Collagen is a protein that is part of cartilage, bone, and other tissues in animals and humans. People use collagen from chickens for medicine. Chicken collagen is used to treat joint pain associated with many types of arthritis and surgery, as well as back pain, neck pain, and pain following injury.
Hemophilia is diagnosed with blood tests to determine if clotting factors are missing or at low levels, and which ones are causing the problem. If you have a family history of hemophilia, it is important that your doctors know the clotting factor your relatives are missing. You will probably be missing the same one.
A pulse oximeter indicates the level of oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin in the blood, referred to as SpO2. The test is usually performed on the index finger, measurements being taken at the capillary level. Results can be used to diagnose poor binding between oxygen and hemoglobin, or other hematological problems.