Questions tagged [treatment]
Questions pertaining to medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury.
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Listening music relieves joint pain
I have heard someone saying to me that to reduce the painful of articles, listening to music can heal the pain. Is it right or wrong?
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What are effective treatments for venous leak?
Venous leak is one cause of erectile dysfunction in which the trapped blood leaks back. It is difficult to understand, and I have these questions:
How does venous leak develop?
What is done to ...
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Are treatments for (hyper/hypo)parathyroidism mutually exclusive from treatmeants to (hyper/hypo)calcemia?
Summarized in the table below the drugs that were listed in my professor's lecture slides for the treatment of Hyperparathyroidism (first column) and hypoparathyroidism (second column)
Are treatments ...
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Towards safer chemotherapy: What is the current state of cancer therapy using targeted drug-delivery?
I work in the biophysics of making non-viral drug-delivery vectors, which can encapsulate the drug molecules and release the drugs at targeted sites.
The release mechanism at targeted sites are ...
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Can myopia be treated by applying pressure?
I have high myopia in my right eye (~7.00). I've noticed that unsystematically applying pressure onto certain areas of the eyelid onto the eye can actually bring the power down to about 3-5.00 (by ...
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Why do we use dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers to treat stable angina with low heart rate
I have read that we should use dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers to treat stable angina with low heart rate. This doesn't make much sense to me since calcium channel blockers are known to cause ...
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How promising is the engineered bs-bnAb as an HIV-1 therapeutic intervention?
I found that a lot of sites talk about this news: a research team from Hong Kong university invented a universal antibody drug for HIV-1 and they tested that in mice news source.
Basically, they ...
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Is benzoyl peroxide discredited?
For years I was able to get three main kinds of acne treatment creams: salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, and random herbal extracts of questionably effectiveness.
Earlier this year, the benzoyl ...
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Excessive sweating of hands/feet: what is it, and how is it dealt with?
What are the reasons for hands and feet that appear to sweat an abnormal amount?
Here's a bit of information, to explain what I mean with an "abnormal amount":
visibly seeing the moisture on hands ...
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Is Ayurveda treatment effective for modern diseases? [closed]
Ayurveda is an ancient treatment from India which is 3000 years old, based on experience and observation.
Is Ayurveda good against modern diseases like tuberculosis, cancer etc?
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How effective is topical fluorouracil to treat facial superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC)?
I wonder how effective topical fluorouracil is to treat facial superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC).
What I have found so far doesn't give any source supporting their claims or I cannot access them:
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What is the difference in cosmesis of the treatment of a seborrheic keratosis between cryotherapy and electrodesiccation?
There exist different treatments to remove a seborrheic keratosis (SK), such as cryotherapy and electrodesiccation {1}. I wonder what the difference in cosmesis of the treatment of a seborrheic ...
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What is the difference in cosmesis of the treatment of a seborrheic keratosis between cryotherapy and curettage?
There exist different treatments to remove a seborrheic keratosis, such as cryotherapy and curettage+electrodesiccation {2,3}. I wonder what the difference in cosmesis of the treatment of a seborrheic ...
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What's the success rate of Imiquimod Cream 5% recommended for the treatment of facial superficial basal cell carcinoma beyond 5 years post-treatment?
I have read several studies on the success rate of Imiquimod Cream 5% for the treatment of facial superficial basal cell carcinoma, however none of them looked at beyond 5 years post-treatment. E.g. {...
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Is there a good recent review on the treatment options for COVID19?
I am looking for a summary/review of all the treatment options that have been studied for COVID19?
The British medical journal is updating a tremendously helpful ressource (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
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Does ingesting itraconazole pills increase the likelihood of success for a topical cream (Imiquimod/5-Fluorouracil) to treat BCC?
The 2014 phase II trial {1} indicates that oral itraconazole is beneficial for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Imiquimod 5% cream and topical 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) have also been used to ...
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Is Imiquimod 5% cream (US brand: Aldara) helpful as an adjunctive treatment of a facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) prior to a Mohs surgery?
I wonder whether Imiquimod 5% cream (US brand: Aldara) is not helpful as an adjunctive treatment of a facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) prior to a Mohs surgery. Helpful in this context means 1) ...
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Does any drug/cream help prevent DNA damage post UV exposure?
I read on https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/sun-damage-occurs-even-after-sunset/:
When UV light hits the skin , it causes a type of DNA damage known as a cyclobutanepyrimidinedimer (CPD) , in ...
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What treatments help decrease the percentage of immature type III collagen fibers following a tendon injury?
{1} mentions:
A microscopic view of tendinosis reveals an increase of immature type III collagen fibers (mature type I fibers dominate in healthy tendon tissue).
What treatments help decrease the ...
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Preemptive treatment for alcohol
It's commonly accepted that most treatments for enteral poisons aren't very useful for alcohol, because it is absorbed so rapidly. For example, by the time a hospital could administer activated ...
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Why is sepsis more common with leukemia than with cancers involving physical tumors?
Does it have something to do with differences between leukemia versus other cancers, or differences between the treatments of leukemia versus other cancers?
Quote from the source:
People with cancers ...
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How can an individual seek to get an idea investigated as a potential treatment, or seek a change in a particular guideline?
It would be dangerous for the general public to provide advice on 'what they reckon' would be a good treatment or a good guideline for medical advice; and that has clearly caused problems in the past. ...
