If the pain becomes persistent or severe, she takes painkillers. She needs them about once every three months. Dr Loo says most young adults with degenerative disc disease do not require surgery.

Degenerative mitral valve disease is common. Up to a quarter of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease may be asymptomatic despite having severe valve regurgitation. Current guideline ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(12):3859-3867. Degenerative disc disease is one of today's most common and costly medical conditions. Marked by the gradual erosion of cartilage between the ...

The prevalence and impact of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR) is unknown. We aimed to determine whether RVD assessed by echocardiography in routine ...

At the L5/S1 level, 58% were found to have an element of disc displacement, most of which were disc bulges. Compared with changes seen in the normal population (non-athletes) as described in the ...

It is the most common valve disease in Western countries, where its prevalence increases with age, reaching about 3% after the age of 75. The burden of AS is high and is expected to double within the ...

An equally important reason for the early discovery of patients with "abdominal" hepatolenticular degeneration ... Disease as a Clinical Entity All 5 of the patients described above suffered from ...

She never fully recovered from the hip surgery, and severe pain began in her tailbone ... she wishes she could play with her sons again. The degenerative disease could lead to permanent nerve ...

Discrimination between degeneration and axSpA lesions is very well possible with little overlap between degenerative and axSpA readings. More than 70% of the patients suspected of axSpA have ...