Disk

Disk herniation occurs more frequently in middle aged and older men, especially those involved in strenuous physical activity. Other risk factors include any congenital conditions that affect the size of the lumbar spinal canal.
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The disk is now ready to deliver medication.
Put your lips around the mouthpiece. Breathe in quickly and deeply through your mouth - not your nose. After inhaling, remove the disk from your mouth and hold your breath for up to 10 seconds.
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LUMBAR DISK REMOVAL - A surgical procedure which is designed to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve root that is being caused by a "slipped" or herniated disk in the lumbar spine.
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A ruptured disk in the back occurs when all or part of a vertebral disk is forced through the bones of the spinal column.
What is going on in the body?
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Herniated nucleus pulposus (slipped disk)
Definition:
Herniated nucleus pulposus, or slipped disk, is a condition in which part or all of the soft, ...
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disk
A round, flat structure, particularly the fibrous cartilage layer between two vertebrae (the bones that make up the spine). Also called intervertebral disk.
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2. Thick disk-shaped rash (usually on areas that have been exposed to the sun)
3. Sensitivity to the sun (exposure to the sun's ultraviolet light triggers a rash)
4. Recurrent sores in the mouth or nose ...
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When a herniated disk appears to be the cause of sciatica, imaging tests such as MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans are sometimes used.
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embryonal medulloepithelioma; embryonal tumour; embryonal tumour of ciliary body; embryonary; embryonate; embryonated; embryonic; embryonic axis; embryonic blastoderm; embryonic cataract; embryonic cell; embryonic circulation; embryonic disk; ...
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A common culprit is a ruptured or bulging intervertebral disk in the low back. X-rays, CT scans and MRI studies are often done to find the source of sciatica.
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Herniated disk
- diagnosis and treatment *
- illustration *
- surgery (laminectomy)
Herpangina
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- cold sores and fever blisters
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Herpes zoster (shingles) ...
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Bryan Cervical Disc System Artificial cervical disk designed as an alternative to intervertebral fusion procedures for the treatment of degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine.
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The device consists of two parts: a pulse generator -- a smooth metal disk about the size of a half-dollar, and the electrodes -- thin, plastic-coated wires which run from the pulse generator under the skin, ...
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Ruptured or herniated disk
Degeneration of the disks
Poor alignment of the vertebrae
Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal)
Strain or tears to the muscles or ligaments supporting the back ...
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In some inhalers the powder is contained inside a disk or compartment.
Spacers - because it can be hard to co-ordinate your breathing with an inhaler, you may be prescribed a spacer.
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Some sources of sciatica are not preventable, such as disk degeneration, back strain due to pregnancy, or accidental falls.
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Swelling around the optic disk, the area where the optic nerve (the nerve that carries messages from the eye to the brain) enters the eyeball.
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# Posture, Improving
Backache (Low Back Pain; Sciatica; Slipped Disk; Lumbar Disk Herniation; Spinal Disk Prolapse)
Scoliosis"1 (Curvature of the Spine)
Scoliosis"2 (Posterior Lateral Scoliosis) [Kellogg] ...
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Healthy red blood cells are disk-shaped and flexible, so they can circulate freely through the capillaries and other small blood vessels. After about 120 days, they are destroyed and replaced with new ones.
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These disk batteries are small, pill- or coin-shaped devices that contain heavy metals such as zinc, mercury, silver, nickel, cadmium, and lithium.
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Sprained your knee or injured your knee's meniscus (the disk-shaped, shock-absorbing cartilage inside the knee)
Had knee surgery
Had bleeding or an infection inside your knee joint
Been diagnosed with arthritis in your knee ...
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Disc: Shortened terminology for an intervertebral disc, a disk-shaped piece of specialized tissue that separates the bones of the spinal column.
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There is a possibility of headache, backache, or infection following a spinal tap. Other risks include bleeding, an injury to a disk in your spine, or leakage of the spinal fluid.
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Tablet: In pharmacy, a medication, usually mixed with a binder powder, molded and pressed into the form of a tablet, traditionally circular or disk-shaped, but more recently also oblong or differently shaped. From the French tablette, little table.
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Pressure on the spinal nerves, like that from a herniated disk.
Carpal tunnel syndrome. This can cause numbness or tingling in your wrist, fingers, hand, or forearm.
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tight, however, they shorten and hence pull down on the pelvis, giving Kate a posterior pelvic tilt here and then flattening out her lumbar spine so that she's lost that natural curve of the lumbar spine. And it puts her at risk for a herniated disk ...
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Plaque radiotherapy: Radioactive seeds are attached to one side of a disk, called a plaque, and placed directly on the outside wall of the eye near the tumor.
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