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Treatments Overview Articles

Molluscum contagiosum
In people with normal immune systems, the disorder usually goes away on its own over a period of months to years. Persons with a comprimised immune system (such as AIDS) may have a rapidly worse case of molluscum contagiosum. Individual lesions ma...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 17, 2007

Specific Treatments Articles

Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instruments to freeze and destroy abnormal or cancerous skin cells that require removal. The technique has been in use since the turn of the century, but modern techniques have made it widely available to dermatologists and primary care doctors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instrument to freeze and destroy abnormal skin cells that require removal. The technique has been in use since the turn of the century, but modern techniques have made it widely available to dermatologists and primary care doctors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instrument to freeze and destroy abnormal skin cells that require removal. The technique has been in use since the turn of the century, but modern techniques have made it widely available to dermatologists and primary care doctors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Curettage and Electrosurgery
Curettage is the surgical removal of growths or tissue from the wall of a body cavity or other surface, using a spoon-like instrument with a sharp edge called a curette. Electrosurgery is a procedure that cuts, destroys, or cauterizes tissue using a high-frequency electric current applied locally with a pencil-shaped metal instrument or needle.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Electrocauterization
Electrocauterization is the process of destroying tissue with electricity. A small probe with an electric current running through it is used to cauterize (burn or destroy) the tissue. The procedure is frequently used to stop bleeding .
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
Laser therapy
Laser therapy is any treatment using intense beams of light to precisely cut, burn, or destroy tissue. The term laser is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
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