Swelling is part of your body’s natural response to inflammation from a traumatic injury, or it can signal that your body is having difficulty circulating fluids. Swelling that's concentrated in your calf or calves can simply result from standing in place for too long, or it can signal a more serious condition, such as a blood clot in your leg. Always seek emergency medical treatment if fluid starts to build in your leg and you have no explanation for why your calf became swollen.
Food allergies are a widespread phenomenon not thoroughly understood. Food allergies can develop slowly or quickly, last for a short period of time or many years and lead to mild symptoms or be life threatening. Food allergies ...
Your colon is the end of the trail for your digestive system. Food digestion starts in your mouth, continues in the stomach, takes place primarily in the small intestine and ends in the large intestine, or colon. By the time f...
Lymphoma is a general category of cancer that affects lymph tissue. Lymph glands and fluid are present in all parts of your body, including your brain. Lymphomas can develop throughout the body, including the brain, and cause a...
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, which is an abdominal gland responsible for producing digestive enzymes. Pancreatitis is very painful because it involves activation of enzymes within the gland instead of the small...
While alternative treatments exist, throat cancer is traditionally treated with a series of chemotherapy, radiation treatment and surgery, if possible. One or all three of these forms of treatment can leave your throat muscles ...
A PSA test determines the exact amount of PSA in the male bloodstream. A high level of PSA in the bloodstream is often an indicator of prostate cancer or disease. If you frequently get allergy shots, the shots cause fluctuations o
Monocytes, large white blood cells that turn into macrophages in tissue, help control infection by gobbling up bacteria, but have a less beneficial side. Monocytes can cause inflammation that damage tissue. In blood vessels, in...
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