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Symptoms Outside the GI Tract in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Some patients with inflammatory bowel disease have significant symptoms outside of the gastrointestinal tract. These extra-intestinal symptoms can at times be even more significant than the intestinal symptoms. Arthritis, skin conditions, inflammation of the eye and liver are the most common. While the cause is unknown, it is believed that all of these complications represent an abnormal response of the immune system. Activation of the immune system ignites inflammation in the intestine as w...
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Expert & Community Posts
Low Bone Mass in Children, Part One: Causes
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...possibly results in fractures, most often in the vertebral column. The cause is not known, but... Read more »
Vertebroplasty?
By Lila de Tantillo , Health ExpertI was just learning a bit about a relatively new procedure to correct vertebral fractures called... Read more »
Spondylolisthesis: What is It?
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert...back pain (although it can exist anywhere in the spine, the lumbar spine is the most common area... Read more »
Would A President Barack Obama Really Have A Spine Of Steel?
By Kenn Kihiu , Health Expert...Barack Obama are "going to find out this guy's got a spine of steel" As a fitness... Read more »
Should I Be Treated for Osteoporosis or Osteopenia?
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...pain. I went for a bone density and my T score of my spine was -1.0. Should I be treated? ... Read more »
Health Guide
Back Pain and Sciatica: Introduction
...Symptoms can include tingling, numbness, or pain that radiates to the buttocks, legs, and feet.The SpineThe back is highly complex, and pain may result from damage or injury to any of various... Read more »Osteoporosis: Symptoms
...undetected for a long time, but after a large percentage of calcium has been lost, the vertebrae in the spine start to collapse, gradually causing a stooped posture called kyphosis, or a "dowagers... Read more »Scoliosis: Causes
...looking at inherited defects in perception or coordination that may cause asymmetrical growth in the spine of some children with scoliosis.Genetic Abnormalities in the Central Nervous System.... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Diagnosis
...pain?Are there social or emotional factors that might be intensifying the pain?Are the nerves in the spine involved in the pain (such as in sciatica)?Such questions can usually be answered with a... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Medications and Alternative Treatments
...injection is usually an epidural, which is directed into the spaces between the outer membrane of the spine and the vertebrae. None of these substances cure the problem.Corticosteroids. An... Read more »Images
Spine Fracture - View an image of a spinal compression fracture... Read more »
Medications
...arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, arthritis of the spine, psoriatic arthritis), certain bowel... Read more »
...proper solution and must not be injected into the spine. Before using, check this medication... Read more »
...works by blocking certain nerve signals from the spine to the brain (alpha adrenergic ... Read more »
...If you have prostate cancer that has spread to the spine or caused urinary blockage, you may... Read more »
...similar to vinorelbine that were injected into the spine. Vinorelbine can lower your blood cell... Read more »
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