Sentences with phrase «with painful diseases»

After seeing many good animals being put down only because they were suffering with painful diseases, such as arthritis or hip dysplasia, Heather looked for an alternative.
Maybe it's because I'm no stranger to pain, riddled with a painful disease since I was a child.

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In the wonderful explorations by Binet, Janet, Breuer, Freud, Mason, Prince, and others, of the subliminal consciousness of patients with hysteria, we have revealed to us whole systems of underground life, in the shape of memories of a painful sort which lead a parasitic existence, buried outside of the primary field of consciousness, and making irruptions thereinto with hallucinations, pains, convulsions, paralyses of feeling and of motion, and the whole procession of symptoms of hysteric disease of body and of mind.
Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions of chronic poverty, in which millions of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest of their lives; death preceded by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the kinds of events described by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.
For people with celiac disease, incidental ingestion of gluten can lead to painful symptoms and lasting intestinal damage.
The risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an excruciatingly painful bowel disease that is the number two cause of death for preemies, is reduced by 77 % with exclusive breastfeeding.
It's become an annual tradition: the loved ones of New Yorkers who died from painful, terminal illnesses come to the state Capitol to push for a law authorizing people with fatal diseases to seek life - ending medication from a doctor.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto / adventtr More than 382,000 people with kidney disease in the U.S. are on dialysis, a painful procedure that can wreak havoc on blood vessels due to constant jabs from large needles.
Alan Flake at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in Pennsylvania is planning a similar clinical trial of maternal stem cells in fetuses with sickle cell anemia, a painful, debilitating disease that often shortens life.
It's well - known that these two molecules play an important role in causing the painful rashes that are characteristic of the disease, but Claire Q. Wang, a research associate in James Krueger's Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology, wanted to see if IL - 17 and TNF might also have something to do with the dark spots that psoriasis leaves behind.
The researchers from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) and the University of Utah School of Medicine hope to re-infuse patients with the edited stem cells and alleviate symptoms of the disease, which primarily afflicts those of African descent and leads to anemia, painful blood blockages and early death.
As someone who has unfortunately been involved with numerous close relatives (a daughter, a brother and a wife who were given this diagnosis) and having worked in state psychiatric wards and witnessed seriously ill schizophrenics firsthand, I am convinced there is organic impairment of some kind responsible for this very painful disease.
Teenagers with Crohn's disease, a painful digestive disorder often diagnosed in adolescence, for example, sometimes get conflicting information regarding medications, diet modifications and alternative therapies.
Kenneth Ataga, MD, director of the UNC Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program, was featured in a video by the American Society of Hematology in which he discussed the favorable results of a yearlong clinical trial studying crizanlizumab as a therapy to prevent and treat painful crisis events in patients with sickle cell disease.
This bacterium causes the disease chancroid, which leads to painful ulcers but can be treated with antibiotics.
For many of the roughly 300 million people around the world with rare diseases, the road to diagnosis can be long, painful, expensive, and disheartening...
There are, however, many new treatments available that can help people with psoriasis effectively control the disease and live a more comfortable, less painful life.
In my medical practice, Lyme disease is the trigger for half my patients with chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia, most patients with painful neuropathies or autonomic nervous system disorders, 40 % of people with dizziness and 30 % of patients with arthritis or autoimmune disorders.
In it, she describes her own painful journey living with the disease, and shares the stories and insights of doctors, writers and fellow celebrities.
This is not natural, and over time, this chronic inflammation is associated with many diseases — from the painful inflammation of arthritis to the systemic inflammation of heart disease to the insidious variety that's associated with brain fog, fatigue, and weight gain.
While painful, RA is an easier disease to deal with on a day - to - day basis.
I am an active person but since having graves I get tired very easily and painful joints, I workout every day but keeping muscle tone is hard as well as the other systems that go with this disease it can be a bit of a battle.
Men with this disease often have chills; fever; pain in the lower back and genital area; urinary frequency and urgency, often at night; burning or painful urination; body aches; and a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine.
Fibrocystic breast disease often becomes painful and the benign tumors swell with the onset of menstruation.
Dr. As - Sanie says it's important to know that pelvic pain isn't always caused by endometriosis, and that even when it is, the disease often overlaps with other painful conditions including irritable bowel syndrome, cystitis (inflammation of the bladder), and pelvic - floor disorders.
Sure, there are appearances by luminaries from a wide spectrum of life (Keith Urban, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Martin, and President Bill Clinton, to name a few) who speak to what a figure of consequence Campbell was, but so much more of the film is filled with family and friends who offer both warm memories of Campbell and chilling insight into how this disease is so painful to watch.
The book was born out of author Holly Bertone's personal and painful experience and lack of resources available specifically for individuals with autoimmune diseases.
Dogs with kidney disease are more prone to getting pancreatitis (a painful inflammation of the pancreas), and a very high - fat diet could prove to be detrimental over time.
Lack of teeth, loose teeth, abnormal wear patterns, periodontal disease or a painful mouth interferes with a horse's willingness to chew.
Degenerative joint disease, commonly called «arthritis,» is a painful condition frequently treated with anti-inflammatory pain - relievers.
Bullous pemphigoid: an autoimmune (i.e., the body attacking itself) disease associated with the formation of painful blisters.
A thorough dental cleaning does require the use of anesthesia, but allowing your pet to live with untreated dental disease can lead to a painful and infected mouth, kidney disease, heart disease, or strokes.
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Dental diseases are painful and often associated with infection.
The majority of dogs will yelp once, or seem painful at first, but later there is typically no pain associated with this disease.
This disease can progress to abscessed teeth, which are very painful, leading to interfere with the pets» ability to eat properly.
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We see many cats with severe painful dental disease and owners have no idea because their cats haven't shown any signs of the pain that they are most definitely feeling.
Constant care is necessary to provide the dog with as much comfort as possible since it is a very painful disease.
In order to be properly done, it requires general anesthesia in order to protect the airway, take dental x-rays for teeth with large pockets (that may indicate dangerous and painful root disease), perform extractions if medically necessary, and to scale the inner surfaces of the teeth and back molars.
Animals with dental disease often have painful mouths.
We are most concerned with signs of gingivitis, broken teeth, periodontal disease and other painful dental and oral lesions.
Far too many pets come to us with advanced dental disease, requiring anesthesia, x-rays, and the removal of rotten and painful teeth.
Common painful problems that could be identified with radiographs are broken teeth and roots, periodontal disease, dead teeth, abscesses or infected teeth.
I recently saw a cat with a very painful disease called «stomatitis» (whole mouth inflammation).
This painful disease leads to tooth loss with time.
«Once a dog gets heartworm disease, it can be difficult to treat, painful for the pet, and extremely costly — if it works at all,» explains Dr. Megan McGlinn, Technical Services Veterinarian with Merial, makers of Heartgard Plus.
At just five months old, the pup was diagnosed with hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD), a painful bone disease that can occur in fast - growing large and giant breeds.
«With careful abdominal palpation your veterinarian can detect irregular size and shape of the kidneys (either too large or too small); renal asymmetry (one big and one little kidney); painful kidneys; or possibly firm stones in the urinary pathway, which all confirm urinary disease.
Cats with aggression problems should always be examined for underlying medical problems, especially painful diseases such as arthritis, dental pain and abscesses from fighting.
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