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What kind of symptoms would I have if I had a labrum tear?

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Symptoms involve sensations of clicking and catching with certain motions in the shoulder. Often times they can become very painful. The labrum does not generally heal on its own. The mechanical symptoms can increase over time and can become painful.
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How do you get a tear in the labrum?

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The labrum is the fibrous rim of cartilage surrounding the perimeter of the shoulder socket. It can commonly become torn with excessive motions about the ball and socket (glenohumeral joint). Traumatic shifts of the ball in the socket or repetitive motions such as throwing can cause tears to this tough rim of tissue.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I had a rotator cuff tear?

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The main symptom is pain, especially pain that prevents you from sleeping or wakes you from sleeping at night. Other symptoms are general weakness and inability to use the shoulder, especially in the overhead position. Rotator cuff tears do not heal on their own. However, symptoms of pain can decrease and the function of the shoulder can improve with physical therapy such that surgery may not be necessary.
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What are the symptoms of ACL tear?

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Patients with ACL insufficiency can walk in a straight line. But when they attempt to change the direction suddenly while walking or running they may feel the knee joint giving away. Additional symptoms like Pain and repeated joint swellings may be present due to additional injuries to meniscus and cartilage.
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What are the most common symptoms of a meniscus tear?

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Many adults have a tear and do not even know it. These are typically degenerative or attritional tears. Painful tears in adults are usually larger, "flap" tears. They will cause pain with kneeling, squatting, pivoting, going downstairs and occasionally they will even hurt at night when you roll over in bed.
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What are the symptoms of a meniscal tear?

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The classic symptom of a torn meniscus is pain, often felt as a sharp, almost “knife-like” stabbing sensation on the inside (medial tear) or outside (lateral tear) of the knee. This pain is often felt in waves, with bouts of severe discomfort, followed by no pain, felt over the course of several days/weeks. However, the pain may also be felt as an aching sensation or even just as stiffness of the knee.
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What are the symptoms of retinal tear or detachment?

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A sudden increase in number and size of floaters is a warning that small amounts of blood and debris have appeared in the vitreous. The flashes are sensations from the retina as it is pulled or torn, or is rubbed by the loosened vitreous. If a tear breaks a larger retinal blood vessel, the blood spilling into the vitreous can cause a massive increase in floaters or even total loss of vision in that eye.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I had adhesive capsulitis?

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Patients with “frozen shoulder” have symptoms of pain and often times they cannot do simple everyday life activities such as combing their hair, reaching behind their back, or putting their hand in their back pocket, etc. Pain is usually increased with attempts to lift their hands overhead as this motion is limited. Generally studies show that “frozen shoulders” will “thaw” (tightness lessens), but this can take many months.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I have instability?

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Symptoms of instability are pain and weakness in the shoulder in certain arm positions. Often times, specific positions are avoided as you, the patient, know when the shoulder will come out of socket. This is often present when the arm is raised up behind the ear in the throwing position. Generally speaking, shoulders with instability do not get better on their own.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I had impingement?

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Symptoms are simply pain when you lift your arm. It is really when the arm goes overhead that pinching of the bursa is encountered. It often times can get better with good shoulder mechanics, proper exercises, and anti-inflammatory medicines. Physical therapy and occasionally cortisone injections can help. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can help reduce the “-itis” of this bursitis.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I had calcific tendonitis?

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Symptoms of calcific tendonitis can involve painful bursitis and painful forward flexion impingement. Simple movements when using the shoulder can cause pain.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I damaged the meniscus?

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Symptoms of a damaged meniscus are pain and catching, clicking, or locking during certain twisting knee activities. These mechanical sensations are very commonly felt by the patient. The knee can also have swelling. Generally, meniscus tears do not heal because they have a poor blood supply. However, they can occasionally become asymptomatic.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I damaged the ACL?

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Symptoms with a damaged ACL will be pain, swelling and a feeling of instability. Often times the knee can buckle underneath you and “give way.” If twisting, stopping, turning sports are attempted with a torn ACL, these buckling and “giving way” episodes will recur – a “trick knee.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I damaged the patella?

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Generally, this pain can go away and heal on it’s own. Body mechanics and control of the femur from above with your hip muscles are important. Stretching and strengthening the quadriceps and hamstring muscles are also important.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I have arthritis?

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Symptoms of arthritis are stiffness, pain, and swelling of the joint. Morning stiffness is very common.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I have bursitis?

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Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursal tissue about the knee. There are several different bursas about the knee that can become inflamed from either trauma or repetitive activities. Generally these can heal on their own. Initial icing followed by heat can help. Anti-inflammatory drugs can help decrease the pain. Steroid injections can be given to help decrease the inflammation.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I damaged these ligaments?

