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Thursday, September 30, 2010

What is Leiomyomata? Will i live?

Leiomyomata is the plural of Leiomyoma. Now you're asking: What the heck is Leiomyoma?
Leiomyoma derives from greek: Leio=smooth, My(Myos)=Muscle, Oma=Tumor, swelling.
So we are talking about a tumor of the smooth muscle. Thank god, in this case the tumor is a Benign one (From Italian: Benign(Bene)=Good).
The most frequent case of leiomyoma is that of the "Leiomyoma of the uterus".
Leiomyomata

Can I get rid of Psoriasis?

So, you had some embarrassing skin lesions, and you went to the doctor, and after some tests he stated that you have Psoriasis. I think you know how you felt. "Psoriasis? Is that a word?"
And than you started asking god (well, i meant Google) what is psoriasis and how could you turn your old beautiful skin back!
get rid of psoriasis

The therapy of Psoriasis varies from the gravity of your lesions. I'll make it simple:
You have some small skin lesions, You use Topic preparations;
You have large skin lesions, you start Systemic therapy.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

This is the spleen of a person who suffers from thalassemia!


Splenectomy does not cure the disease, or last the life of the patient! It is a treatment targeted in prolonging the life of red blood cells, so that the patient can have a longer time without transfusion. However, your doctor should tell you that after removing your spleen, you are more prone to infections!

Will Benign prostatic hyperplasia be life threatening for me?

First of all, your disease is not a disease. Yes, it's true. Every man's prostate grows continually, and there comes an age, when this starts to disturb urination. This disturbance is related to the blocking of your urinary duct that is inside of your prostate. By the age of 80, 75 % have disturbing symptoms from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia!!!
This condition has other names, because of non coherence of various urologists. It can be called:
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
Benign enlargement of the prostate 
Adenofibromyomatous hyperplasia

Will I Live?
Yes, of course! You should have known it from the name BENIGN (Italian: Bene=Good). This condition is not life threatening, and can be totally cured. There are some little risks although. For example:
If your urine is blocked for a long time, there is a risk that your bladder germs go up to the kidneys, and cause a Pyelonefritis. It's a serious condition!
Also, if a doctor chooses to place a catheter in your urinary duct to the bladder, it should't be kept for long, as it can cause Serious Infections.
If you are placed under surgery, your prostate will be gone forever. If you are in a fertile age, be sure to COMMAND the doctor to take some more time with your spermatic ducts!!!!

Watch an example of prostate mini invasive surgery:

I am diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), will i live?

Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a frequent cancer of the blood cells. It's frequency increases with the increasing of age. Before treatment existed this type of cancer was totally mortal, and with the therapy that is used nowadays, its survival rate is bigger, up to 90 % in case of Acute promyelocitic leukemia. It is thought that one of the main causes of this Leukemia, is the BENZENE exposure.

So, lets start with the basics. As of the FAB classification, your disease can be classified in 8 groups, from AML-M0 to AML-M7.
The worst prognosis is AML-M0, and the best prognosis is AML-M3.