Question 1

my wife has macromastia. can she get a reduction?

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Yes: The question becomes if insurance feels she meets the criteria for a medically necessary reduction due to documentation of back, neck, shoulder pain, skin rashes, etc.  If not, she still may be a good candidate for reduction as a cosmetic type procedure.  Just need to find a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in your area for an evaluation.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: macromastia?

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Very Large Breast: Excessive size of the mammary glands (woman's breast).  This can be very uncomfortable and cause serious back problems.  Many women find surgical reduction very much needed.

Question 3

what number of cases of macromastia are there- macromastia is a medical condition?

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Macromastia: Macromastia or breasts hypertrophy could be a genetic/developmental/weight gain condition. Best to be seen in person by a boarded Plastic Surgeon. Is this a medical condition depends on your outlook. Some want large breasts while others do not?????

Question 4

can you tell me how is macromastia a rare condition if there are hundreds of pornstars with excessively large breasts?

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Be aware: that breast augmentation is a relatively common surgery.

Question 5

what causes add?

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Don't really know: The actual cause of adhd is really unknown. Spect scans have been able to show abnormalities in the frontal lobe of those with adhd, but this doesn't explain cause. It is believed to be a chemical, rather than purely a behavioral disorder. Theories on cause are endless from diet, genetics, vitamin deficiency, toxin exposure, fetus development, etc.

Question 6

what causes shocking pains

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Nerve irritation: Usually "electric shock" type pains have a component of nerve irritation involved.

Question 7

what causes a wound to weep?

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Swelling: Not a lot of information from your question. Going to presume the weeping is clear liquid in which case it's likely that the wound is near a swollen limb such as a venous ulcer of the leg. Need to control the swelling with a compressive bandage to affect healing.

Question 8

what causes hoffa's disease?

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Hoffa's Disease: "It is probably caused by repetitive micro trauma resulting in inflammatory, haemorrhagic and fibrous changes to Hoffa's fat pad. The final outcome of the disease is an osteochondroma."  REF:   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211568414002009

Question 9

what causes reye's syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Reye's syndrome: in children, which comes from giving aspirin to a child during a viral infection. Unfortunately, most over-the-counter (OTC) analgesic medications have not been specifically approved for children and frequently carry warnings against using these drugs in children under 16 years of age.

Question 10

what causes wilson's disease?

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Genetic defect: Wilson disease is a defect in the bodies handling of copper ingested in the diet.A gene is inherited from both asymptomatic  carrier parents that encodes the wrong information on copper metablolism.The proper carrier protein that is supposed to bind and take copper to be removed is not formed. Over time the copper begins to accumulate in tissues in toxic amounts.

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