- 21. Rectovaginal fistula
- (Rectovaginal fistula)
- ... (MRI). This test uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create images of soft tissues in your body. MRI can show the location of a fistula as well as involvement of pelvic organs or the presence ...
- 22. Raynaud's disease
- (Raynaud's disease)
- ... limiting blood flow. The result is that affected skin turns a pale and dusky color due to the lack of blood flow to the area. Once the spasms go away and blood returns to the area, the tissue may turn ...
- 23. Rabies
- (Rabies)
- ... tissue and organ transplant recipients from an infected organ. Factors that can increase your risk of rabies include: Traveling or living in developing countries where rabies is more common, including ...
- 24. Vulvar cancer
- (Vulvar cancer)
- ... usually involves surgery to remove the cancer and a margin of healthy tissue. Sometimes vulvar cancer surgery requires removing the entire vulva. The earlier vulvar cancer is diagnosed, the less likely ...
- 25. Von Willebrand disease
- (Von Willebrand disease)
- ... Anemia. Women who experience heavy menstrual bleeding can develop iron deficiency anemia. Swelling and pain. If abnormal bleeding occurs in the joints or soft tissue, swelling and severe ...
- 26. Ventricular fibrillation
- (Ventricular fibrillation)
- ... in your heart's muscle tissue from a previous heart attack. Some cases of ventricular fibrillation begin as a rapid heartbeat called ventricular tachycardia (VT). This fast, regular beating of the heart ...
- 27. Dental Glossary
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... resin, or ceramic materials. Preparing a tooth for a crown usually requires two trips to the dentist. On the first visit, the dentist will anesthetize your tooth and the surrounding gum tissue before filing ...
- 28. Bedsores (Pressure sores)
- (Bedsores (pressure sores) )
- Bedsores — also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers — are injuries to skin and underlying tissues that result from prolonged pressure on the skin. Bedsores most often develop on skin that covers ...
- 29. Dental Emergency in Shanghai
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... your dentist within the hour. Gum or Tissue Injuries: If it’s the gum or tissues (cheeks, lips or tongue) around the teeth that are a problem, then treat it right away with a warm saline solution. If there’s ...
- 30. Wrist pain
- (Wrist pain)
- ... — can inflame the tissues around joints or cause stress fractures, especially when you perform the movement for hours on end without a break. De Quervain's disease is a repetitive stress injury that causes ...
- 31. Broken wrist/broken hand
- (Broken wrist/broken hand )
- ... miss. Injuries to soft tissues and blood vessels also are easier to see on CT scans. This technology takes X-rays from a variety of angles and combines them to depict cross-sectional slices of your body's ...
- 32. Whiplash
- (Whiplash)
- ... more-detailed images of bone and soft tissues. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Using radio waves and a strong magnetic field, MRI scans are particularly good at detecting soft tissue injuries, ...
- 33. Water on the knee
- (Water on the knee)
- ... sometimes placed in the joint through an attachment to the arthroscope — to remove loose tissue or repair damage in your knee. Joint replacement. If bearing weight on your knee joint becomes intolerable, ...
- 34. Back pain
- (Back pain)
- ... bones, muscles, tissue, tendons, nerves, ligaments and blood vessels. Bone scan. In rare cases, your doctor may use a bone scan to look for bone tumors or compression fractures caused by osteoporosis. ...
- 35. Spinal cord injury
- (Spinal cord injury )
- ... made of soft tissue and surrounded by bones (vertebrae), extends downward from the base of your brain and is made up of nerve cells and groups of nerves called tracts, which go to different parts of your ...
- 36. Cervical spondylosis
- (Cervical spondylosis)
- ... are cords of tissue that connect bone to bone. Increasing age can make spinal ligaments stiffen and calcify, making your neck less flexible. Risk factors for cervical spondylosis include: Age. Cervical ...
- 37. Sprains and strains
- (Sprains and strains)
- ... tissue that connect one bone to another in your joints. The most common location for a sprain is in your ankle. A strain is a stretching or tearing of muscle or tendon. A tendon is a fibrous cord of ...
- 38. Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
- (Multiple system atrophy (MSA))
- ... under a microscope of damaged brain tissue of people with MSA reveals nerve cells (neurons) that contain an abnormal amount of a protein called alpha-synuclein. Some research suggests that this protein ...
- 39. Common Conditions in Newborns
- (3 Months)
- ... within a few days. Sometimes a firm, flat lump develops in one of these areas because of minor damage to the tissue under the skin, but this, too, usually will go away within two months. Jaundice Many ...
- 40. Metatarsalgia
- (Metatarsalgia)
- ... noncancerous growth of fibrous tissue around a nerve usually occurs between the third and fourth metatarsal heads. It causes symptoms that are similar to metatarsalgia and can also contribute to metatarsal ...