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Symptoms include instability and “giving away.” Occasionally, you can feel the tibia slipping underneath the femur. The inside medial collateral ligament (MCL) can heal on its own and rarely requires surgery. Injury to the outside lateral collateral ligament (LCL) is different altogether. This usually requires surgery, but is a rare injury.
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What kind of symptoms would I have if I damaged the PCL?

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Feelings of instability with certain motions about the knee can occur with a damaged PCL. Occasionally, with a long standing injury, the knee cap can be painful.
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What are the signs and symptoms of a possible ACL tear?

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The famous "pop" is the most telling symptom of an ACL injury, although you may have a tear without ever experiencing the pop. The injury is usually followed by considerable pain and swelling within the first several hours. You may develop a feeling of instability in the knee or "giving way", making walking difficult.
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What is an ACL tear?

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The ACL is the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. There are more than 4 major ligaments that essentially hold the knee together. Without one of more of these ligaments the knee would be loose and you would perceive that the knee was giving way or buckling. The ACL is the most commonly torn knee ligament. The ACL is usually torn as the result of a non-contact twisting injury. You will usually feel or hear a pop, the knee will buckle and within a short period of time, significant swelling will occur.
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The most common mechanism is a combination of a sudden stopping motion on the leg while quickly twisting at the knee. The planted foot remains stationary while the body rotates toward the opposite side of the body. This can happen in a sport such as basketball, when a player lands on the leg when coming down from a rebound or is running down the court and makes an abrupt stop to pivot. In football, soccer, or lacrosse, cleats prevent the foot from slipping during this motion.
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What kind of symptoms would I have with AC joint problems?

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A painful AC joint is usually caused by a stress or strain of the AC joint or arthritis in this joint. Occasionally, impingement and bursitis can mimic this pain. Lifting your arm across your body can increase this pain. This can heal on its own. However, if arthritis is involved the AC joint can continue to be painful in everyday activities.
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What kind of wear and tear am I to expect with the PROcede?

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Under normal driving conditions and by following the regular scheduled maintenance, PROcede users can expect to maintain the same overall reliability to a stock car. Our components have even been race tested in grueling endurance races with no ill effect.
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For what kind of symptoms is Bowtrol most appropriate?

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Bowtrol was developed to aid IBS patients to regain bowel movement regularity and eliminate excessive feelings of urgency and diarrhea or constipation. Bowtrol consists of separate components that can be separately combined to address your own individual problems; If your IBS symptoms are mainly combined with constipation, then the recommended treatment is a combination of Lactospore Probiotic & Colon and Parasite Cleanser.
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What are the symptoms?

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If you have stress incontinence, you may leak a small to medium amount of urine when you cough, sneeze, laugh, exercise, or do similar things. If you have urge incontinence, you may feel a sudden urge to urinate and the need to urinate often. With this type of bladder control problem, you may leak a larger amount of urine that can soak your clothes or run down your legs.
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QTsyndrome.ch - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The usual symptoms are syncope (sudden loss of consciousness) or sudden death, typically occurring during physical activity or emotional upset. These most commonly begin in preteen to teenage years, but may present from a few days of age to middle age. The syncopal episodes are often misdiagnosed as the common faint (vasovagal event) or a seizure. Actual seizures are uncommon in long QT syndrome, but epilepsy is one of the common errors in diagnosis.
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Syphilis
Usually painless without itch and may go away even without treatment. Even if the sore goes away, the infection can progress. The sore can come back if not treated. Occasionally a sore can occur at other sites including the anus, mouth or vagina. With or without feeling tired or flu-like. The rash may show up all over the body including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
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Quality Health | Urinary Incontinence in Women
The main symptom of stress incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine while coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercising, or doing similar activities. This usually results in a small to moderate amount of urine loss. Symptoms of urge incontinence include a sudden, urgent need to urinate and/or the need to urinate frequently. It often results in a moderate to large amount of urine leaked, possibly soaking clothing or running down legs.
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Colon Polyps
You can have colon polyps and not know it because they usually don't cause symptoms. They are usually found during routine screening tests for colon cancer. A screening test looks for signs of a disease when there are no symptoms. If polyps get large, they can cause symptoms. You may have bleeding from your rectum or a change in your bowel habits.
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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), SVCMC; New York NY
Symptoms of SAD include irritability, sadness, anxiety, increased appetite and a craving for carbohydrate, weight gain, decreased activity and a need for more sleep, drowsiness during the daytime, and problems with work and relationships. Symptoms begin and end around the same time each year for each person, usually starting in September or October and ending in April or May.
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