Introduction
A neurological disorder causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the face muscles called as Bell’s palsy .It occurs when nerve controls the facial muscles is inflamed or compressed.This disorder is also associated with influenza,high blood pressure,diabetes,tumors, headache,and ... Views: 1079
Psoriasis is a chronic, long term, skin disorder associated with scaling, itching and inflammation of the skin. It commonly affects elbows, scalp, knees, hands, feet or lower back. About 10% of people who diagnosed with psoriasis have also been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis which often may ... Views: 1397
A disorder in which the skin gets irritating red patches and the scaly lines appear on the skin than this condition is known as psoriasis. This disease is caused due to immune system and the symptoms vary. It is a long-term disease.
The prime cause of this disease is the immune system that does ... Views: 1513
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In today’s world, a person is judged by his face appearance and brain skills or ability of the brain to complete tasks in a proper manner. Combination of face and brainpower is required to maintain your space in the eyes of society. But, what if both face look and brain’s ability ... Views: 890
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'Radiculopathy' refers to a set of conditions marked by a 'pinched nerve' in the spine. In this condition, a nerve root in the spinal column gets compressed, because of which the functions of the nerve are hampered. The compression of a nerve in the spine leads to pain, numbness, or ... Views: 835
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Hemihyperthrophy or Overgrowth syndrome is a condition in which one side of the body grows inappropriately more than the other side of the body. The other name used for Hemihypertrophy is Hemihyperplasia. Usually, the facial features, upper extremities, or lower extremities are ... Views: 1004
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome is a clinical syndrome which is typically characterized by progressive renal failure. This syndrome is termed as micro angiopathy (disease of blood vessels) which is associated with hemolytic anemia (a type of anemia in which red blood cell destruction is ... Views: 839
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Central nervous system is the most complex and largest part of the nervous system. It plays a crucial role in aligning the activities of all body parts and at risk of getting affected by various diseases or disorders. From numerous disorders of the central nervous system, ... Views: 1168
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Systemic sclerosis is a generalized form of scleroderma which affects multiple organs at a time and if not treated timely can cause various complications. Here in this article we will be learning about causes, pathogenesis, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in ... Views: 1180
If you are suffering from unpredictable patchy hair loss, it's important to see to it as soon as possible!
Hair loss is one common complaint faced by the majority of citizens in a society. Be it the dumps of stress or the hormonal to nutritional malfunction, unpredictable hair loss is just so ... Views: 580
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Strongyloides infection is an infection caused by intestinal worms. Intestinal worms are one of the main types of intestinal parasites. This is the most common problem which makes abdominal pain and anal discomfort. Mainly children suffer from this disease. These parasites affect ... Views: 573
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Autoimmune Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain cells resulting from a condition where the body's immune system targets the healthy tissues of the brain & spinal cord. This disorder is manifested as both psychiatric and neurological symptoms. These symptoms may vary from ... Views: 611
Ulcerative colitis is a condition where ulcer formation occurs in the large intestine, which happens mostly due to any long standing inflammation of the colons. Common symptoms may include abdominal pain, anorectal bleeding and fluctuating bowel movements diarrhea and constipation). This ... Views: 634
Knee pain is a common problem that can occur due to many reasons. One such reason for the knee pain is knee injury. In general, knee injury is of many different types. Out of the many different types of knee injuries, injury on the medial side of the knee is the rare form of knee injury. In this ... Views: 1998
If you weigh less in the morning and high in the evening then it maybe a symptom of water retention. It causes swelling of legs, hands, face and stomach. Water or fluid retention or edema or it is simply described as an accumulation of water in the body organs which leads to the organ swelling. ... Views: 4964
Cystic acne is a type of acne that is severe in type and the pores in the skin formed become blocked then leading to infection and inflammation of the part. Cystic acne is the most serious type of acne among the types of acne. It develops when the cyst is formed deep beneath the skin.
Pimples ... Views: 874
Obesity is a great cause of concern these days. Because, overweight can lead to a lot of serious ailments like heart attacks, cardiac arrests, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart blockage, cholesterol deposition in the blood and many more. Excess accumulation of unwanted fats in ... Views: 1540
BURNING SENSATION IN FEET - A PRECURSOR TO GOUT?
