Sentences with phrase «term damage to organs»

High blood sugar can cause long - term damage to organs such as the heart and kidneys.

They found that spaceflight appeared to activate specialized liver cells that may go on to induce scarring and cause long - term damage to the organ.

Not exact matches

The longer - term dream, however, is that the nascent technology of regenerative medicine might someday routinely use them to regrow diseased, damaged or missing tissues and organs.

SJS / TEN can be fatal more than 30 percent of the time and may involve other major organs, potentially leaving survivors with long - term damage to the kidneys or eyes.

«We found very high response rates to this treatment combination, which has the added benefit of having a much reduced risk of long - term organ damage compared to the highly toxic chemotherapy agents typically used for patients with relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma,» says Dr. Kelly, who is Program Director of the Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Service Line at the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and holds an additional faculty appointment with the University at Buffalo.

Geeting said early diagnosis and treatment are key to surviving sepsis because those who develop the more advanced septic shock — a lack of adequate blood supply to tissues and organs — have a greater chance of long - term organ damage, amputated limbs or death.

It's important to move these toxins out of the body so that they don't cause long - term damage to cells and organs.

Cirrhosis is a scarring of the liver — brought on by long - term damage, over many years — that interferes with the organ's ability to function.

Previous research has also shown that short - term fasting can produce molecules called free radicals, which are highly reactive chemicals that can cause damage to the body at a cellular and may be associated with impaired organ function, cancer risk and accelerated aging.

Having excess timber around the middle is proven to be the worst kind of fat in terms of health, because this fat also makes its way around the internal organs (visceral fat) and causes all sorts of damage and problems.

Wrong dosages or improper administration may inflict long - term damage to the patient's vital organs.