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Briefly discusses types of cold temperature exposure and related symptoms. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
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Briefly discusses causes that contribute to confusion, memory loss, and altered alertness, including injuries, infections, health conditions, and medicines. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
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Briefly discusses causes of coughs, including common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, GERD, COPD, choking, and chemicals in the air. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
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Briefly discusses how cuts may occur and types of cuts. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
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Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of childhood epilepsy that causes frequent seizures. Several types of seizures are usually present at the same time, including atonic or tonic seizures. These seizures can cause injury. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome may be caused by a variety of brain injuries. Other problems, such as...
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Temporal lobe epilepsy involves the portions of the brain that control emotions and memory. The temporal lobes are located on each side of the head just above the ears at the temples. Temporal lobe epilepsy can cause both partial and generalized seizures. Temporal lobe seizures cause behaviors such as smacking...
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A rubber (aspirating) bulb can be used to remove mucus from a baby's nose or mouth when a cold or allergies make it hard for the baby to eat or sleep. It is best to use the rubber bulb to clean the baby's nose before feedings and before the baby...
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Dry socket is a painful condition that can occur after a tooth, such as a wisdom tooth, has been removed (extracted). It happens when the blood clot that forms over the tooth removal site comes out. This can expose the nerve and bone and can cause...
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Briefly discusses signs of abuse, how abuse affects health, and how to find help. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers steps to take to keep yourself or someone else safe.
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Briefly discusses signs of the body losing too much fluid through diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, or exercise. Also covers dehydration in babies, small children, and older adults. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.