When to Seek Medical Care. If you have the signs and symptoms of a coccyx injury or unexplained discomfort in the tailbone area, contact your doctor. It may be necessary for the doctor to decide if the injury is traumatic or if the pain is caused by other, more serious, problems.
Etymology: Gk, nekros + philein, to love. 1 a morbid liking for being with dead bodies. 2 a morbid desire to have sexual contact with a dead body, usually of men to perform a sexual act with a dead woman. necrophile, necrophiliac, n. Sexuoeroticism that hinges on fantasies about or actual sexual interactions with a corpse; the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviours cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious intestinal illness in babies. Necrotizing means damage and death of cells. Entero refers to the intestine. Colitis means inflammation of the colon (lower part of the intestine). Although NEC may develop in any newborn, most cases occur in premature babies and in up to 5 percent of babies in newborn intensive care units.