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Results 1 - 10 of 27 for inflammation
  1. Managing Your COPD Medications Video (American Lung Association)  
    ... symptoms. Long-acting medicine reduces the swelling and inflammation in your airways and prevents symptoms. These medications ... associated with asthma and COPD. They decrease the inflammation process to help improve lung function. Bronchodilator Bronchodilators ...
  2. Oral Corticosteroids (For Asthma) Video (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)  
    ... During Pregnancy No Appetite for Bullying Type 2 Inflammation CHI-ASMA Health Equity AAFA’s Certification Program Kids ... treatment for acute asthma flare-ups to reduce inflammation and swelling in the airways. OCS has been ...
  3. Anal Abscess and Fistula Video (American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons)  
    ... of providing controlled drainage, thereby allowing all the inflammation to subside and form a solid tract of ... with a seton in place. Once all the inflammation has resolved, and a mature tract has formed, ...
  4. ... 4% of the people with CF. It causes inflammation in the lungs and can cause further scarring ... flare-ups. Treatment of ABPA has two parts. Inflammation in the lung is treated with corticosteroids. Fungal ...
  5. MRCP (MR Cholangiopancreatography) Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... and pancreatic duct. These may include tumors, stones, inflammation or infection. evaluate patients with pancreatitis to detect ... ERCP) without its associated risks including pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, perforation of pancreatic and bile ...
  6. Thyroid Scan and Uptake Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... material. They accumulate in tumors or regions of inflammation. They can also bind to specific proteins in ... areas of abnormality, such as lumps (nodules) or inflammation determine whether thyroid cancer has spread beyond the ...
  7. Head CT Video (American College of Radiology) (Radiological Society of North America)  
    ... which may be causing hearing problems. determine whether inflammation or other changes are present in the paranasal ... CT scans . CT is not sensitive in detecting inflammation of the meninges —the membranes covering the brain. ...
  8. Asthma? Video (Nemours Foundation)  
    ... Anti-inflammatory medicines work over time to ease inflammation, which reduces swelling of the airways and limits ... 7 days. These work more quickly to reduce inflammation when inhaled medicines aren’t quite enough. What ...
  9. Body MRI Video (Radiological Society of North America) (American College of Radiology)  
    ... and abnormalities of the bile ducts and pancreas. inflammation of the bowel caused by Crohn's disease and ... younger patients malformations of the blood vessels and inflammation of the vessels (vasculitis). assessing a fetus in ...
  10. Learn about Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Video (American Lung Association)  
    ... and cause an infection. The infection can cause inflammation and lung damage that worsens over time. There ... sometimes called nodular bronchiectasis. The NTM infection causes inflammation of the airways, which over time causes them ...
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