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2024年1月23日 · Use WebMD’s Drug Interaction Checker tool to find and identify potentially harmful and unsafe combinations of prescription medications by entering two or more drugs in question.
2022年11月3日 · Hypovolemic shock is a life-threatening condition caused by a rapid loss of blood or body fluids. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, stages, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and outlook...
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Peripheral vascular disease, also called PVD, refers to any disease or disorder of the circulatory system outside of the brain and heart. The term can include any disorder that affects any blood vessels. It is, though, often used as a synonym for peripheral artery disease. PVD is the most common disease of the arteries. The build-up of fatty materi...
Blood vessels in the legs are the ones most often affected. Other arteries frequently affected include those that supply blood to the kidneys and those in the arms. When an artery is blocked or narrowed, the part of the body it supplies doesn't get enough oxygen. The condition is called ischemia. Ischemia can cause a variety of symptoms, depending ...
About 8.5 million people in the United States have PVD. It occurs mostly in people over age 60, affecting about 12% to 20% of people in that age group. It's also common among people with diabetes. Men are slightly more likely than women to have PVD. The disease is more common in smokers. The combination of diabetes and smoking almost always results...
People often think PVD is a normal part of aging and that nothing can be done about it. Others think the only solution is surgery. But surgery is only one of several effective treatments available. Treating PVD medically and with lifestyle changes is the best way to prevent it from getting worse and protect against complications. This is especially...
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2023年9月15日 · Pain in your shoulder, arm, back, or jaw. Rapid breathing or shortness of breath. Pain when you breathe. Severe lightheadedness. Fast heartbeat. If you have a blood clot and it breaks free, it ...
2022年4月19日 · Atherosclerosis plaques in the coronary arteries can behave in several ways: They can grow slowly, never blocking the artery or causing clots. They can expand and block blood flow in a coronary ...
2024年1月18日 · 4 min read. How can you tell if you have diabetes? Most early symptoms are from higher-than-normal levels of glucose, a kind of sugar, in your blood. The warning signs can be so mild that you...
