Sentences with phrase «develop scar tissue»

However, they are the two most effective drugs for IBD, and if we don't keep the inflammation under control, then your cat can develop scar tissue, thickened intestines, and in some cases, it can progress to intestinal lymphoma.

Cats often change their behavior in unacceptable ways after being declawed and some dogs develop scar tissue that interferes with their ability to eat.

«After repeated bouts of inflammation, the breasts develop scar tissue in many places, and some of the milk ducts become plugged, forming cysts.

Sclerosis means scarring; MS sufferers develop scar tissue in response to the nerve damage.

If drinking is not curbed at this point, cirrhosis of the liver can occur, which happens when the liver is so inflamed it starts to develop scar tissue, leading to a poorly functioning organ and potential for life threatening consequences.

It is triggered by the activation of a large set of genes that cause the walls of the heart to thicken and develop scar tissue, impairing the organ's ability to pump blood normally.

Once the femoral head and neck are removed, the surrounding muscles and developing scar tissue work to support the area, and act as a false joint.

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If you are tattooed on or near your breasts and develop a rash or scar tissue from the tattoo, it may be uncomfortable for you to continue nursing.

They may develop postpartum depression or post-traumatic stress syndrome.9, 20,25,31 Some mothers express dominant feelings of fear and anxiety about their cesarean as long as five years later.16 Women having cesarean sections are less likely to decide to become pregnant again.16 As is true of all abdominal surgery, internal scar tissue can cause pelvic pain, pain during sexual intercourse, and bowel problems.Reproductive consequences compared with vaginal birth include increased infertility, 16 miscarriage, 15 placenta previa (placenta overlays the cervix), 19 placental abruption (the placenta detaches partially or completely before the birth), 19 and premature birth.8 Even in women planning repeat cesarean, uterine rupture occurs at a rate of 1 in 500 versus 1 in 10,000 in women with no uterine scar.27

«There are some cases where scar tissue develops at the piercing site and can interfere with milk flow from the nipple.

«We wanted to develop a simple, convenient, and cost - effective device able to inhibit keloid growth in skin tissue and reduce the size of disfiguring scars,» adds Yuejun Kang, another key investigator in the study from NTU.

In the new study, the researchers found that the offspring of pregnant mice that consumed a high - fat diet developed liver fibrosis, a type of tissue scarring that is a sign that more serious disease will develop.

Researchers are working on developing natural scaffolds that will encourage healthy tissue growth, avoiding the formation of scar tissue.

I asked Dr. Godwin about the fact that we humans do regenerate new tissue — that even if we develop scars, when we cut ourselves, for instance, the wound generally heals.

Developed by a multi-disciplinary team of Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS faculty and researchers, the application of cylic mechanical stimulation of the injured tissue resulted in two - and - a-half-fold improvement in muscle regeneration, reduced tissue scarring and fibrosis, and a visible increase in the density of muscle cells.

Now, the team is collaborating with plastic surgeons to see how their research can be applied to human scar tissue, which often prevents skin structures from developing on the area after it's healed.

I don't know of having highly developed, or even overdeveloped, stomach muscles would necessarily cause a problem, but there is something there that we should discuss, which is if people have had abdominal trauma, meaning maybe a hernia surgery, or a C - section, or an ovarectomy, or any kind of abdominal trauma that may cause scarring or damage, or even if a woman has really bad uterine fibroids, for example, which can cause pelvic obstruction, anything in the abdominal pelvic area that creates scar tissue, whether it be surgical, or impact trauma, or what have you, has the potential, because the abdomen and pelvis rest up against your intestines, has the potential to impede the movement of stuff through the intestines.

There is one physical therapist, or a physical therapist couple known as the Wurns, and they've developed something called the «Wurn protocol», W - U-R-N, and he'll be coming on my podcast soon to discuss this, they've published a tremendous and impressive amount of literature looking at their therapeutic technique which breaks down abdominal adhesions and scar tissues.

The other option that doctors give women with fibroids is surgery — and most of us, quite rightly, want to avoid invasive procedures as much as possible — especially as the scar tissue that can develop from this surgery can complicate pregnancy.

Scar tissue develops and the pancreas is slowly destroyed.

And that's called a Morton's neuroma which is when if that nerve is constantly compressed, it develops a coat of scar tissue.

According to Dr. Jorge Flechas, «Iodine deficiency may cause the ovaries to develop cysts, nodules and scar tissue.

Other cats will keep filling up with in their chest until either their owner says enough, or until they develop so much scar tissue in their chest that there is nothing more that we can do.

Some dogs will lick (often a front leg) so much that they develop a raised area of scar tissue in one area.

He developed chronically itchy skin (with blisters and black scar tissue from scratching), and his owners did not know what to do with him.

Eventually, scar tissue can develop in the lungs where the asbestos settles.