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It is not easy to determine what amount of menstrual bleeding is and is not normal, because menstrual flow varies greatly among women. In some women, periods are irregular and with a small amount of blood, while about five percent of women have constitutionally heavy menstrual periods (menorrhagia)

A feeling of choking on your own saliva is a very scary thing. The feeling that most patients report is almost like a feeling of drowning. This is something that has to be investigated without any delay whatsoever. The likely cause behind this could be something relatively simple like GERD or a lot

Coughing up a lot of mucus or phlegm in the morning is a common complaint many doctors get from their patients. Sometimes it gets so bad it can feel like vomiting, or it may really cause one to vomit after coughing up phlegm. It is common to experience these symptoms in the morning after getting up

The hip consists of a "ball-and-socket" joint that is held together by a joint capsule, tendons, and ligaments. The head (top) of the thigh bone or femur forms the ball that goes into the socket or acetabulum, which is part of the pelvis. This hip joint fits together such that the ball rotates

Laparascopic Hysterectomy For patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy (major surgery, defined as >30 minutes duration) there is a risk for venous blood clots. So these patients require medications to prevent blood clots in the legs. Laparascopic hysterectomy is when small holes are made in

An ACDF (Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion) is usually only carried out when conservative measures to help resolve a patients symptoms have failed. Some symptoms that are commonly reported by patients include a worsening of symptoms like pain, a burning sensation which does not go away as

An alteration of taste can be divided into three categories: Complete loss of taste sensation (Aguesia) Partial loss of taste sensation (Hypoguesia) An alteration of taste sensation (Dysguesia) Of the three, complete loss of taste sensation is extremely rare while it is not uncommon to find

A persistent heaviness of the head accompanied by stuffiness of the nose indicates that the patient may be suffering from a sinus infection or inflammation of the sinuses called as sinusitis. Some of the signs and symptoms that are typically associated with Sinuitis involve the following: 1. Pain

Vibroacoustic therapy is based on using devices which emit sounds and vibrations in order to bring some health benefit. One of the commercial devices designed for this purposes is "Vitafon". Although there is some scientific evidence claiming its effectiveness, there is still a lot of skepticism

It is not unusual for some people to experience a dull sore throat or a lump in their throat or tonsils. The tonsils are a pair of glandular organs found on each side of the back of the throat, and sometimes people find some white debris lodged in these tissues. Some people cough out the white