Infection Risk After a Stem Cell Transplant: Protective Isolation, Masks and When to Call
Infection risk after a stem cell transplant is highest in the first few weeks, when conditioning treatment has wiped out white blood cells and…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,106 plain-language articles across 62 topics, symptoms explained, nutrition, lab results, medical technology and everyday wellbeing, written by Dr. Şule Eren, published daily by the group behind 45 hospitals and clinics in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Serbia, Netherlands and North Macedonia. For clinical guidance on a condition or procedure, see the Patient Guides.
Monsplasty Candidacy: Excess Mons Pubis Skin, Fat and What Surgeons Assess First
A typical monsplasty candidate is an adult whose mons pubis (the soft mound over the pubic bone) has loose, sagging skin, stubborn fat, or…
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Who May Benefit From Cancer Rehabilitation: Fatigue, Weakness and Limb Swelling
Cancer rehabilitation is usually considered for anyone whose cancer or its treatment has left them with persistent fatigue, muscle weakness, limb swelling (lymphedema), stiffness,…
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How CT Planning Guides Robotic Hip Replacement: Implant Position and Leg Length Explained
In robotic hip replacement, a CT scan taken before surgery is turned into a three-dimensional model of the pelvis and femur. The surgeon uses…
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Telehealth: What Can Be Diagnosed on a Video Call and What Cannot
Telehealth can reliably assess conditions a clinician diagnoses mostly by history and by looking: many rashes, mental health concerns, medication follow-ups, chronic disease check-ins…
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Eating After Gastric Sleeve Surgery: Portion Sizes, Protein First and Foods That Cause Trouble
Long-term eating after gastric sleeve surgery settles into a pattern of small, protein-first meals, roughly a cup of food at a time for most…
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Pap Smear vs HPV Test: What Each Detects and the New Screening Intervals
A Pap smear examines cervical cells under a microscope for abnormal changes, while an HPV test looks for the genetic material of high-risk human…
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Returning to Exercise After Myocarditis: Why Cardiologists Ask You to Wait
Most cardiologists ask people to avoid moderate-to-vigorous exercise for roughly three to six months after acute myocarditis, because an inflamed heart muscle is more…
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How Are COPD Stages Determined? Spirometry Results and What They Mean for Treatment
COPD stages are determined mainly by spirometry, a breathing test that measures how much air you can force out of your lungs and how…
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How Clean Intermittent Catheterization Is Taught and What a Daily Routine Looks Like
Clean intermittent catheterization training is usually taught one-on-one by a continence or urology nurse, starting with hand hygiene, anatomy and a demonstration, then supervised…
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How a Lumbar Puncture Diagnoses Meningitis: What the Spinal Fluid Test Shows Doctors
A lumbar puncture diagnoses meningitis by drawing a small sample of cerebrospinal fluid from the lower back so a laboratory can check its appearance,…
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What Causes Appendicitis (and Can Food Cause It?)
Appendicitis usually starts when the opening of the appendix becomes blocked, most often by a small hardened piece of stool or by swollen lymphoid…
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Cold, Flu or Sinus Infection? How Doctors Tell Them Apart and What Changes the Plan
A cold builds gradually with a runny nose and sore throat and usually eases within 7 to 10 days. Flu arrives suddenly with fever,…
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What You Can and Cannot Eat with Braces: Safe Foods, Risky Foods and Practical Swaps
With braces, avoid foods that are hard, sticky, chewy or need biting into: whole apples, corn on the cob, popcorn, nuts, hard candy, caramel,…
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Crepey Skin and Neck Lines: The Collagen Story and the Options From Creams to Devices
Crepey skin is thin, finely wrinkled skin that looks like crepe paper, caused mainly by sun damage, aging and the gradual loss of collagen…
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Recovery After Xanthelasma Removal: Eyelid Swelling, Ointments and Stitch Care Week by Week
Xanthelasma surgery recovery usually follows a predictable arc: eyelid swelling and bruising peak in the first two to three days and largely settle within…
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Acne Scar Treatment for Darker Skin: Why Pigment Risk Changes the Method and the Prep
Acne scar treatment for darker skin usually starts by calming active acne and fading post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation before any resurfacing, because melanin-rich skin reacts to…
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Realistic Results From Cellulite Treatment: Softer Texture, Not a Different Body
Realistic cellulite treatment results mean a softer, smoother skin texture and shallower dimples, not a different body and not permanent removal. Cellulite comes from…
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