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Of the two reflexes, teeth grinding is more common during sleep. Grinding can also be caused by certain medications, such as those used to treat anxiety and depression, a misaligned jaw joint (called the TMJ), or may be an indicator of an airway obstruction such as a deviated septum or enlarged nasal turbinates.
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Over the years, the accumulated toll of bruxing can produce a wide range of damage that includes: • Front teeth worn down so they are flat and even in length. • Micro-cracks and broken fillings, eventually leading to nerve damage. • Teeth ground down to the dentin, causing sensitivity to heat and cold. • Gum recession, due to pressure on the gum line. • Loose teeth, caused by the rocking effect of bruxing, and gum pockets, also produced by the back-and-forth rocking effect. • Headache and aching jaws due to overuse of muscles.
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Alopecia Areata – From hair loss to hope Brought to you by - Brent Taylor, MD Imagine that you are a young person in today’s social media blanketed culture. Filters and editing software make everyone’s everything seem better than reality. Despite trying to base your selfworth in your character and actions, it can be hard to ignore the constant flood of appearance-focused filtered media…. Consider this, and then imagine that you develop alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is a hair loss disorder in which the immune system attacks hair follicles – the part of the skin that grows hair. Different patterns of hair loss can occur. Sometimes, the entire scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes and other hair is affected. Sometimes hair grows back, but sometimes one is constantly affected by partial or total baldness. The emotional impact of hair loss is real. Some people affected by alopecia areata are able to hide their bald patches with wigs or extensions. Others choose to shave their heads, make constant use of hats or juggle questions about their hair or lack thereof. Exercise, dating, job interviews, and even daily errands pose challenges and can result in embarrassment and heartache. A recent assault of comedian Chris Rock by actor Will Smith brought alopecia into the mainstream news. Although Mr. Smith’s assault was unacceptable, the depression, anxiety and identity-altering effects of hair loss are often underestimated. Alopecia areata has no universally effective treatment. Patients often receive reasonably effective steroid injections
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How to ensure a non-healing wound heals Brought to you by - Dr. Ricardo Duran, Medical Director of the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center The process of healing after the skin is injured is complex. There are multiple factors involved, such as how the wound happened, where and how deep the wound is, tissues involved, nutritional status, other medical conditions, medications, complicating factors and genetics. Wounds also have different stages throughout their lives. The mission of the wound care provider as a good investigator is to gather all the clues to find the nature of DURAN the wound, stage and the factors impeding the process of healing. With this, it is possible to design a plan and treatment strategy to solve the controllable factors. In most cases, complicated wounds are stuck in the inflammation phase and will need intervention to heal.
Debridement of wounds, or the removal of damaged tissue, is a key factor in healing. The body does not respond well to chronic wounds, and our body’s healing capacity has limitations. Debridement helps by removing dead tissues, decreasing bacteria on the wound, increasing growth factors, decreasing inflammation and turning a chronic wound into an acute wound. This restarts the healing process. A chronic wound is like war. No matter what the triggering factor is for the war, the first step is to win the battle against the invading enemy, which in this case is bacteria or infection. The immune system will act like the “soldiers” defending the wound. The strategy in this stage is to clear the infection, if present, through systemic and topical anti-infectives. Anti-infective dressings with different levels of moisture management should be used depending on what the wound requires. Debridement helps to remove the enemy, or infection. Once we win the battle, we need to start cleaning the debris from the wound. The immune system is now the “garbage collector” of the debris. We can
help this process through debridement and specialty dressings. Only after the battle is over and the field is clean, can we finally start the reconstruction and the process of healing. Now the body can bring its “construction workers.” The provider then recreates how our tissues live under normal conditions. This makes a big difference between healing through normal tissue regeneration and scarring. It is not just about closing the wound — it is how we close the wound. This is a complex treatment plan designed by the wound care specialist with the goal of successfully healing wounds efficiently. At Wellstar North Fulton Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine, our holistic approach treats the whole patient, not just the hole in the patient. We treat wounds including burns, ulcers, trauma wounds and bone or tissue infections. Call (770) 751-2830 to book an appointment at our office inside Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center.
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