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Chronic granulomatous disease
Chronic granulomatous disease is a dysfunction of the immune system where white blood cells are unable to effectively swallow up and destroy bacteria. People with this disease are more prone to certain kinds of infections.
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What is chronic granulomatous disease typically?
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What are the tests for chronic granulomatous disease?
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What are the symptoms of chronic granulomatous disease?
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What can I try at home to treat chronic granulomatous disease?
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A 38-year old asked:
What sort of disease is chronic granulomatous disease (c.G.D.)?
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What symptoms usually go along with chronic granulomatous disease?
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Is there more than one good way to treat chronic granulomatous disease?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Chronic granulomatous disease?
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A 29-year old asked:
Is it possible for a child to grow out of chronic granulomatous disease?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have chronic granulomatous disease. Could you tell me what is good for that?
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A 45-year old asked:
A friend was just diagnosed with chronic granulomatous disease, is that a serious condition?
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A 39-year old asked:
Treatment options for chronic granulomatous disease? Thanks!
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A 33-year old asked:
My mother works long hours so I can go to college. When I ask about her, she says she likes to help me. Now she says her doctor told her weeks ago she has chronic granulomatous disease. What will that do to her?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Can an autoimmune diseases like Chronic granulomatous has any affect in the grown of uterine fibroid? just find out i have 5 CM fibroid in my uterus.
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A 54-year old female asked:
What does remote granulomatous disease in lungs mean?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Do we really need any treatment for granulomatous disease?
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A 35-year old asked:
What to do if I have hilar calcifications suggesting old granulomatous disease. what does it mean?
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A 32-year old female asked:
What is granulomatous disease? Is it related to ra?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you tell me what is granulomatous disease and how to differentiate it with auto-immune disorder.?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Had CT of chest and it said i had residues of old granulomatous disease what is that?
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A 50-year old asked:
What is granulomatous disease?
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A 49-year old female asked:
What does it mean when result say there are changes of old granulomatous disease?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Whats this mean? No dr to see, ordered b/c painful breathe. Multiple bilat noncalc pulm nod 3-4mm. Favors granulomatous process (disease wrote above)
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A 38-year old female asked:
Chest CT scan showed nodules are gone. Report also stated granulomatous disease. What does that mean? I don't have follow up until next week.
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A female asked:
I just had a chest x-ray that showed minimal old granulomatous disease. Could this cause shortness of breath with minimal exercise (walking up hill)?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I was just dx with old granulomatous disease per CT scan. Could this be caused from my 35 yr history of genital herpes?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Pathology result diagnosis necrotizing granulomatous lymphadenitis what is it? Could it be Hiv? They want me to see infectious disease doctor. Why?
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A 41-year old female asked:
CT of my T-spine shows evidence of granulomatous disease w/in chest w/calcified mediastinal & hilar lymph nodes. What does that mean? C Doc ASAP??
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A 32-year old female asked:
Abdominal CT incidentally found:sequela of granulomatous disease, calcified pulmonary granulomata, pleural parenchymal scarring at lung apices. From smoking (recent former smoker) or TB? never had pneumonia. PCP just said old infection. Worrisome? n
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A 18-year old female asked:
My brother died chronic granulomatous 8 years ago, as I am a girl I have been told i may be a carrier, could this stop me having children for good?
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