Managing Pain After Hemorrhoidectomy: Sitz Baths, Anesthesia Choices and the First Week
Pain after hemorrhoidectomy is expected because the wounds sit in nerve-rich skin at the anal opening, and it usually peaks in the first two…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,168 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.
Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) of a Coronary Artery: How Treatment Is Chosen and Why
Chronic total occlusion treatment options fall into three groups: medicines with risk-factor control, a specialized catheter procedure (CTO PCI) that reopens the artery and…
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Can Atrial Fibrillation Be Cured, and Can Anxiety Cause It?
Atrial fibrillation is usually described as manageable rather than curable. Treating triggers, restoring rhythm with cardioversion, or catheter ablation can keep some people free…
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Vaginal Estrogen and Estrogen Cream: What Local Therapy Treats and Why It Differs From HRT
Estrogen cream is a low-dose form of vaginal estrogen applied locally to treat the genitourinary symptoms of menopause: vaginal dryness, burning, pain with sex…
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Yellow Skin, Nausea and Blurry Hours After Eye Angiography: Expected Effects and Red Flags
After fluorescein eye angiography, a yellowish tint to the skin for a few hours, dark orange urine for about a day, brief nausea during…
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Is It Still a Bladder Infection? Fever and Back Pain That Signal Kidney Involvement
A bladder infection that develops fever, chills and pain in the back or side is often no longer confined to the bladder. Those signs…
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Foods High in Vitamin A: Two Forms, One List
Foods high in vitamin A include beef liver, oily fish such as herring and salmon, eggs, and fortified dairy, which supply ready-to-use retinol, plus…
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What Can CIDP Treatment Realistically Improve? Setting Expectations With Your Neurologist
CIDP treatment can realistically improve muscle strength, walking, balance and everyday function, and it often slows or halts further nerve damage. It does not…
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Glasses, Contacts or Laser for Farsightedness: How the Decision Usually Unfolds
Farsightedness treatment options usually begin with glasses, which correct the focusing error with a convex lens and carry no medical risk. Contact lenses offer…
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Swallowing Trouble During Esophageal Cancer Treatment: What to Report and When
Swallowing problems during esophageal cancer treatment are common and usually come from the tumor narrowing the esophagus, from radiation-related soreness and swelling, or from…
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IVIG, Steroids or Plasma Exchange for CIDP: How the Three Treatments Differ
IVIG, corticosteroids and plasma exchange are the three established first-line treatments for CIDP, and trials suggest all three help a similar share of people…
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Preparing for a Mommy Makeover: Blood Tests, Anesthesia Review and Weight Stability
Preparing for a mommy makeover usually means a set of preoperative blood tests, a full anesthesia review of your health history and medicines, and…
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Immunotherapy Infusion Day: Blood Work, the Infusion and the Monitoring Afterward
On an immunotherapy infusion day, most people have blood drawn first, then wait while the team reviews results and the pharmacy prepares the drug.…
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What the Robot Actually Changes in a Robotic Hysterectomy: Precision, Incisions and Recovery
In a robotic hysterectomy the robot does not operate on its own. The surgeon sits at a console a few feet from the patient…
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Hi Def Liposuction for Athletes: Why Training Alone Leaves Stubborn Areas Behind
Hi def liposuction for athletes is a cosmetic surgical procedure that removes thin layers of fat just beneath the skin so that muscle outlines…
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DHI Hair Transplant Risks Explained Honestly: Swelling, Folliculitis and Uneven Growth
DHI hair transplant risks are largely the same as for any follicular unit extraction procedure: temporary forehead and eyelid swelling, folliculitis around new grafts,…
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Local or General Anesthesia for Gynecomastia Surgery? What Shapes the Choice and Recovery
Gynecomastia surgery can be done under local anesthesia with or without sedation, or under general anesthesia. The choice depends mainly on how much glandular…
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PRP Injection Cost: Per-Session Pricing and How Many Sessions Trials Use
PRP injections are priced per session. For a knee PRP injection, our guide range is EUR 450-900 per session (Turkey market average EUR 350-700),…
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