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How is a ruptured blood vessel repaired? (Drew Bledsoe)
A famous near-fatal injury is the ruptured blood vessel suffered by Drew Bledsoe in a football game in 2001. He was hit in the chest by the tackler's shoulder and this sheared a blood vessel in his ...
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How much do certain probiotics reduce cavity causing bacteria?
In the paper titled Effect of Short-term Consumption of Amul Probiotic Yogurt Containing Lactobacillus acidophilus La5 and Bifidobacterium Lactis Bb12 on Salivary Streptococcus mutans Count in High ...
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Is their terminology for varying bone fracture severity?
I have done research on the various different types of bone fractures however I am not able to find any resources discussing specifically the severity of fractures. For example I had assumed that the ...
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How long is the delay when rehydrating orally vs. IV?
The going recommendation for patients who present to the emergency room with dehydration is IV fluids. It seems to me that this is fairly wasteful and needlessly expensive. Is rehydrating with a ...
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Beyond melanogenesis, what mechanisms does the human body have for acquired tolerance to UV-B exposure?
I've been studying narrow-band UV-B phototherapy used for treatment of psoriasis and eczema. Generally, the administering physician will begin at a low enough UV dose to avoid burning, and gradually ...
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Why isn't Imiquimod Cream 5% recommended for the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma located on the face?
I read on Approval Package for Imiquimod Cream, 5% on February 25, 2010 (mirror):
Reference Drug (NDA number): Aldara® (imiquimod) 5% Cream (NDA 20-723), Graceway
Pharmaceuticals. Date of approval: 2/...
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What is the success rate of topical imiquimod 5% cream to treat infiltrative basal cell carcinoma (BCC)?
What is the success rate of topical imiquimod 5% cream (US brand: Aldara) to treat infiltrative basal cell carcinoma (BCC)?
So far I've only found some case study {1} and some study on using topical ...
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Should Imiquimod 5% cream be applied 1 cm beyond the target tumor when treating a facial basal cell carcinoma, and if so, why?
I read on https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2004/20723s016lbl.pdf (mirror):
364 patients with primary superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC) were treated with Aldara Cream or ...
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Symptoms in men and women
I was reading something about women’s heart attacks and how they are more likely to die from them as doctors are usually taught male symptoms in unis or something. I tried finding something about it ...
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Can IVIG treatment increase risk of infections?
Intravenous Immunoglobulins (IVIG) are often used to treat patients with impaired antibody production or autoimmune conditions[1]. However, according to this paper[2], it can also inhibit antibody ...
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Why are antibodies not used as treatments for infectious diseases?
It seems like human monoclonal antibodies would be the ideal treatment for any serious infectious disease.
Unlike vaccines, they don't depend on having the immune system recognize the right epitope, ...
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Is hair transplantation really efficient [closed]
Men hair loss is a real issue, and having been suffered from it trying to apply various inefficient ways, the only final way to resolve the issue, I believe, is hair transplantation. However, I'm not ...
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Do these diagrams have an official name (treatment plan, treatment schedule, protocol)
I am doing research on treatment plans and protocols in order to design software to minimize error when indicating medicine, procedures, exams, etc. We also want to monitor treatment and somehow ...
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Is stem cells treatment an effective cure for nerve damage from peripheral neuropathy in DM?
Is stem cells treatment an effective cure for nerve damage from peripheral neuropathy in DM?
Googling returns plenty of hits. Top results are businesses offering stem cells treatment for almost any ...
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Safety data on chloroquine?
Prominent politicians in the USA have been calling for the use of both Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine in the management of Covid-19.
Day after day, the salesman turned president has encouraged ...
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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis treatments [closed]
Could Batten’s disease be cured by supplementing a drug which promotes lipolysis, since it is caused by an accumulation of lipids in brain?
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How effective is eucalyptus-based treatment for curing COVID-19 (or coronavirus in general)?
According to The Jakarta Post, (Indonesia's) Agriculture Ministry claims to have developed eucalyptus-based COVID-19 treatment:
The Agriculture Ministry has developed a eucalyptus-based treatment ...
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Why are healthcare costs so inflated in the USA? [closed]
I have seen much more inexpensive non-socialized medicine in places such as Puerto Rico, with equal or greater standards of care and outcomes. I would like to understand why the USA is not like that.
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Why can't simple blood transfusions be used for treatment of COVID-19, instead of plasma transfusions? [closed]
It has been recently been shown that convalescent plasma from previously infected patients can be used to help others gain immunity against the disease. But why do we need to use plasma for this ...
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Conflicting opinions on treatment of COVID-19 shortness of breath
There are two authoritative conflicting opinions on treatment of COVID-19 shortness of breath that came from physicians in the front-lines last week. David Price, MD said there's no need to go to a ...
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Preventing illness (colds, sore throat etc.)
I'm sure most of you here are in a similar position to myself - we work in an open plan office, we go to a public gym, have kids (little germ magnets)... lots of opportunities for catching coughs &...
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What is the rationale behind using Il-6 inhibitors to treat COVID-19 patients?
According to the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), one of the possible treatment options for COVID-19 patients is il-6 inhibitors (tocilizumab, sarilumab). What is the rationale behind ...
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What are the special medications to treat Covid-19?
We know there is no cure for Covid-19 (currently) and the
treatment focuses on managing symptoms as the virus runs its course.
The main symptoms of Covid-19 are
-Fever
-Cough
-Shortness of breath
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