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This hunching forward of the user causes posture and back problems but is also the cause of severe and acute pain in the upper back, particularly pain in the neck and or shoulders. A study [ 9 ] was conducted where 2146 technical assistants installed a computer program to monitor the musculoskeletal pain they suffered and answered ...
The base of the skull may be affected by metastases from cancer of the bronchus, breast or prostate, or cancer may spread directly to this area from the nasopharynx , and this may cause headache, facial paresthesia, dysesthesia or pain, or cranial nerve dysfunction – the exact symptoms depend on the cranial nerves impacted.
The few studies so far conducted into catastrophizing in cancer pain have suggested that it is associated with higher levels of pain and psychological distress. People with cancer pain who accept that pain will persist and nevertheless are able to engage in a meaningful life were less susceptible to catastrophizing and depression in one study.
Poor ergonomic techniques by computer users is one of many causes of repetitive strain injury. Specialty: Sports medicine, performing arts medicine, orthopedics: Symptoms: Sore wrists, aching, pulsing pain, tingling, extremity weakness: Complications: Torn ligaments: Causes: Repetitive actions, poor technique: Risk factors
Dr. Narayanan says that bone pain can also be a sign of prostate cancer recurrence in patients who have already had the disease. The link between prostate cancer and bone pain may be a surprising one.
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [3] [4] Cancer can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, meaning they may be general phenomena that do not point directly to a specific disease process.
Trousseau described several cases in which recurrent thrombosis was the presenting feature of visceral cancer, and his confidence in the utility of this connection led him to say, "So great, in my opinion, is the semiotic value of phlegmasia in the cancerous cachexia, that I regard this phlegmasia as a sign of the cancerous diathesis as certain ...
A type of leukemia is the second most common form of cancer in infants (under the age of 12 months) and the most common form of cancer in older children. [83] Boys are somewhat more likely to develop leukemia than girls, and white American children are almost twice as likely to develop leukemia than black American children. [ 83 ]