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Your Good Health: Jardiance causes too many urinary issues

Your Good Health: Jardiance causes too many urinary issues

Jardiance works by forcing your body to excrete glucose through the kidney, so bladder infections are possible. Increased urination is also very common.
Your Good Health: Eliminating dairy helps with eosinophilic esophagitis

Your Good Health: Eliminating dairy helps with eosinophilic esophagitis

Food elimination diets, usually starting with cow’s milk products alone, is an effective first-line treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis
Your Good Health: MRI a no-go for patient with shrapnel in skull

Your Good Health: MRI a no-go for patient with shrapnel in skull

Although I admire your proactive nature, removing shrapnel from your skull bone is too risky to consider just for the prospect of maybe needing an MRI someday.
Your Good Health: Inguinal hernia grows in size, prompting surgery

Your Good Health: Inguinal hernia grows in size, prompting surgery

Since an increase in the size of the hernia is concerning, I agree with your choice to go with the surgery.
Your Good Health: Use ibuprofen with caution after hernia operation

Your Good Health: Use ibuprofen with caution after hernia operation

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen need to be used with caution in a person who has something wrong with their platelets or a person who is postoperative.
Your Good Health: Patient diagnosed with COVID without testing

Your Good Health: Patient diagnosed with COVID without testing

During times of high prevalence, pretty much everyone you see with respiratory symptoms has COVID.
Your Good Health: Extremely bad cough can be symptom of asthma

Your Good Health: Extremely bad cough can be symptom of asthma

A cough that lasts for years could be due to several possibilities
Your Good Health: Rectal cancer treatment side-effects challenging

Your Good Health: Rectal cancer treatment side-effects challenging

The dose of radiation is quite high compared to some other cancers
Your Good Health: Growth on palm bothers retired mail carrier

Your Good Health: Growth on palm bothers retired mail carrier

Palmar fibromatosis is a benign thickening of the connective tissue in the hand that can cause fingers to curl and become difficult to straighten.
Your Good Health: Can Tylenol be taken for arthritis pain?

Your Good Health: Can Tylenol be taken for arthritis pain?

Acetaminophen isn't helping pain due to osteoarthritis in my husband's neck. Is it OK to take Aleve or ibuprofen instead?