Instructions to help you care for yourself after having lumbar fusion.

Hyperphosphatemia means there is too much phosphorus in the blood. If your child has this condition, he or she will need to make some dietary changes.

After surgery, your body needs time to recover. You will receive information about helping your body heal and what you can and cannot do. This sheet can help you know what to watch for and when to call your healthcare provider.

Waiting for biopsy results is never easy. But you will know your results within days. You may get the results during a follow-up visit with your provider. Or your provider may call you with the results.

During a sentinel node breast biopsy, your surgeon removes the first lymph node or nodes that cancer could reach. These are screened to see if cancer cells have traveled out of the breast.

Needle breast biopsies can be done in a healthcare provider's office or in an outpatient setting. A needle or special probe is used to remove samples through the skin.

A surgical breast biopsy is done to remove a small piece of tissue from the breast. This tissue is then sent to a lab to be studied. Most surgical breast biopsies are done in a hospital or clinic. They are performed on an outpatient basis.

A surgical breast biopsy needs an incision in the skin. This allows your healthcare provider to take a large piece of tissue from the breast. Sometimes the whole lump is removed.

These steps can help you stay comfortable during treatment of a vaginal infection. They also help prevent vaginal infections in the future.

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection. Both partners need to be treated.