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Joroba detrás de los hombros - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Joroba de búfalo; Acumulación de grasa dorsocervical

Cuidados en el hogar:

Si la joroba es ocasionada por cierto medicamento, el médico puede solicitar la suspensión de éste o cambiar la dosis. Nunca se debe dejar de tomar un medicamento sin consultar primero con el médico.

La dieta y el ejercicio pueden ayudar a la persona a bajar de peso y pueden aliviar algunas jorobas debidas a la obesidad extrema.

Se debe llamar al médico si:

Solicite una cita con el médico si tiene una giba o joroba inexplicable detrás de los hombros.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y hará preguntas acerca de la historia clínica y los síntomas. Las preguntas pueden ser:

  • ¿Qué medicamentos toma?
  • ¿Cuántos años tiene?
  • ¿Le han hecho alguna vez una evaluación para osteoporosis?
  • ¿Qué otros síntomas tiene?

Algunos de los exámenes diagnósticos que se pueden realizar son:

El tratamiento estará orientado al problema que causó la acumulación de grasa en primer lugar.

  • Reviewed last on: 10/18/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Nieman LK. Adrenal cortex. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 245.

Stewart PM. The adrenal cortex. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 14.

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