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Use of Rh immune globulin is 99.8% effective in preventing Rh sensitization.1 Rh immune globulin contains Rh antibodies that have been purified from...
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If you are Rh-negative, your red blood cells do not have a marker called Rh factor on them. Rh-positive blood does have this marker. If your blood...
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Certain factors may increase your risk for developing fibromyalgia. Being female greatly increases your chance of developing this syndrome. It is...
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The range and severity of symptoms caused by fibromyalgia vary from person to person. Widespread, chronic pain-often described as deep or burning-is...
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Fibromyalgia is widespread pain in the muscles and soft tissues above and below the waist and on both sides of the body. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome-a...
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Fibromyalgia is considered to be a syndrome-a set of symptoms that occur together but do not have a known cause. There are theories as to what may...
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There are no specific tests that can confirm a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. It often is diagnosed when other disorders with similar symptoms of...
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Although fibromyalgia is a chronic condition, there is much you can do to relieve and control your symptoms. Home treatment is the most important...
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For most people, fibromyalgia seems to involve a cycle of muscle pain, increased sensitivity to pain, and inactivity that may be made worse by sleep...
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Call your doctor if you have had the following symptoms for more than 6 weeks without an obvious cause. They may be signs of fibromyalgia, especially...
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The risk of developing epilepsy increases if you have:Family history of epilepsy.Head injury (for example, a penetrating wound or skull fracture)...
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Controlling seizures caused by epilepsy requires a daily commitment to following your treatment plan. If you are using antiepileptic medicine, you...
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Epilepsy may develop even though you do not have any risk factors. A cause cannot always be identified. This is especially true in many forms of...
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Epilepsy is a common condition that causes repeated seizures. The seizures are caused by bursts of electrical activity in the brain that are not...
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Congenital heart defects generally cannot be prevented. But before and during pregnancy you can lower your risk of having a baby with heart defects...