Several patients have presented with a medical condition called nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a non-inflammatory disease of small blood vessels in the anterior portion of ...

Background Diabetes often places a large burden on people with diabetes (hereafter ‘patients’) and the society, that is, in part attributable to its complications. However, evidence from models ...

You may relieve diabetic nerve pain with medications and some ... effectively or remain untreated and high for many years. One complication of diabetes is diabetic neuropathy.

An armpit lump—or axillary lump—can occur as a symptom of many conditions that range from harmless to serious. It is often the result of an enlarged lymph node. Many armpit lumps appear and then go ...

Axillary dissection for clinically node-negative breast cancer includes resection of level I and level II lymph nodes and the fibrofatty ... any clamping of a motor nerve or too-close approach ...

The initial physical exam was significant for fever of 101.5[degree]F and multiple, discrete, palpable lymph nodes approximately 2cm x 2cm in the cervical, axillary, and inguinal regions bilaterally.

Several common, and many uncommon, side effects can occur after a cortisone shot, and before having this treatment you should discuss these possible complications with your healthcare provider. While ...

However, it stated that this is likely due to a separate, known side effect of the vaccine — axillary lymphadenopathy, which occurs when your underarm (axilla) lymph nodes grow larger in size — which ...

All but two patients (96%) had a good functional outcome. Conclusions: The method resulted in a high rate of functional facial nerve preservation, a low incidence of complications, and good functional ...

Roshini Raj, MD, is Health's former magazine's medical editor and coauthor of What the Yuck?!. Board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, Dr. Raj is a Clinical Associate Professor ...