All sorts of things can go wrong with the feet from diabetes and this includes peeling of the skin. You probably already know that diabetes often causes neuropathy (nerve damage), which results in the inability [...]
Don’t count yourself out from having sleep apnea just because you don’t have daytime symptoms and are lean, buff and young. Sleep apnea is one of those conditions for which millions of people could be [...]
You’ll be surprised to learn that the gum debris or “gunk” where the tooth was pulled isn’t really black—but dark red because it’s blood. […]
Don’t get your hopes up if your first sleep study is negative for sleep apnea. Better have a second sleep study done because the first one may have missed it. […]
There’s a sure-fire way to stay on your side during sleep: no sewn-in tennis balls, bumper wraps or alarms that awaken you every time you roll over. […]
Ever wonder if your endometriosis will spontaneously go away before you reach menopause? “Without any medical intervention? It’s quite rare for endometriosis to go away on its own before menopause except during pregnancy,” says Mylaine [...]
You know as hot flash is coming in about 20 seconds because you just felt a feeling of doom and depression sweep through your body. Suddenly, existence feels like an arduous chore that can barely [...]
What’s going on? There’s a sticky clear fluid leaking out of one of your breasts — but you’re not pregnant. “About 20 to 25 percent of women experience nipple discharge at some point in their [...]
A woman who’s had LEEP done a few times for CIN will naturally be worried there’s a limit to how many times the loop electrical excision procedure can be done. […]
There are many causes of benign nosebleeds, but when they really start up during menopause, a woman may wonder if this means cancer or just the hormonal fluctuations during this transition. […]
A certain type of tumor in the pituitary gland can cause nipple discharge by increasing the secretion of prolactin, a hormone. […]
Is the mildness of sleep apnea determined by the patient’s daytime symptoms such as severity? Is it frequency of these symptoms? Or is it something else? […]
At some point after a root canal, a smoker is going to want to smoke. And at some point following a root canal, it will be okay to smoke. “Let’s be honest – you’d be [...]
Molars are subjected to the most biting force and thus can end up broken pretty badly, but at what point should they be pulled when this happens? “Broken teeth are probably one of the most [...]
There’s a general rule for how long after a molar is removed that active bleeding should last and how long seeping should last, plus how to treat and what to expect. A lot of bleeding [...]
Just how dangerous is untreated but mild obstructive sleep apnea? Can mild OSA cut your life short? Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is defined as having equal to or greater than 15 respiratory disturbances [...]
CPAP treatment of sleep apnea lowers cardiovascular risk – significantly, when compared to what it potentially could be if sleep apnea goes untreated on a chronic level. […]
You’d be shocked to know just all the ways that sleep apnea can harm the heart. If you’ve ever wondered why periods of stopped breathing can be so dangerous to the cardiovascular system even though [...]
Okay, so which is it: sleep apnea or laryngospasm, being that both can cause you to abruptly wake in the middle of the night gasping for breath? […]
Being that sleep apnea causes frequent low oxygen levels overnight, could a finger pulse oximeter by itself detect sleep apnea? When sleep apnea is suspected, the patient is encouraged to undergo a “sleep study” (polysomnography) [...]
Being that it’s not acute and can be caught in time, how is it that sometimes people die from a chronic subdural hematoma? After all, this condition is relatively very easy to treat. Now in [...]
Sleep apnea may not always occur every single night and in fact may be sporadic in some cases. This can be referred to as intermittent sleep apnea, in which the intermittency is measured in days [...]
Diabetes can lead to dangerous conditions that cause pain in the calves and overall legs when walking. Those with type 2 diabetes are particularly vulnerable to an arterial condition, though the risk is still increased [...]
Asymptomatic people with sleep apnea should use a CPAP—and they shouldn’t, too; the answer depends on more specific data as well as the doctor treating the patient. […]
If you wait for nodular melanoma to go from flat to pencil eraser height before seeing a doctor, you could be dead a short time later. Nodular melanoma goes from zero to metastasis in zip [...]
“Extragenital endometriosis” refers to endometriosis that affects areas beyond the genitals, such as various nerves. “Endometriosis is a condition where the tissue that lines the uterine cavity -- glandular tissue -- is misplaced and studs [...]
It’s unsettling: Even a young woman who doesn’t drink can get cirrhosis of the liver. The risk of non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis does not equally apply to men. […]
Low back pain can definitely radiate or “spread” to the groin, even though the source of the pain is only in the back rather than the groin. Can Low Back Pain Spread to the Groin? [...]
Endometriosis not only can cause damage to the kidneys, but it can cause kidney loss. The type of endometriosis that damages kidneys is called ureteral endometriosis. […]
The so-called pinched nerve, which for many people requires surgery to correct, can actually heal without any surgery and go away on its own. In fact, there are people who’ve had a minor degree of [...]
Which is more tolerable for preventing sleep apnea: sleeping upright or sleeping lying down with a CPAP machine on? This is a million-dollar question to people diagnosed with sleep apnea who can’t stand using a [...]
Who’d want to fake sleep apnea and try to fool the sleep study test? A person wanting to scam an insurance company. A young man wanted to know if he could fool a sleep study [...]
People who find the CPAP device very uncomfortable may end up using it inconsistently and wonder how bad their sleep apnea can still be with this approach. Some people can’t tolerate sleeping with a mask [...]
This isn’t about deliberately nasty comments to those with acne, but so-called well-meaning comments that are actually quite hurtful, rude and thoughtless. […]
There are numerous causes of fishy smelling urine, and you may be wondering if cancer is one of them if you’re suffering from this situation. If your urine has a fishy odor, it’s exceedingly unlikely [...]
It may seem that the most plausible explanation for Stephen Paddock’s Vegas shooting rampage is a brain tumor. The idea of a brain tumor causing Stephen Paddock’s premeditated savagery has not been broached by the [...]
Numbness on one side of a large portion of the body is not normally caused by diabetes. Other causes can be an emergency. It also depends on how much of the body you’re referring to. [...]
One of the classic signs of anemia is a feeling of overall weakness and fatigue that may seem to originate from the muscles. Symptoms of anemia can be anything from mild to severe, and there’s [...]
Have you tried Amitzia as a treatment for your IBS-C? Many people who suffer from IBS-C notice that over time, laxatives that once worked begin to lose their steam. They ultimately become ineffective and the [...]
If one pupil is dilated this CAN be from an aneurysm. One dilated pupil usually represents a recent change in the aneurysm or possible small sentinel (early warning) bleed. In the case of bleeding, usually [...]
