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Can you have atherosclerosis without high cholesterol? Yes. Atherosclerosis can develop when LDL cholesterol is normal or even low, because plaque formation depends on endothelial injury, inflammation, and LDL retention in the artery wall,…
Read the story ↗Yes, in almost every case you can get blood work done while on antibiotics, and you should not stop the medication to prepare for a draw.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONSugar does not directly irritate the bladder, and on its own it does not cause UTIs in healthy people.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, vitamins can hurt your kidneys, but nearly all documented harm comes from high-dose supplements, not food or standard multivitamins. Four carry real risk: vitamin D, vitamin C, preformed vitamin A, and niacin.
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Yes, you can be depressed without being sad, because the diagnostic criteria do not require a low mood at all.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, you can go home with a catheter, and most people who need one do.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, TMJ disorders can cause tongue pain, but usually indirectly. The joint itself does not supply the tongue.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONThe answer to “Can stress cause fatty liver?” is yes, but usually indirectly.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, sugar gliders can be pets, but only where legal and only for keepers prepared for a decade-long exotic-animal commitment. The question can sugar gliders be pets has a qualified answer because laws vary sharply.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONCan tooth resorption be stopped with treatment? Yes for inflammatory types, no for replacement resorption. Inflammatory lesions arrest in roughly 80 to 95 percent of cases once the infected pulp is cleaned.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYou can usually fly after retina surgery only after your eye surgeon confirms that no expandable gas or air bubble remains and that the eye is stable; if a gas bubble is present, you should not fly until it has completely absorbed.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, you can go from hypothyroidism to hyperthyroidism, but the switch almost never means the same gland simply reversed direction.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, most people can exercise with a hiatal hernia, provided reflux, chest pressure, and shortness of breath are controlled and the workout does not provoke symptoms.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONNo. The human ear contains no large synovial joint, so ordinary osteoarthritis cannot take root in the ear canal or on the eardrum, and the two genuine synovial joints inside the middle ear measure only 2 to 3 millimeters and are almost…
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, thyroid problems can cause headaches, but the link is real in only a minority of cases. Both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can produce head pain, most often a dull, bilateral, pressure-like headache rather than classic migraine.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, urine can stain underwear, but usually only when concentrated urine, prolonged moisture, and fabric chemistry overlap. The question “Can urine stain underwear?”
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, partly. You keep some control over what you say after anesthesia, but the filter is thinner than most people assume.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONThe answer is no for anabolic steroids and "only with hard limits" for prescription corticosteroids like prednisone.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, you can potentially receive Social Security disability benefits for a substance abuse disorder, but the path is exceptionally narrow. The Social Security Administration (SSA) does not pay benefits for addiction itself.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, thyroid problems can cause elevated liver enzymes, and the effect appears at both ends of thyroid function.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONThe short answer is that alcohol and blood thinners can coexist only in small, infrequent amounts, and for some patients they should not mix at all.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes. Thyroid problems can cause difficulty swallowing, but through one specific route: a large or abnormally positioned gland presses on the esophagus or the windpipe in front of it.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, you can flush a PEG tube with normal saline when a clinician has prescribed it, but normal saline is not the default flush for every patient.
THE FULL EXPLANATIONYes, vinegar can kill bacteria, but slowly and only partly. Household white vinegar at 5% acetic acid knocks down common vegetative bacteria such as Salmonella and E.
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