This post is a continuation of 'PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #1', as posted on this blog February 10, 2020 (two years ago).
CURRENT CONTENTS:
ClaudicationDiabetes insipidus
Dyspareunia
Eye discharge
Flu-like symptoms
Graves disease
Gynophobia
Heart block
Authors' Note:
claudicant: limping, lame
Pain occurring in one or both legs with exercise in patients with blockages in their leg arteries is termed 'intermittent claudication', a condition particularly prevalent in longterm smokers.
Discarded cigarette butts, which may release toxins injurious to wildlife, have been identified by environmentalists as an ecological hazard.
Authors' Note:
dacryocystorhinostomy: a surgical procedure used to relieve lacrimal obstruction (blocked tear drainage)
DCR: abbreviation for above, used by surgical ophthalmologists, who usually perform the procedure
Authors' Note: Graves' disease (often shortened by medical types to the ominous-sounding Graves' ), described by Robert Graves in 1835, is a common auto-immune disease that attacks the internal controls in the thyroid gland, and results in the overproduction of thyroid hormones. Significant symptoms result from hyperthyroidism, the hypermetabolic state that is produced.
Among several effective treatments, antithyroid drugs, taken over months or years, block production of these hormones, and often result in resumption of the euthyroid (normal) state.
Among several effective treatments, antithyroid drugs, taken over months or years, block production of these hormones, and often result in resumption of the euthyroid (normal) state.
Requests from many health professionals, and layfolks as well, have come to fruition; there is now another followup post continuing this theme that you can easily access. Click HERE for part #3 of 'Patients and their Maladies'
AND, HERE'S A LIST OF LINKS to collections of intriguing verses on other medical/dental topics that can now be found on various posts including:
Patients and their Maladies (parts #1, #2 and #3)
Funny Bones (parts #1 and #2)
Doctors and their Practices (parts #1 and #2)
Doctors and their Practices (parts #1 and #2)
and in 'brief sagas' including:
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