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Lily-of-the-valley

Alternative names Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis) Alternativ...


Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

Illustrations Alternative names Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors Symptoms Signs and tests Treatment Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) Complications Calling your health care provider Prevention Illustrati...


Limited range of motion

Illustrations Definition Considerations Common Causes Home Care Call your health care provider if What to expect at your health care provider's office Illustrations The structure of a joint Limited range of motion ...


Lip moisturizers

Alternative names Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis) Alternativ...


Lipase test

Definition How the test is performed How to prepare for the test How the test will feel Why the test is performed Normal Values What abnormal results mean What the risks are Special considerations Definition    ...


Lipofuscin

Illustrations Definition Illustrations Lipofuscin Definition    Return to top Lipofuscin is a brownish pigment left over from the breakdown and absorption of damaged blood cells. Lipofuscin is foun...


Liposuction

Description of LiposuctionIn just ten years, liposuction has become popular in the war against aging. Its use is directed against fat that refuses to budge and skin that is beginning to sag. When diet and exercise have not been able to send saddlebags pack...


Liposuction

Illustrations Alternative names Definition Description Indications Risks Expectations after surgery Convalescence Illustrations Fat layer in skin Liposuction - series Alternative names    ...


Lipstick

Alternative names Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis) Alternativ...


Liquid medication administration

Information Information    If the product is a suspension, shake well before using. Do not use silverware spoons for giving medication. They are not all the same size. A silverware teaspoon could be as small as a hal...


Liquid nitrogen

Definition Definition    Nitrogen is typically found in the environment in gaseous form. To become a liquid, nitrogen gas must release great amounts of heat, becoming super-cooled to about minus 200 degrees Celsius. ...


Listeriosis

Illustrations Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors Symptoms Signs and tests Treatment Expectations (prognosis) Complications Calling your health care provider Prevention Illustrations Antibodies Defin...


Lithium overdose

Alternative names Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis) Alternativ...


Lithotripsy

Illustrations Alternative names Definition Description Indications Risks Expectations after surgery Convalescence Illustrations Kidney anatomy Nephrolithiasis Intravenous pyelogram (IVP) Lithotrips...


Liver Biopsy

Definition of Liver BiopsyArticle updated and reviewed by Sreeni Jonnalagadda, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Interventional and Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy, Washington University School of Medicine on May 2, 2005.A Liver Biopsy is a procedure to obta...


Liver biopsy

Illustrations Alternative names Definition How the test is performed How to prepare for the test How the test will feel Why the test is performed Normal Values What abnormal results mean What the risks are Illustrations ...


Liver Cirrhosis

Definition of Liver CirrhosisCirrhosis is a term that refers to a group of chronic diseases of the liver in which normal liver cells are damaged and replaced by scar tissue, decreasing the amount of normal liver tissue. The distortion of the normal liver s...


Liver disease

Illustrations Definition Illustrations Liver fattening, CT scan Liver with disproportional fattening, CT scan Cirrhosis of the liver Definition    Return to top The term "liver dise...


Liver disease - resources

Illustrations Alternative names Information Illustrations Cirrhosis of the liver Alternative names    Return to top Resources - liver disease Information    Return to t...


Liver Enzymes (Elevated)

Definition of Liver Enzymes (Elevated)A liver enzyme is a protein that helps to speed up a chemical reaction in the liver. Liver function tests are blood tests that are used to evaluate various functions of the liver - for example, metabolism, storage, fil...



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