Mercury contamination at Minamata, for example, caused terrible nerve damage among residents during the 1970s.
They also recommended using shorter implants to guard against the risk of nerve damage.
He is unlikely to suffer brain damage, but there is the potential for nerve damage.
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Spinal fusion surgery has a 17% complication rate, including infections and, in rare cases, nerve damage.
The furthest along is a treatment for the lower-leg nerve damage caused by diabetes.
Seeking subsequent treatment for the lingering discomfort, he was told he had suffered nerve damage.
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Sanika was born in Portsmouth in July with nerve damage caused by birth trauma to her shoulders.
Various chemo drugs and interleukin-2 produced nerve damage and other nasty side effects and didn't solve the problem.
Surgeons are learning how to remove the prostate without causing the problematic nerve damage which was inevitable in the past.
Right now, it would never be used in this indication, because it is injected intravenously and can cause nerve damage.
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Lattimore said there was a nervous minute where they worried about nerve damage, about the possibility of losing a leg.
If there is no nerve damage, Kaplan says, doctors will probably get Ware up and moving the day after surgery.
Originally an epilepsy medication, Neurontin wound up being used mostly for treating other disorders, particularly pain caused by nerve damage.
The 68-year-old diabetic, who suffers from neuropathy (nerve damage), claimed these were vital and his check-up should not have been cancelled.
The research team recommended that clinicians give all patients adequate consent and made them aware of the risk of nerve damage.
The method is being examined in a diverse number of other contexts, including to help relieve symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nerve damage.
The teen had been in critical condition, but doctors removed the bullet and she has no major brain or nerve damage.
Unfortunately, the operation often causes nerve damage which can make it nigh-on-impossible for men to achieve erection afterwards, or maintain complete control over urination.
Phil developed nerve damage in his hand which caused a constant tremor, which prevented him from working in his preferred style: pointillism.
Each year only about 150 people in the U.S. are infected with leprosy, a bacterial disease that can lead to nerve damage and disfigurement.
Although Neurontin was originally approved as an epilepsy drug, doctors often prescribed it for pain due to nerve damage from diabetes or other illnesses.
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Mrs Leggatt told the trial that her wounds had healed, but she had scarring and nerve damage, and shotgun pellets remained in her leg .
Left untreated, it can progress to nerve damage in some patients.
Despite the possibility of nerve damage (or perhaps in ignorance of it), many people are willing to take the risk of treating themselves with thalidomide.
Doctors diagnosed her with complete nerve damage in her left ear.
"Sadly people with diabetes are at much greater risk of developing complications like foot ulcers, infections and nerve damage, " Diabetes UK clinical adviser Zoe Harrison said.
John Cavanagh, of the charity Spinal Research, said any work that could potentially yield a new therapy for people with nerve damage would be good news.
Michelle Chapman, 45, from Melton, went to the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in May 2007 with suspected cauda equina syndrome - a type of nerve damage.
Heart attacks and strokes, kidney failure, nerve damage, blindness and vascular problems leading to amputation are among the long-term complications when the disease isn't well controlled.
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