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Drug manufacturers have a duty to make sure that medications they sell are not unreasonably dangerous and contain sufficient warnings about dangerous side effects so that physicians and patients can evaluate the risks and benefits before taking the medication. In many cases pharmaceutical companies fail to take simple steps to protect consumers when they place profits before people’s safety.
A Breast Lump

A breast lump is swelling, a growth, or a lump in the breast.

Breast lumps in both men and women raise concern for breast cancer, even though most lumps are not cancer.

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A change in the pattern or severity of migraine headaches

A migraine is a common type of headache that may occur with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light. In many people, a throbbing pain is felt only on one side of the head.

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Abscesses

An abscess is a collection of pus in any part of the body that, in most cases, causes swelling and inflammation around it.

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Bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is a cancer that starts in the bladder. The bladder is the body part that holds and releases urine. It is in the center of the lower belly area.

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Bleeding of the kidneys

It can be hard for doctors to pinpoint where the bleeding is originating, because the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra are all connected. Common causes of hematuria are infection of the urinary tract, or abrasions in the urinary tract caused by kidney and bladder stones.

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Blood clots

A blood clot is a thickened mass in the blood formed by tiny substances called platelets. Clots form to stop bleeding, such as at the site of cut. But clots should not form when blood is moving through the body; when clots form inside blood vessels or when blood has a tendency to clot too much, serious health problems can occur.

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Bone fractures

A medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone. A bone fracture can be the result of high force impact or stress, or trivial injury as a result of certain medical conditions that weaken the bones.

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Brain hemorrhaging

Bleeding within the brain. Brain hemorrhage is also known as cerebral hemorrhage or intracerebral hemorrhage. Cerebral (brain) hemorrhage can occur inside the brain, between the brain and the membranes that cover it (subdural), between the layers of the brain's covering (subarachnoid), or between the skull and the covering of the brain (epidural).

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Cancer of the reproductive organs and breast

Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells are also called malignant cells.

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Cardiopulmonary arrest

Failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death.

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Chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea, sweating, general ill feeling

If you are a woman who is experiencing symptoms that you think might be related to your heart, you need to see a doctor. Here are some of the ways in which the symptoms of heart disease experienced by women can differ from the symptoms experienced by men.

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Chronic pain

Chronic pain is pain that has lasted for a long time. In medicine, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has traditionally been determined by an arbitrary interval of time since onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since onset.

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Congestive heart failure

Heart failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body.

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Damage to organs

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Death

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism. the body.

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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a condition in which a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one or more of the deep veins in your body, usually in your legs. Deep vein thrombosis can cause leg pain, but often occurs without any symptoms.

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Ectopic pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs outside the womb (uterus). It is a life-threatening condition to the mother. The baby (fetus) cannot survive.

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Erosion through the vaginal epithelium

A cervical erosion is a raw-looking granular appearance on the cervix. It occurs when the inner lining of the cervical canal (columnar epithelium) comes out onto the part of the cervix that can be visualised with a speculum. It appears as a red, velvet-like area.

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Gallbladder disease

The symptoms vary widely from discomfort to severe pain which mainly begins after food. In severe cases the patient can suffer from jaundice, nausea and fever.

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Gastrointestinal (GI) bleed

Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is bleeding in the digestive tract.

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Heart attack

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart is blocked for a long enough time that part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies. The medical term for this is myocardial infarction.

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Heart problems

Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of different diseases affecting the heart.

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High blood pressure and heart disease

A common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater).

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Infection

Invasion and multiplication of microorganisms in body tissues, especially that causing local cellular injury due to competitive metabolism, toxins, intracellular replication, or antigen-antibody response.

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Infections and pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a general term for infection of the uterus lining, fallopian tubes, or ovaries.

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Infertility

Infertility means you cannot make a baby (conceive).

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Internal bleeding

Internal bleeding: Bleeding inside the body that is not seen from the outside. Internal bleeding occurs when damage to an artery or vein allows blood to escape the circulatory system and collect inside the body. The internal bleeding may occur within tissues, organs, or in cavities of the body including the head, chest, and abdomen. Examples of other potential sites of bleeding include the eye, lining tissues of the heart, muscles, and joints. Internal bleeding may not be evident for many hours after it begins, and symptoms occur when there is significant blood loss or if a blood clot is large enough to compress an organ and prevent it from functioning properly.

