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Placental abruption is a pregnancy problem in which the placenta separates too early from the wall of the uterus. The placenta is a round, flat organ that forms during pregnancy. It gives the baby food and oxygen from your body. In a normal...
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Discusses Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic disorder in which little or no hex A enzyme is produced by the body. Discusses screening. Covers symptoms to watch for in babies and young children. Covers late-onset Tay-Sachs disease.
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Discusses uterine fibroids (also called fibroid tumors, leiomyomas, or myomas), which are lumps that grow on your uterus. Covers treatment with myomectomy, hysterectomy, and uterine fibroid embolization (UFE).
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La talasemia es un trastorno sanguíneo hereditario que hace que el cuerpo produzca menos hemoglobina o hemoglobina anormal. La hemoglobina ayuda a los glóbulos rojos a repartir el oxígeno por el cuerpo. Los niveles bajos de hemoglobina pueden...
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Covers causes and symptoms of cluster headaches. Covers medicines and treatment that either help reduce frequency or severity of headaches or stop a headache after it has started.
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Scleral buckling surgery is a common way to treat retinal detachment. It is a method of closing breaks and flattening the retina. A scleral buckle is a piece of silicone sponge, rubber, or semi-hard plastic that your eye doctor ( ophthalmologist) places on the outside of the eye (the sclera,...
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What is celiac disease? Celiac disease is a problem some people have with foods that contain gluten. Gluten is a type of protein. It's found in the grains wheat, barley, rye, and triticale (a wheat-rye cross). When you have this disease and you eat food with gluten in it, the...
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Sometimes a baby who seems healthy dies during sleep. If this happens to a healthy baby younger than 1 year old, it's called sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS. In most cases, a parent or caregiver places the baby down to sleep and returns later...
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If you pass your due date and your labor does not start on its own, your doctor or midwife may want to try to start (induce) labor. They may also suggest doing this for other reasons, such as if there are concerns about your or your baby's health.
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Usted puede tener hemorragias nasales durante el embarazo. Esto se debe a que hay un aumento de la irrigación de sangre al tejido del interior de la nariz (membranas mucosas) cuando usted está embarazada. Hay cosas que puede hacer para ayudar a prevenir las hemorragias nasales, como usar un humidificador.