the neurotransmitters serotonin (ser-o-TOE-nin) and norepinephrine (nor-ep-ih-NEF-rin) from being taken back into nerve cells in the brain, a process called reuptake. Blocking reuptake raises the levels of these two neurotransmitters in the brain.
4 days ago · Acute liver failure, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, can cause serious complications, including bleeding and increased pressure in the brain. It's a medical emergency that requires hospitalization. Depending on the cause, acute liver failure can sometimes be reversed with treatment.
4 days ago · "Most people, when they get parvovirus, will just have kind of common cold effects and will not have severe side effects like Braxton did." Braxton's body had an extremely rare reaction to the virus causing his own immune system to attack and break down his heart muscle.
Oct 4, 2024 · Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu and its complications for almost everyone. The flu vaccine can lower the risk of getting the flu. It also can lower the risk of having serious illness from the flu and needing to stay in the hospital or dying of the flu.
Oct 5, 2024 · Straining or grunting while passing stool is typical for babies. But if an infant is straining each time or cries and seems to be in pain, that may be a symptom of constipation. If your newborn seems constipated, changes to your infant's diet to soften stool may help.
Oct 12, 2024 · The most common type of ameloblastoma is aggressive, forming a large tumor and growing into the jawbone. Treatment may include surgery and radiation. In some cases, reconstruction may be necessary to restore your teeth, jaw and facial appearance.
