Myofascial pain syndrome is a chronic pain condition. This disease is closely related to fibromyalgia. The causes of this disease are relatively unknown; however, there appear to be hereditary ties. The most common form of treatment for myofascial pain syndrome is drug therapy.
A myocardial infarction is a heart attack (the interruption of the heart’s blood supply). Symptoms of a heart attack include chest pain, shooting pains, shortness of breath, palpitations, nausea, and sweating. Treatment ranges from drugs to surgery and lifestyle changes.
Mycosis fungoides is a syndrome in which patients suffer skin lesions. These lesions signal the presence of a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The cause is relatively unknown, although there appear to be hereditary links. Common treatment procedures include steroids, exposure to light, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.
The musculoskeletal system is the human body’s network of bones and muscles. Physicians in this field study, diagnose, and treat any and all conditions and diseases related to these parts of the patient’s body.
An MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, is a noninvasive diagnostic procedure. It is used in medicine to create a visual image of the patient’s internal structure. This allows them to diagnose
Mood disorders is a term for a group of conditions in which patients suffer from emotional instability. These conditions can be mild, such as so-called “mood swings” to severe, as with bipolar disorders. Mood disorders can be treated by drugs and/or therapy.
Early detection is key to increasing a patient’s chance of surviving breast cancer. Specifically, women must undergo frequent mammograms so that doctors can find malignant cells and treat them immediately. Therefore if a physician misses a breast cancer diagnosis, it dramatically increases the patient’s risks.
Surgeons can use laparoscopic technology to create smaller incisions in the patient’s back than those incisions that would be made through traditional techniques (metal scalpels and surgical tools). Since this is a minimally invasive spinal surgery, it is less painful and has a shorter healing period.
Mild head injuries can be caused when the patient bumps into something or takes a hard fall; any form of head injury is dangerous because it has the potential to cause cognitive impairments. Treatments include drugs, neurosurgery, and physical therapy.
Professionals who deal with medications may create, test, prescribe, and/or administer medications. Anyone who performs any one of these tasks must be highly skilled because all medications carry some inherent risks.
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