Archive for April 9th, 2009
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ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WITH LOSS OF SEXUAL DESIRE: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Any man who tells me that he’s never had a problem achieving and then maintaining an erection is lying. Whether it’s due to stress, illness, fatigue, or medication, it’s actually not unusual for a man to have trouble with getting and/or keeping his erection. I define erectile dysfunction as the inability to achieve or maintain [...]
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CONSTIPATION, CHRONIC: TREATMENT
If you are constipated only once in a while, you probably have nothing to worry about. If you are under 50 and you have had no lifestyle changes, as reflected in your answers to the questions above, you should simply try to increase the amount of exercise you get, the amount of fiber in your [...]
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SHORTNESS OF BREATH, ACUTE
Description and Possible Medical Problems Acute shortness of breath can be a frightening event for people of any age. If you’re under 50, or are older and in pretty good condition, and you don’t have any other symptoms, your shortness of breath might not be serious. It could be the result of a sudden emotional [...]
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SKIN, ORANGE
Description and Possible Medical Problems Every once in a while, I’m visited by a patient who has an orange hue to her skin, which is especially noticeable in the creases of the palms of her hands. This is commonly seen in people in their twenties and early thirties and is called carotenemia. The most common [...]
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TONGUE, SORE PATCHES ON
Description and Possible Medical Problems Does your tongue resemble a topographic map? Have some parts of its surface smoothed out, leaving bright red and sometimes painful craters behind? You may have geographic tongue, a disorder in which some of the papillae, which form the rough surface of the tongue, wear away over time. A healthy [...]