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Dry socket

This painful condition can happen after tooth removal. A blood clot where the tooth was removed does not form, comes out or dissolves before wound healing.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)

Noninvasive breast cancer often has no symptoms. Find out about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of this form of breast cancer.
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Dumping syndrome

People who have had stomach or weight-loss surgery can develop dumping syndrome, which causes cramping, diarrhea and, sometimes, low blood sugar.
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Learn about these complex genetic disorders that cause problems with connective tissue in the skin, joints and blood vessel walls.
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Eisenmenger syndrome

This complication of an unrepaired congenital heart defect needs to be watched closely. Learn how treatment can help manage symptoms.
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End-stage renal disease

When kidneys no longer function well enough to meet a body's needs, treatment involves kidney dialysis or kidney transplant.
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Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)

Learn about what your spleen does and what can happen if it becomes enlarged.
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Epithelioid sarcoma

This rare, slow-growing soft tissue cancer tends to occur in teenagers and young adults. It often starts in a hand, wrist, arm or leg.
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Esophageal spasms

This digestive condition is sometimes mistaken for heart pain. Learn about symptoms and treatment for these painful contractions in the esophagus.
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Ewing sarcoma

Learn about diagnosis and treatment of this bone and soft tissue cancer, including chemotherapy, radiation, proton beam therapy and limb-saving surgery.
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Febrile seizure

These frightening but generally harmless seizures are triggered by a fever and affect infants and young children.
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Female sexual dysfunction

Learn more about what causes these sexual problems and possible treatments, including medicines.

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