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Complications List

Complications could include:
  • Chronic pain
  • Localized Infection
  • Neurological Disorders

Complications Overview Articles

Human Bite Infections
The prognosis depends on the location of the bite and whether it was caused by a child or an adult. Bites caused by children rarely become infected because they are usually shallow. Between 15 and 30 percent of bites caused by adults become infect...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Human Bite Infections
The prognosis depends on the location of the bite and whether it was caused by a child or an adult. Bites caused by children rarely become infected because they are usually shallow. Between 15–30% of bites caused by adults become infected, w...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy is a disorder caused by damage to cranial nerve VII, involving sudden facial drooping and decreased ability to move the face.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Leprosy
Evidence of leprosy (Hansen ' s disease) has been detected in prehistoric human remains, and the disease has been described in Biblical and other historical records dating as far back as the 2nd millennium B.C.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Broken bone
If more pressure is put on a bone than it can stand, it will split or break. A break of any size is called a fracture. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open fracture (compound fracture). A stress fracture is a hairline crack in the bone that develops because of repeated or prolonged forces against the bone.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 7, 2007
Fractures
A fracture is a crack or break in a bone. It results from the application of excessive force through injuries, such as a fall or a hard blow.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Fractures
A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. A fracture usually results from traumatic injury to a bone, causing the continuity of bone tissues or bony cartilage to be disrupted or broken.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Fractures
A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. A fracture usually results from traumatic injury to bones causing the continuity of bone tissues or bony cartilage to be disrupted or broken.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Fractures
A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. An injury may be classified as a fracture-dislocation when a fracture involves the bony structures of any joint with associated dislocation of the same joint.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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