Evidence-based health information from THE WELLS medical team — regenerative medicine, anti-aging, pain & joint care, hair restoration, and women's health.
Dr. Lucia Hue-Fontaine, an endocrinologist practicing in France, visited The Wells Clinic Jamsil in Seoul to discuss the present and future of wellness medicine with Dr. Kim Joomin.
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ReadIf your finger catches in a bent position every morning and only clicks free when you straighten it with your other hand, you are experiencing the characteristic locking of trigger finger syndrome. These symptoms appear because the flexor tendon catches as it passes through the A1 pulley at the base of the finger.
방아쇠수지증후군 · 방아쇠수지 · 손가락 걸림 · A1 활차
ReadIf, after falling on your bottom or giving birth, you feel a sharp twinge at the very bottom of the center of your buttocks every time you sit in a chair, the pain is coming at the moment your weight bears down on your tailbone. The typical pattern of tailbone pain is pain in the midline just below the sacrum and above the anus that gets worse as you get up from sitting.
꼬리뼈통증 · 미골통 · 잠실 도수치료 · 꼬리뼈 통증
ReadIf washing your face brings a jolt of electric-like pain from your cheek to your gums, and brushing or a gust of cold air sets off the same pain again, you need to tell trigeminal neuralgia felt around the teeth apart from a toothache. A typical case: one morning, while washing their face, someone feels a shock-like pain shoot from the cheek toward the gums and stops mid-motion; the same pattern follows brushing or cold air, yet the dental exam and X-rays show no clear abnormality…
삼차신경통 · 삼차신경통 증상 · 잠실 두통 · 얼굴 신경통
ReadIf your thumb through middle finger goes numb every night and wakes you, you may suspect carpal tunnel syndrome, in which the median nerve is compressed inside the wrist. Quite a few office workers in their 40s have only occasional daytime tingling, then burning numbness at dawn that disrupts sleep and eases only after they shake their hands hard…
손목터널증후군 · 손목터널증후군 증상 · 손 저림 · 정중신경
ReadForward head posture is a common cervical spine problem among office workers and students who sit at a desk for more tha…
ReadPeople looking into high-dose vitamin C IV therapy because fatigue lingers even after rest usually start with one question: if they already take vitamin C, is there any reason to give it through a vein? Many people turn to IV therapy because their lethargy does not lift even with steady vitamin C intake from meals and tablets. The most basic difference between oral intake and IV administration lies in how the body absorbs it and the blood concentration that results…
고용량 비타민C 수액 · 고용량비타민C · 면역 수액 · 피로회복 수액
ReadIf your neck feels stiff and heavy despite a normal X-ray, muscle tension that doesn't show up on bone imaging may be the cause. Plain X-rays mainly show bone shape, fractures, and vertebral alignment, not tension in the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments, so the discomfort you feel every day is real even when the scan looks fine.
뒷목통증 · 뒷목 뻣뻣 · 목 통증 원인 · 상부경추 턱관절
ReadPeople considering TMS for insomnia often need clear answers about how many weeks the treatment requires, which part of the head is stimulated, and when to judge whether sleep has actually improved. TMS for insomnia is not a single session but a process of adjusting brain nerve cell excitability over repeated visits at set intervals.
불면증치료 · TMS치료 · 불면증 TMS · 불면증 TMS 회차
ReadPeople who dim lights and avoid noise during a one-sided, throbbing headache often wonder whether flashing lights and nausea belong to the same condition. If the pain pulses on one side while nausea sets in and even mild light or sound becomes hard to tolerate, migraine is more likely than tension-type headache. Doctors also look at how long an attack lasts and whether everyday activity, like walking or climbing stairs, makes it worse.
편두통 · 편두통 전조 · 편두통 증상 · 갱년기 편두통
ReadIf one side of the back of your pelvis hurts when you stand up from sitting, pain from the sacroiliac joint needs to be told apart from pain coming from the lower back. This article explains what the exam and tests check, the order of treatment at THE WELLS Jamsil, and how to manage the area after the pain improves.
천장관절증후군 · 천장관절 통증 · 엉치뼈 통증 · 골반 뒤 통증
ReadThis article explains why lumbar disc herniation causes leg tingling, how to distinguish it from other causes like spinal stenosis, and outlines the step-by-step conservative treatment approach along with the situations that call for discussing surgery.
허리디스크 · 요추 추간판 탈출증 · 허리디스크 다리 저림 · 허리디스크 비수술 치료
ReadIf eyelid twitching continues despite taking magnesium, look beyond how long it has lasted and examine the extent of the twitching and whether the eye closes involuntarily. This post explains the difference between fatigue-related twitching and hemifacial spasm or blepharospasm, and what to expect during a medical evaluation.
눈밑떨림 · 안검경련 · 반측안면경련 · 눈떨림 원인
ReadThis post outlines the clinical findings that separate essential tremor from Parkinson's disease when a hand shakes, along with how doctors check whether a medication could be causing the tremor and when additional testing is needed.
본태성 떨림 · 파킨슨병 감별 · 손떨림 진찰 · 약물 유발 파킨슨증
ReadFor those who fall asleep easily but worry about waking up in the middle of the night, what matters is how long the waking period lasts after falling asleep, not just the fact of waking. Even if you fall asleep fine, prolonged awakening after waking up can shorten actual sleep time and create a sleep maintenance problem, so early-morning waking should be assessed by how the awakening unfolds rather than by whether it happened at all.
새벽에 깨는 잠 · 수면 유지 장애 · 자율신경 · 불면
ReadThe spinning sensation and the unsteadiness felt while walking recover at different speeds. Severe spinning usually settles within a few days, but instability when turning the head or walking can linger for several more weeks.
전정신경염 · 어지럼증 · 안진검사 · 전정 재활
ReadIf pain on the inside of the elbow worsens when you bend your wrist, rotate your forearm inward, or grip tightly, first reduce wrist angles, grip force, and the duration of continuous work rather than stopping work entirely. Requiring people who must continue using their arms to rest completely may make the pain more likely to recur with the same movements after they return to work.
내측상과염 · 골프엘보 · 팔꿈치 안쪽 통증
ReadIf you're deciding between a "garlic injection" and a "vitamin injection" for fatigue, you probably want to know what's actually in each one first. "Garlic injection" doesn't mean garlic is added—the name comes from a garlic-like smell some people notice during infusion. Rather than choosing based on the nickname alone, check whether your current condition actually calls for the ingredients involved.
마늘주사 · 백옥주사 · 비타민주사 · 영양수액
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