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How do you know it does not cause intussusception?

Vaccines: VPD-VAC/Rotavirus/Vaccine FAQs
A large study of over 70,000 children, designed specifically to assess a risk of intussusception similar to what was found for the previous rotavirus vaccine, was conducted before licensure of RotaTeq®. In that study, there was no association found between the vaccine and an increased risk of intussusception. While these safety data from the clinical trials are reassuring, the safety of RotaTeq™ will be monitored closely post licensure as larger numbers of infants are vaccinated.
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What is intussusception?

Vaccines: VPD-VAC/Rotavirus/Vaccine FAQs
Intussusception is a rare blockage or twisting of the intestine, which can be life-threatening. One portion of the intestine telescopes into a nearby portion, causing the intestinal obstruction. The most common site is where the small intestine joins the large intestine. Because the two walls of the intestines press against each other, this causes inflammation, swelling, and eventually decreased blood flow.
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How often does intussusception occur?

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Intussusception is rarely seen in newborn infants. Sixty percent of those who develop intussusception are between 2 months and 1 year of age. Although 80 percent of the children who develop the condition are less than 2 years old, intussusception can also occur in older children, teenagers, and adults.
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Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in children between ages five months and one year. Male babies are affected twice as often as female babies. Intussusception occurs when a portion of the intestine folds like a telescope, with one segment slipping inside another segment. This causes an obstruction, preventing the passage of food that is being digested through the intestine.
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How do you know that neotame does not cause cancer?

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Studies in animals conducted over their entire lifetime clearly demonstrate that neotame does not cause cancer. No. Whether a food containing neotame can contribute to dental cavities depends on the presence of the other constituents of the food (i.e., whether there is fermentable carbohydrate present). Based on its metabolism, neotame would not provide an energy source for oral bacteria, thus it would not contribute to dental cavities.
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How does HIV cause AIDS?

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HIV destroys a certain kind of blood cell (CD4+ T cells) which is crucial to the normal function of the human immune system. In fact, loss of these cells in people with HIV is an extremely powerful predictor of the development of AIDS. Studies of thousands of people have revealed that most people infected with HIV carry the virus for years before enough damage is done to the immune system for AIDS to develop.
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How does alcohol cause these problems?

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Alcohol in the mother's blood crosses the placenta freely and enters the embryo or fetus through the umbilical cord. The exact mechanism(s) by which alcohol damages the fetus and critical times of exposure are not known; however, exposure during the first trimester results in the structural defects (i.e., facial changes) characteristic of FAS, whereas the growth and CNS disturbances could occur from alcohol use during any time in pregnancy.
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What does it cause ?

European Helicobacter Study Group
Most people only get gastritis, that means an irritated stomach lining, with no pain or other symptoms. A few people who have the infection get stomach or duodenal ulcers. (The duodenum is the part just after the stomach, just before the regular small intestine begins.) A very small minority (less than one percent) of infected people get stomach cancer. Helicobacter pylori was the first bacterium to be officially recognized as a cancer-causing agent.
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What causes intussusception?

Intussusception, SVCMC; New York NY
In children, the cause of intussusception is not known in 90% of cases.2 However, it probably involves swelling of lymph nodes within the intestine wall. Intussusception sometimes develops after a child has a viral cold or inflammation in the stomach and intestines.
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How is intussusception diagnosed?

Intussusception, SVCMC; New York NY
Based on your child's symptoms, your health professional will check the child's abdomen for a tender, sausage-shaped lump and will check the rectum for signs of bleeding or bulging of tissue into the rectum (prolapse). Your health professional may want to do other tests, such as an abdominal ultrasound or an air or barium enema. A computed tomography (CT) scan may be done to diagnose intussusception in adults, but it is rarely used in children.
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Why is intussusception of concern?

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Intussusception is a life-threatening illness. If left untreated, it can cause serious damage to the intestines, since their blood supply is cut off. Intestinal infection can occur, and the intestinal tissue can also die. Untreated intussusception can also cause internal bleeding and a severe abdominal infection called peritonitis.
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What are the symptoms of intussusception?

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The most common symptom of intussusception is sudden onset of intermittent pain in a previously well child. However, each child may experience symptoms differently. The pain may be mistaken for colic at first, and occurs at frequent intervals. Infants and children may strain, draw their knees up, act very irritable, and cry loudly. Your child may recover and become playful in-between bouts of pain, or may become tired and weak from crying.
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What types of infections does VRE cause?

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VRE can live in the human intestines and female genital tract without causing disease. However, sometimes, it can be the cause of urinary track infections, blood stream infections and wound infections.
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How does the neck cause shoulder pain?

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There are many nerves that come off of the cervical (neck) vertebral bodies that pass down in front of the shoulder heading towards the arm. Irritation of these nerves can refer pain to the shoulder.
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What type of infections does MRSA cause?

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In the community most MRSA infections are skin infections that may appear as pustules or boils which often are red, swollen, painful, or have pus or other drainage. These skin infections commonly occur at sites of visible skin trauma, such as cuts and abrasions, and areas of the body covered by hair (e.g., back of neck, groin, buttock, armpit, beard area of men). Almost all MRSA skin infections can be effectively treated by drainage of pus with or without antibiotics.
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How often does HPV cause cervical disease?

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In one study conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), 4 percent of women who were found through testing to have high-risk HPV developed advanced, pre-cancerous cervical disease (CIN 3) in the following three years. When watched for 10 years, about 7 percent of the women developed advanced cervical disease. However, if a woman happens to have high-risk HPV type 16 or 18, which can be determined by some laboratories, those percentages are higher.
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How does the VibraTrim cause my muscles to contract automatically?

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When you are standing on the VibraTrim the natural balance in the human body is disturbed. Many muscles will be activated in order to recover the balance lost. By changing the angles of the joints and the muscles around the joint involved will naturally stretch.
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How does smoking cause erectile dysfunction?

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a result of cigarette smoking and the smoking of other tobacco containing products, sufficient quantity of blood doesn’t reach the penis as a result the penis fails to set off erections necessary for physical intercourse.
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How does finding the cause of my hair loss help me?

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Most every form of illness begins with finding the cause or source of the problem. Hair loss, hair thinning or slow growing hair is no different. From sebum build up to malnutrition, to stress, to hormones: these can all cause hair loss. Treating a nutrition problem with an enzyme blocker such as Propecia will do you no good. Also if DHT is only part of the problem then an enzyme blocker will not show the results that you desire. Both problems must be treated. Targeting the problem is important.
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According to the CDC, prior to 1996, scientists estimated that about half the people with HIV would develop AIDS within 10 years after becoming infected. This time varied greatly from person to person and depended on many factors, including a person's health status and their health-related behaviors. Since 1996, the introduction of powerful anti-retroviral therapies has dramatically changed the progression time between HIV infection and the development of AIDS.
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How does otosclerosis cause hearing impairment?

Otosclerosis can cause different types of hearing loss, depending on which structure within the ear is affected. Otosclerosis usually affects the last bone in the chain, the stapes, which rests in the entrance to the inner ear (the oval window). The abnormal bone fixates the stapes in the oval window and interferes with sound passing waves to the inner ear. Otosclerosis usually causes a conductive hearing loss, a hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear.
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What risks does my CDI cause for my baby during pregnancy?

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Neither CDI or dDAVP treatment is risky for the fetus. As far as we know, dDAVP is completely safe during pregnancy. It has not been associated with any significant increase in spontaneous abortions or fetal malformations. The only risk is water intoxication, but that is no greater than in any other DI patient and can be avoided by remembering to drink only when you are truly thirsty.
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