The eustachian tubes run between the inside of the ears and the back of the throat. When a person swallows, the eustachian tubes open briefly to match the air pressure in the middle ear with the air pressure outside the ear. If the eustachian tubes become blocked, pressure changes cause pain in the ear. Fluid may build...
When you yawn or swallow, the eustachian tubes open briefly and make the air pressure equal inside and outside the ears. The eustachian tubes drain fluid from the ears. But if a tube can't open, fluid can get trapped in the middle ear. This creates pressure that can cause ear pain.
Pain can be difficult for a child to describe. Also, a child isn't always able to recognize a sensation as pain. An older child may be able to describe tingling, cramping, or sharp sensations and may be able to tell where and when the sensation occurs. When a young child is in pain, the signs can be hard to recognize...
It can be scary if you or someone you care about has a seizure for the first time. When you see the doctor, they will try to figure out why you had the seizure. And they will figure out if you need treatment. Seizures can be caused by lots of things. Examples are infections, epilepsy, medicines, and problems in the...
Evening primrose is a plant also known as Primrose Seed Oil, Aceite de Onagra, Acide Cis-linoléique, Cis-Linoleic Acid, EPO, Fever Plant, Herbe-aux-ânes, Huile de Graines d'Onagre, Huile D'Onagre, Huile de Primerose, Huile de Primevère Vespérale, Jambon de Jardinier, Jambon du Paysan, King's Cureall...
How to Use It Although many people may have inadequate levels of GLA, the optimal intake for this nutrient remains unknown. Researchers often use 3,000–6,000 mg of EPO per day, which provides approximately 270–540 mg of GLA. Where to Find It EPO is found primarily in supplements. Its presumed active ingredient, GLA, can...
Follow instructions on the package for storing medicine. If you forget to take a dose on time, take it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for the next dose, do not take the missed dose. Return to your normal schedule. Do not take 2 doses at one time. Drug interactions can change how medicines work or increase...
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
This medication guide provides information about the Afinitor brand of everolimus. Zortress is another brand of everolimus used to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant. The Afinitor brand of everolimus is used to treat certain types of kidney cancer, breast cancer, or brain tumor. Afinitor is also used to...
Everolimus lowers your body's immune system. The immune system helps your body fight infections. The immune system can also fight or "reject" a transplanted organ such as a liver or kidney. This is because the immune system treats the new organ as an invader. The Zortress brand of everolimus is used to...
This medicine is used for the following purposes: prevent organ transplant rejection, cancer. Brand Name(s): Afinitor. Generic Name: Everolimus.
For protection of organ transplant. Brand Name(s): Zortress. Generic Name: Everolimus.
For protection of organ transplant. Brand Name(s): Zortress. Generic Name: Everolimus.
For protection of organ transplant. Brand Name(s): Zortress. Generic Name: Everolimus.
For protection of organ transplant. Brand Name(s): Zortress. Generic Name: Everolimus.
This medicine is used for the following purposes: seizures, tumors. Brand Name(s): Afinitor. Generic Name: Everolimus.
The quality of evidence tells us how much we can trust it and how much we can rely on it to help us make decisions. Evidence quality can be rated using four levels: high, moderate, borderline, and inconclusive. High. When the quality is high, scientists are very confident that the evidence shows the real effects of the...
Evinacumab is used with other medications to lower cholesterol in adults and children at least 5 years old who have an inherited type of high cholesterol. Evinacumab is not for use in treating high cholesterol that is caused by diet or other factors. Evinacumab may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication...
For cholesterol. Brand Name(s): Evkeeza. Generic Name: Evinacumab-dgnb.
An evoked potentials test measures the time it takes for nerves to respond to sight, sound, or touch. The size of the response is also measured. Nerves from different areas of the body may be tested. Types of responses are: Visual evoked response or potential (VER or VEP). This response occurs when the eyes are checked...
Evolocumab works by helping the liver reduce levels of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) circulating in your blood. . Evolocumab is used together with a low-fat diet and other cholesterol-lowering medications in people with homozygous or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (inherited...
To lower high fat levels in blood. Brand Name(s): Repatha. Generic Name: Evolocumab.
To lower high fat levels in blood. Brand Name(s): Repatha. Generic Name: Evolocumab.
To lower high fat levels in blood. Brand Name(s): Repatha. Generic Name: Evolocumab.
Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer.[ 1] Between 1975 and 2020, childhood cancer mortality decreased by more than 50%.[ 1, 2, 3] For Ewing sarcoma, the 5-year survival rate has increased from 59% to a range of 75% to 80% for children younger than 15 years and...
Ewing sarcoma is a type of tumor that forms from a certain kind of cell in bone or soft tissue. Ewing sarcoma most often forms in the bones of the legs, arms, feet, hands, chest, pelvis, spine, or skull. Less often, it forms in the soft tissue of the trunk, arms, legs, head, neck, retroperitoneum (area in the back of...
Your world view Your world view is your basic beliefs about human nature, how the world works, and what life is about. It can cause stress when a long-held belief is challenged or contradicted by a new experience or when most of the people around you hold a very different world view. To help clarify your world view...
Normally when you walk, your foot lands on the outer side of the heel first. Your weight then passes along the inner edge of the sole (normal pronation) and then back to the outside of the foot. In excessive pronation, the body weight stays on the inner edge of the sole.
Excision of nonmelanoma skin cancer is a treatment to remove, or excise, basal cell and squamous cell cancers (carcinomas) from your skin. Skin cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the skin. Most cases of these types of cancer can be cured if they are found and removed early. If the cancer is not completely...
An excisional biopsy of the cervix is a type of procedure. It removes a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix. The cervix is the lower part of your uterus. It opens into your vagina. There are a few ways the doctor can remove the tissue. One way is to use a surgical knife called a scalpel. Another way is to use a...
