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… Nerve Block for Pain Relief On this page: Treatment Overview What … Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview A nerve block relieves pain by interrupting how pain signals are …
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… Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Anesthesia On this page: Overview Overview A peripheral nerve block is a shot of numbing medicine around a specific nerve …
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… Heart Block On this page: Health Tools What is heart block? Heart block refers to an abnormality in the way electricity passes …
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… Childbirth: Pudendal Block On this page: Treatment Overview … can be given through the vaginal wall and into the pudendal nerve in the pelvis. This numbs the area between the vagina … can be given through the vaginal wall and into the pudendal nerve in the pelvis. This numbs the area between the vagina …
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… Spinal Block for Childbirth On this page: Treatment Overview Side … Information Treatment Overview Spinal anesthesia (spinal block) is a way to control pain using anesthetic medicine. … of feeling and muscle control below the waist. A spinal block is often used for an assisted delivery (such as a …
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… Blocked Tear Ducts On this page: What is a blocked tear duct? Tears normally drain from the eye through … stretch from the eye into the nose. If a tear duct becomes blocked or fails to open, tears cannot drain from the eye …
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… Blocked Eustachian Tubes On this page: What are blocked eustachian tubes? The eustachian (say … ear. The pressure outside the ear gets too high. This blockage causes ear pain and sometimes trouble hearing. What …
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… Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy On this page: Treatment … Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview Nerve stimulator devices for epilepsy send electrical … The signals prevent or decrease seizures. The vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) is implanted under the skin, near …
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… Nerve Ablation for Chronic Pain On this page: What is nerve ablation? The destruction (also called ablation) of … to your brain. You will have a test that uses a nerve block , which numbs specific nerves, to help your doctor …
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… Pinched Nerve In or Near the Elbow On this page: Overview Overview A pinched nerve (nerve entrapment) in or near the elbow can cause elbow pain, …
