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Acute Kidney Failure
Acute kidney failure can be serious and generally requires intensive treatment. Unlike the chronic form, however, acute kidney failure is reversible and if you're otherwise in good health you should recover normal ... [... more]
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Allergic Rhinitis
Over-the-counter medications may be enough to manage your mild hay fever symptoms. But if your signs and symptoms are more severe -- or if hay fever is a year-round nuisance -- see an allergy specialist for ... [... more]
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Anal Itching
Anal itching is an intense itching around your anus -- the canal that's the outlet for your rectum. The itch, located in your anus or on the skin just around your anus, may be accompanied by a strong urge to scratch. ... [... more]
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis is one of many forms of inflammatory arthritis, the most common of which is rheumatoid arthritis. Ankylosing spondylitis primarily causes inflammation of the joints between the vertebrae of ... [... more]
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Aortic Valve Regurgitation
Aortic valve regurgitation -- or aortic regurgitation -- is a condition that occurs when your heart's aortic valve doesn't close tightly. Aortic valve regurgitation allows blood that was just pumped out of your heart ... [... more]
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Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever
The origin of Ebola and Marburg viruses isn't known, but the viruses that cause other hemorrhagic fevers are transmitted to humans by animals or insects. In some but not all cases, viral hemorrhagic fevers can then ... [... more]
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Arthritis, Reactive
Though inflammation of your joints (arthritis) is a defining feature of reactive arthritis, this condition can also be associated with inflammation in parts of your body including your eyes, skin and the tube that ... [... more]
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid
The nagging pains and physical limitations of the more than 100 forms of arthritis are common to millions of people. Rheumatoid arthritis is among the most debilitating of all forms, causing joints to ache and throb ... [... more]
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Athlete's Foot
Athlete's foot usually affects the spaces between your toes, but it can spread to your toenails and the soles and sides of your feet. Often, athlete's foot responds well to over-the-counter (nonprescription) ... [... more]
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Bile Reflux
Most people are familiar with acid reflux -- the backflow of caustic stomach acids into the esophagus, the tube that connects your throat and stomach. Less well known is bile reflux, which occurs when bile -- a ... [... more]
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Colorectal Cancer
Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine (colon), the lower part of your digestive system. Rectal cancer is cancer of the last 8 to 10 inches of the colon. Together, they are often referred to as colorectal ... [... more]
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