Injuries

Injuries to the teeth in children can occur from falls or during play or sports activities. The injury may be to a primary ("baby") tooth or a permanent tooth. A tooth can be cracked, chipped, or totally detached from its socket.
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Repetitive Motion Injuries Overview
Repetitive motion injuries are among the most common injuries in the United States. All of these disorders are made worse by the repetitive actions of daily living.
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Injuries & Wounds Index
Comprehensive and reliable medical information on over 60 injuries and wounds, ranging from animal bites, to fractures, to whiplash, covering overview, considerations, causes, signs of an emergency, symptoms, first aid, ...
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ACL injuries outside of sports may be caused by accidents, such as falling off a ladder or missing a step on a staircase.
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Birth Injuries
Complications in the process of labor and delivery can result in a wide variety of problems in the newborn. These problems, known collectively as birth injuries, can be mild or severe.
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Joint Injuries of the Hand
What are Joint Injuries of the Hand?
The hand is a complex part of the body with many interrelated parts, including the joint at the wrist and three joints each in the thumb and fingers.
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Ankle injuries usually involve a sudden, unexpected, loss of balance that results in a sharp twist of the ankle. A strain occurs when a muscle or tendon overstretches.
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Sports Injuries
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Dental Injuries
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Taking it easy to avoid overuse injuries. Most golfing injuries result from overuse. You might practice your swing for hours, believing it's helping your game.
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Injuries are a leading cause of death for Americans of all ages, regardless of gender, race or economic status. But injury deaths are only part of the picture. Millions of Americans are injured each year and survive.
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Injuries
Bleeding, particularly from diabetic retinopathy.
Blood vessels growing into the vitreous, again due to diabetes.
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Injuries and Previous Surgeries. Injuries, fractures, and operations that affect the forearm, wrist, or hand may lead to CTS, sometimes many years after the event.
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Injuries:
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Rib injuries usually result from a direct blow to the chest wall. Breaks usually occur in the curved portion of the outer part of the rib cage.
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Eye injuries such as from arc-welding burns, and from bruising or post-surgical discomfort may be treated with a soothing charcoal poultice (eyelids closed!). Pain is reduced and restoration of normal tissue is aided by the use of a poultice.
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When injuries to the head cause a change in the ability to think clearly, it is called a concussion. Concussions are graded on a scale of I to III, depending on the severity of the symptoms.
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Head injuries can cause skull fractures and damage to the brain that may be permanent.
Causes
Road traffic accidents are the single largest cause of head injuries. Other common causes include falls, assaults and sports injuries.
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Cold injuries occur with and without freezing of body tissues. The young and the elderly are especially prone to cold injury. Alcohol increases the risk of cold injury which can lead to loss of body parts and even to death.
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Some injuries heal without treatment (see below). However, a broken tooth can easily become infected and should be seen by a dentist right away.
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Head injuries that cause differing pupil sizes are usually curable with early recognition of danger signs and medical treatment. Complications, however, can be life-threatening or cause permanent disability.
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Nerve injuries神经损伤
Shooting pains"击阵-
Injuries to the coccyx-伤"尾骨
Bite and stings叮、叮
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Overuse injuries result from repeated activities that exceed an individual's level of training and ultimately produce microscopic tears of soft tissue or fractures in bone. About 50 percent of all sports injuries in children are of this type.
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Wounds and Injuries - Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.
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Calf muscle injuries are one of the most common sports injuries. This article provides an overview of the injury, the recommended treatment, and how it can be prevented.
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Blood loss may result from injuries or from such internal conditions as bleeding ulcers. Burns produce extensive plasma loss from blood vessels into the burned area; crush injuries may result in loss of blood and plasma into the injured tissues.
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Indication: management of full-thickness skin injuries, including trauma wounds such as second-degree burns, abrasions, lacerations, and skin tears; pressure, venous, diabetic, and chronic vascular ulcers; surgical wounds, ...
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The Veterans Administration (VA) provides eligible veterans with treatment for service-connected injuries and other medical conditions. The VA offers limited medical benefits to family members of eligible veterans.
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Damage to the pituitary gland can be caused by different diseases as well as by head injuries, neurosurgery, or genetic disorders.
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OSHA's mission is to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths. Since OSHA was created in 1971, occupational deaths in the US have declined by half and injuries by 40%. Nonetheless, in 1999 there were 5.
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An evaluation by an exercise physiologist is helpful to avoid injuries that can occur if physical activity is initiated without much consideration given to the type, duration of physical activity, and the physical condition of the person.
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Consumers should be able to hold health plans legally responsible for injuries suffered as a direct result of the policies of the plan.
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Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate potential injuries in car crashes.
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Injury caused by pressure differences between the atmosphere and the air-filled spaces in the body. The most common of these injuries are the ear and sinus blocks that can occur during air travel.
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