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Rectal Prolapse - Articles
Rectal Prolapse
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
Sometimes straining causes a small amount of intestinal lining to push out from the anal opening. This condition, known as rectal prolapse, may lead to secretion of mucus from the anus. Usually eliminating the cause of the prolapse, such as straining or coughing, is the only treatment necessary. Severe or chronic prolapse requires surgery
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What Happens When Things Fall Down- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
by
Kathleen and Mary
Posted
Fri 01 Oct 2010 5:51pm
need to lean forward to completely empty your bladder?
What's going on down there? You could have pelvic organ prolapse. None of these symptoms can identify which organ is prolapsing (falling down). These symptoms might suggest that something is heading south. Only your doctor or nurse practitioner can diagnose the specific organ (s) that may
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Cervical disk prolapse, headaches and Botox
by
Dr. Alexander Mauskop
Posted
Tue 11 Sep 2007 12:00am
Prolapse or herniation of the upper cervical disc is known to cause not only neck pain but also so called cervicogenic headaches. Dr. Diener and his German colleagues reported (in journal Cephalalgia) on 50 patients who had prolapse of lower cervical disks and used as controls 50 patients with lumbar disk herniations. They found that 12 out of 50
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Mechanism and treatment of herniated disc (lumbar disc prolapse)
by
Ahmad.H
Posted
Sat 18 Dec 2010 12:00am
Herniated disc can be the cause of intolerable back pain. Let's first clearly summarize the basic anatomy of the vertebral column. The vertebral column is made up of vertebrae (bones) that are separated by intervertebral discs. Here is a normal spine:
A normal intervertebral disc is shown below (seen from above).
The d ...
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Mitral valve prolapse and panic disorder.
by
Eric W.
Posted
Mon 22 Sep 2008 11:07am
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a condition in which the heart's mitral valve doesn't function properly, causing a usually sporadic and benign heart murmur. Medical types...-a-vis panic: namely, how to accept and cope with its presence in my life. Does mitral valve prolapse cause panic? Or, rather, do panic attacks cause mitral valve prolapse? Those
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Herniated Disc? Ruptured Disc? Prolapsed Disc? What is the Difference?
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Dr. Shoshany
Posted
Thu 19 Aug 2010 9:36am
The modern medical community has a lot of specialized vocabulary to describe what essentially boils down to back, leg or neck pain. And that’s fine.....except when it confuses and complicates things for a patient. Frankly, I think it happens a lot. A herniated disc, a prolapsed disc, a ruptured disc, they all sound pretty scary, but guess what
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Mechanism and treatment of herniated disc (lumbar disc prolapse)
by
Ahmad.H
Posted
Fri 17 Dec 2010 6:58pm
Herniated disc can be the cause of intolerable back pain. Let's first clearly summarize the basic anatomy of the vertebral column. The vertebral column is made up of vertebrae (bones) that are separated by intervertebral discs. Here is a normal spine:
A normal intervertebral disc is shown below (seen from above).
The disc co ...
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Trick of the Trade: "Pour some sugar on me"
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 01 Sep 2010 12:00am
Rectal prolapses are typically caused by weakened rectal muscles, continued straining, stresses during childbirth, weakened ligaments, or neurological deficits... an abdominal or perineal approach.
Trick of the Trade: Pour some sugar on it.
Def Leppard is right. Rectal prolapses often are associated with quite a bit of rectal mucosal
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