What is contraindication?

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  1. Piedmont Heart Institute
     
    Piedmont Heart Institute answered:

    Contraindication is a symptom or medical condition that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable because a person is likely to have a bad reaction. For example, having a bleeding disorder is a contraindication for taking aspirin because treatment with aspirin may cause excess bleeding.

    This answer is based on source information from National Cancer Institute.

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