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Injections: How to make them easier for your child
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Injections may be appropriate if you have symptoms of nerve root compression or facet inflammation and fail to respond to conservative therapy after 6 weeks.
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Multiple daily injections: Abbreviated MDI. Several shots every day as of insulin to provide tight control of blood sugar.
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Alternate Names
: Bloodshot Eyes, Conjunctival Injection, Red Eyes, Scleral Injection
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For fatigue or eyestrain, try to rest your eyes. No treatment is necessary.
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Injections (Depo-Provera). Depo-Provera uses a progestin called medroxyprogesterone. Unlike users of the implants, most users of Depo-Provera stop menstruating altogether after a year.
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Injections may be given weekly or twice a week until a maximum dose is tolerated. This is called the maintenance dose. It may take about one year to reach the maintenance dose.
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Injections of insulin are also an effective weapon against Type 2 diabetes. Insulin may be prescribed as a first-line defense, but it's most often used when oral drugs fail to do the job.
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Injections for Stress Incontinence
Collagen, one of the bulking agents used for injections, is a natural tissue from cows.
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Injections in the muscles close to the eyes may cause you to blink less. This may harm your eyes.
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INJECTIONS
No more than 6 mg per dose, injected under the skin.
No more than two 6-mg injections per day. These doses should be taken at least 1 hour apart.
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Injection into the spine: The doctor injects the drugs into the lower part of the spinal column.
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- Injections of vitamin E, beta-carotene, canthaxanthin (a carotenoid) and algae extract dramatically bolstered levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha, and reversed hamster buccal pouch tumors.
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An injection of an anesthetic drug into the space between the wall of the spinal canal and the covering of the spinal cord.
epigastric
Having to do with the upper middle area of the abdomen.
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The injection can be given using either the traditional needle and plastic syringe, or the newer injection pen devices that many people find more convenient.
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IDU: Injection drug use or user.
IHS: See Indian Health Service.
IMMUNE COMPLEX: Clusters formed when antigens and antibodies bind together.
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Insulin injections
Process of putting insulin into the body with a syringe or an insulin pen subcutaneously.
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Collagen Injections Tighten Up Urinary Control
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Aquavan injection A water-soluble prodrug of propofol (Diprivan injectable emulsion).
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Insulin - injection
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- Steroid injections into the joints
eliminate pain without the dangers of injected or oral corticosteroids. This technique is suggested if only one or two joints are affected and aspirin or aspirinlike drugs are inadequate.
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A booster injection is given to children when they are three to five years old. This includes vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio (DtaP/IPV).
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(Hepflush-10; Hep-Lock; Hep-Lock U/P; Vasceze Heparin Lock Flush)
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After each injection, you will be asked to remain in the clinic or waiting room for 20 minutes or longer so that any reactions to the injection can be recognized and treated immediately.
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A cortisone injection into the painful area may give some relief, but this treatment isn't free of risk. Consequently, it isn't the first step in treating this disorder.
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Immunization by injection of live measles-virus vaccine, first marketed in 1963, has proven effective.
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Sometimes cortisone injections are given to patients who are still experiencing pain after several weeks of conservative care.
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However an anaphylact oid reaction can occur following the first injection of certain drugs (e.g. polymyxin, Pentamidine, Opioids and contrast media used for x-rays).
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Another possible treatment is injection of a substance that will harden the tissue of the collapsed part of the lung.
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Injections of labor "cocktails" (scopolamine, Phenergan, and Demerol) rendered women out of control as oxytoxics, forceps, episiotomies, and general anesthetics expedited the escape of babies from their mothers’ wombs?
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The only significant adverse reaction detected in clinical studies was pain and redness at the injection site.
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All patients received papaveretum injections as required for pain, and additional prochlorperazine injections were prescribed if nausea was not controlled in groups 1 and 2.
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Contrast agents can be administered through a vein (IV), by injection, or taken orally. Patients usually are instructed not to eat or drink for a few hours prior to contrast injection or IV because the dye may cause stomach upset.
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Treatment for addiction should be sought. If this is not possible, use of a new needle for each injection, avoiding sharing any injection-related paraphernalia and use of alcohol pads to sterilize the injection site can reduce risk.
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To treat with frequent, small injections of an antigen to decrease the symptoms of an allergy to that antigen. Also called desensitization.
hypospadias
An abnormal opening of the urethra on the underside of the penis or into the vagina.
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Epidural: Also called regional anesthesia. Injection of medication into the epidural space of the spine to numb the lower half of the body.
Episiotomy: Surgical enlargement of the vagina during delivery of a baby.
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Insulin reactions result from an excess of insulin via an injection or an excess of an insulin-stimulating oral hypoglycemic agent, usually in the sulfonylurea class of drugs. Insulin reactions are more common in people with severe diabetes.
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Varicose veins can be simply treated with an injection to close off the affected vein. This article looks at the best candidates for the procedure and how it is performed.
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Atropine: A drug obtained from belladonna that is administered via injection, eye drops, or in oral form to relax muscles by inhibiting nerve responses. Used to dilate the pupils and as an antispasmodic.
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Neurotoxicity Syndromes - Neurologic disorders caused by exposure to toxic substances through ingestion, injection, cutaneous application, or other method. This includes conditions caused by biologic, chemical, and pharmaceutical agents.
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Varicose veins can be treated by removal (vein stripping) or by injection with a substance that causes the veins to scar closed (sclerotherapy).
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Obstructive causes are treated with surgical correction (vasoepididymostomy or vasovasostomy) or percutaneous, microsurgical or biopsy-derived sperm to be used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
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