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Islocation of the implant

When the metal component detaches from the hip.

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Lactic acidosis

Lactic acidosis is when lactic acid builds ups in the bloodstream faster than it can be removed. Lactic acid is produced when oxygen levels in the body drop.

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Lipid metabolism and inflammation of the pancreas

The major aspects of lipid metabolism are involved with Fatty Acid Oxidation to produce energy or the synthesis of lipids which is called Lipogenesis. Lipid metabolism is closely connected to the metabolism of carbohydrates which may be converted to fats.

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Liver tumors

Liver tumors or hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver (medical terms pertaining to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar). Several distinct types of tumors can develop in the liver because the liver is made up of various cell types. These growths can be benign or malignant (cancerous). They may be discovered on medical imaging (even for a different reason than the cancer itself), or may be present in patients as an abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, abdominal pain, jaundice, or some other liver dysfunction.

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Loosening of the metal implant

Separating from the bone.

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Low blood pressure

Some experts define low blood pressure as readings lower than 90 systolic or 60 diastolic — you need to have only one number in the low range for your blood pressure to be considered lower than normal. In other words, if your systolic pressure is a perfect 115, but your diastolic pressure is 50, you're considered to have lower than normal pressure.

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Metabolic alkalosis

Metabolic alkalosis is a pH imbalance in which the body has accumulated too much of an alkaline substance, such as bicarbonate, and does not have enough acid to effectively neutralize the effects of the alkali.

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Ovarian Cancer

The American Cancer Society estimates that 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year, and over 14,000 will die from the disease. Although ovarian cancer is rare, it is one of the deadliest cancers because symptoms are mild and vague, which tends to delay diagnosis until it is difficult or impossible to cure.

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Muscle injury

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Nausea, upper stomach pain, itching, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice

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Pain during sex and resulting loss of libido

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Pain, swelling, warmth, or redness in one or both leg

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Pelvic and vaginal pain

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Perforation of the bladder, blood vessels and bowels during the Insertion procedure

Generally occurs during the procedure which inserts the device

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Perforations or obstructions of intestines

Generally occurs during the procedure which inserts the device

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Pseudotumors

Pseudotumor cerebri (SOO-doh-too-mur SER-uh-bry) occurs when the pressure inside your skull (intracranial pressure) increases for no obvious reason. Symptoms mimic those of a brain tumor, but no tumor is present. Pseudotumor cerebri can occur in children and adults, but it's most common in obese women of childbearing age.

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Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot camera. In most cases, the clots are small and are not deadly, but they can damage the lung. But if the clot is large and stops blood flow to the lung, it can be deadly. Quick treatment could save your life or reduce the risk of future problems.

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Recurrence of incontinence or prolapse

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) coexist in up to 80 percent of women with pelvic floor dysfunction. While these conditions are often concurrent, one may be mild or asymptomatic. Women without symptoms of SUI who undergo surgery for prolapse are at risk for postoperative urinary incontinence. SUI may also worsen after prolapse repair.

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Stroke

A stroke happens when blood flow to a part of the brain stops. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack.

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Sudden and severe headache, confusion, problems with vision, speech, or balance

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Sudden cough, wheezing, rapid breathing, coughing up blood

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Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body

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Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet

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Symptoms of depression (sleep problems, weakness, tired feeling, mood changes)

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Ulcers in the digestive track

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Uterine wall embedment

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Vaginal scarring

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Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease that includes both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). It is a common, lethal disorder that affects hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients, recurs frequently, is often overlooked, and results in long-term complications including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTPH) and the post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS).

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How can you seek compensation?

An Experienced Law Firm Can:

  • Help you recover medical expenses and lost income from all responsible parties.
  • Help you obtain records, case information, legal documents and photographs related to your case.
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  • Provide expert witnesses that have testified in similar Personal Injury cases that will help with your settlement.
  • Help educate you about your case and the state laws involved.
  • Make sure that your Personal Injury case is filed within the statute of limitations for your state.
  • Litigation is complicated and can involve large sums of money. A personal injury lawyer can make sure that you get compensation.
  • Can usually tell within a few minutes whether they can help you, and if they can't, maybe direct you to someone who can.

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