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2. Nosebleed - Wikipedia

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   Traditional gauze packing has been replaced with other non-dissolvable nasal packing products such as Merocel and the Rapid Rhino. [21] The Merocel nasal tampon is similar to gauze packing except it is a synthetic foam polymer (made of polyvinyl alcohol and expands in the nose after application of water) that provides a less hospitable medium ...

3. Gauze sponge - Wikipedia

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   They are ordinarily made of gauze and are used to absorb blood and other fluids as well as clean wounds. When used in surgery, they are called surgical sponges . Common sizes include 5 cm × 5 cm (2 in × 2 in), 7.5 cm × 7.5 cm (3 in × 3 in), and 10 cm × 10 cm (4 in × 4 in).

4. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Two packages of gauze. One 10 cm by 4.1 m. The other 5 by 5 cm. Three types of gauze Depiction of a dressing on a face from a painting from 1490. Modern dressings [3] include dry or impregnated gauze, plastic films, gels, foams, hydrocolloids, hydrogels, and alginates. They provide different physical environments suited to different wounds:

5. Gauze - Wikipedia

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   Gauze veil Tutu Gauze swab Gauze balls. Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.In technical terms, "gauze" is a weave structure in which the weft yarns are arranged in pairs and are crossed before and after each warp yarn, keeping the weft firmly in place. [1]

6. Rhinolith - Wikipedia

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   A rhinolith (from rhino- 'nose' and -lith 'stone') is a stone present in the nasal cavity. It is an uncommon medical phenomenon, not to be confused with dried nasal mucus. A rhinolith usually forms around the nucleus of a small exogenous foreign body, blood clot or secretion by slow deposition of calcium and magnesium carbonate and phosphate ...

7. Nasal administration - Wikipedia

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   A nasal septum perforation is a medical condition in which the nasal septum, the bony/cartilaginous wall dividing the nasal cavities, develops a hole or fissure. [1] Nasal administration may cause nasal septum perforation by gradually injuring and ulcerating the epithelium, causing cartilage exposure and necrosis.

8. Monocryl - Wikipedia

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   Monocryl is a synthetic, absorbable suture manufactured in Cornelia, Georgia, USA, and trademarked by Ethicon.It is composed of poliglecaprone 25, which is a copolymer of glycolide and epsilon-caprolactone. [1]

9. Setting the features - Wikipedia

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   The body is disinfected and insects such as maggots and flies are removed. [1] The body is then washed with water and germicidal soap. This movement of the body parts also helps to relieve rigor mortis, [2] and particular attention is given by the embalmer to parts of the body that are most visible during a viewing: the facial area and hands.