This open tunnel connects the rectum and vagina, allowing gas or stool to pass into the vagina. Learn about rectovaginal fistula treatment and self-care.
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Priapism
Understand the symptoms, possible causes and treatment of prolonged erection of the penis, including when to seek emergency care.
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Arteriosclerosis / atherosclerosis
Learn about the symptoms, causes and treatments for hardening of the arteries.
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Bullous pemphigoid
Learn about the symptoms, treatment and self-care strategies for the itchy blisters of this skin condition that affects older adults.
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome
A shingles outbreak can affect the facial nerve near one of your ears, potentially causing facial paralysis and hearing loss.
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Bee sting
Learn about symptoms, treatment, self-care tips and prevention of bee stings, which in some people cause severe allergic reaction.
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Sepsis
Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of sepsis, a serious infection-related illness.
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Intestinal obstruction
A blocked intestine needs prompt medical care. Learn about symptoms and the wide range of causes for this serious but treatable digestive disorder.
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Transverse myelitis
This neurological disorder occurs when a section of the spinal cord is inflamed, causing pain, weakness, sensory problems and dysfunction in the body.
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Sinus headaches
Sinus headaches are often to blame for headache with facial pain — but that pain might actually be a migraine.
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Sex headaches
Learn about the causes and treatment of this type of headache.
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Cough headaches
Often triggered by coughing and other types of straining, these headaches can be harmless or signal another problem in the brain.