Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are diagnosed with Kidney Stones. Generally, these patients are seen in their local emergency room due to the extreme lower left abdominal pain in men and women caused by these calcifications, sometimes even by ambulance due to the debilitating nature of the pain. For the most part, people experiencing symptoms of kidney stones are generally sent home to wait for the stone to pass naturally, but occasionally they may require medical intervention, especially if the stone is too large to pass or if there...
Monday, August 6, 2012
Do You Need Gallbladder Removal?
More and more often today, people are having issues with their Gallbladder. Many people experience pain, usually from Gall Stones, and often they end up having their Gallbladder removed via surgery. In fact, more than half a million people have their Gallbladder removed each year, due to a Gallbladder stone problem or other problems.
Part of the problem may be that we, as a people, are more obese than in years before. On of the biggest risk factors for Gall Stones is obesity. Not unrelated, rapid weight loss diets can increase a persons risk for...
How To Know If You Have Appendicitis
Each minute of every day a new person has a case of acute (requiring immediate care) appendicitis in the U.S. More worrisome is that another person dies from complications associated with acute appendicitis every day. One cause of this death rate is that appendicitis is sometimes misdiagnosed in the ER setting. As a matter of fact, misdiagnosis of appendicitis is the third leading cause of malpractice suites in hospitals and health care centers.
Do...
How To Know If You Are Having A Stroke
Each year, over 100,000 Americans die from strokes which occur in over 3/4 million people each year. Although this disease is most deadly in black males, every demographic is reached by this silent killer. Although the mortality rate for stroke is not as high as heart attack, many of those who experience stroke are left with debilitating deficits that confine them to assisted living or even 24 hour care.
In many cases, stroke symptoms can be largely reversed if the right care is given in a certain window of time. However, many who die or are...
How To Know If You Are Having A Heart Attack
Nearly a half a million Americans die each year from Heart Attacks. Although there has been a rise in public education over the past 20 years to teach the public what the symptoms of heart attack are, one of the first things said by patients with a heart attack is "I'm not having a heart attack." In fact, the number one reason for prehospital death of heart attack victims is that people deny they...
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