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Abdominal pain, fever: Usual onset: 1-5 days after polypectomy: Causes: Polypectomy during colonoscopy: Risk factors: Hypertension, right colon polypectomy, large polyp size (>2 cm), non-polypoid lesions (laterally spreading lesions) [1] Differential diagnosis: Perforation: Prevention: Antibiotic prophylaxis [2] Treatment: IV fluids ...
Injection site reactions (ISRs) are reactions that occur at the site of injection of a drug. They may be mild or severe and may or may not require medical intervention. Some reactions may appear immediately after injection, and some may be delayed. [1] Such reactions can occur with subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous administration.
People with cancer may not report pain due to costs of treatment, a belief that pain is inevitable, an aversion to treatment side effects, fear of developing addiction or tolerance, fear of distracting the doctor from treating the illness, [51] or fear of masking a symptom that is important for monitoring progress of the illness.
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women under age 50, TODAY.com previously reported. Experts remain uncertain as to why this type of cancer has been occurring more often ...
People with inflammatory bowel disease account for less than 2% of colon cancer cases yearly. [33] In those with Crohn's disease, 2% get colorectal cancer after 10 years, 8% after 20 years, and 18% after 30 years. [33] In people who have ulcerative colitis, approximately 16% develop either a cancer precursor or cancer of the colon over 30 years ...
After finishing chemotherapy in early 2022, Ball underwent a colon resection where doctors removed the remaining cancerous portion of her colon. Recovering from surgery felt “pretty easy,” she ...
Diverticulitis occurs when small pouches in the wall of your colon, called diverticula, get inflamed or infected, Dr. Boxer explains. “It usually causes pain on the lower left side of your belly ...
Pressure on the kidney or ureter from a tumor outside the kidney can cause extreme flank pain. [7] Local recurrence of cancer after the removal of a kidney can cause pain in the lumbar back, or L1 or L2 spinal nerve pain in the groin or upper thigh, accompanied by weakness and numbness of the iliopsoas muscle, exacerbated by activity. [4]