Often feeling a burning sensation in your feet? Is it related to uric acid? It could be a warning indication of something more serious. The accumulation of excess uric acid in the body can cause burning in the soles of the feet. Gout is a ... Views: 631
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The intestine is a long tube that runs from the stomach to the anus which helps in the absorption of water and nutrients from the food that we eat. The intestine consists of a large and small intestine along with the rectum. The small and large intestine works together whereas the ... Views: 826
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You may not be aware that the air we breathe inside our homes is significantly more polluted than the air outdoors. Why? Because our everyday products contain contaminants that we are oblivious to. Infections caused by pathogens that can be transmitted by air over time and ... Views: 520
Overview
Tzanck tests are an old school yet important serological test done to detect the Tzanck cells that are characteristic and peculiar of herpes simplex, herpes zoster, varicella and pemphigus Vulgaris. This test is also used to differentiate between Toxic epidermal necrolysis, ... Views: 941
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The main focus of the article is Hernia. This article includes information such as what is Hernia, types of hernia, how it develops, symptoms, complications, preventive measures. It is a bulging of tissue or organ through a feeble position in the body. Hernia causes pain in the abdomen ... Views: 890
Water retention is a medical condition of our body in which there is excess concentration of water in the cavities and body tissues. Water retention and fluid retention is same thing. And it occurs due to excess intake of salt by our body, also when kidney is unable to remove water from the ... Views: 1387
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Hyperaldosteronism is an endocrine disorder. Endocrine disorders are those which are related to impaired secretion of endocrine glands. Endocrine glands include Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Thyroid, parathyroid, Adrenal gland etc which secretes hormones. Hormones helps in the process of ... Views: 942
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Lichen Sclerosus is a rare skin condition characterized by the appearance of whitish patches on the skin along with its thinning. Anal and genital regions are most commonly affected by this skin disorder. Although anyone can be affected by this rare skin disease but women in their ... Views: 644
Prostate is small gland located beneath the urinary bladder and wrapped around the urethra. The gland plays an important role in both sex and urination. It is an important part of a man’s reproductive system. The main job of this gland is to produce the fluid which carries sperm during ... Views: 1111
Liver Cirrhosis Introduction: Liver cirrhosis is a serious liver ailment where gradually healthy liver cells are replaced with scar cells which damages the liver and impairs the liver functions by blocking the blood flow through the liver. Oftentimes this obstructed blood flow or portal ... Views: 1742
What is Obesity?
When a person eats excess of fat containing food and doesn’t do any physical exercises then his excess fat is deposited in his body. By measuring the BMI (Body Mass Index) of an obese person it comes higher than the required BMI (Body Mass Index). Obesity is most dangerous ... Views: 1392
Ayurveda, conveys one message that body is the combination of body, senses, mind and ‘reincarnating soul’. Your mind and body must be strong enough to cope up with any kind of stress and anxiety. The need of balanced lifestyle including proper diet and exercises are the leading and major factors ... Views: 1616
Introduction
Juvenile arthritis (JA) is a disease that causes the pain & swelling in the kids below 16 years of age. It causes Synovial membrane inflammation in kids, i.e. the tissue which lies inside their joints. When a kid gets hurt while playing, we just find it a growing process ... Views: 947
Nutrient-rich cauliflower - one of the most commonly used for cooking vegetables in our kitchen. Cauliflower - is not only very tasty vegetable, but also herbal remedy. Inflorescence of this vegetable contains such vital nutrients like indole-3-carbinol and sulforaphane, which help in preventing ... Views: 2077
As we know that skin is the largest organ of our body. So to take care of it and to keep it healthy is super important. For this we have to adopt a proper lifestyle, healthy diet and there are also some home remedies to take care of your skin. Healthy lifestyle changes and very good care of skin ... Views: 1355
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Acoustic Neuroma is a rare, non-cancerous condition which affects the hearing and balance nerves in the inner ear. In people affected by this condition, a slow-growing tumor develops on the main nerve which leads from the inner ear to the brain. The tumor can gradually press against ... Views: 935
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Testicular microlithiasis is an uncommon condition. It is diagnosed on a follow up ultrasound of the testes or scrotum. This condition arises when small clusters of calcium get deposited around both of the testis. In almost 90% of cases the diagnosis was made accidently. The tests ... Views: 861
IBD is inflammatory bowel disease like that of chron’s disease or ulcerative colitis and this is different from IBS or Irritable Bowel Disease. Well if we talk about ulcerative colitis, it is a disease of a digestive tract that affects person’s psychological and social wellbeing. This is a very ... Views: 2619
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Priapism is a rare or uncommon disorder, but its sudden attacks make it a medical emergency that should be treated timely to prevent the complications. It is a male disorder that affects their Penis. Priapism is of two types Ischemic and Non-Ischemic, out of which one is more painful ... Views: 960
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Wegener's granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis) is a disease characterized by damage to small vessels, with the formation of specific granulomas, in various organs and systems of the human body. In this article, we are going to discuss what Granulomatous with Polyangiitis ... Views: 1036
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Today, we are going to discuss about a skin disease that affects a person’s outer beauty and develops various blisters on the body i.e. Pemphigus foliaceus. But still research is going on to rule out the cause of this disease. In this article, we are going to discuss ... Views: 817
We have come to live in a technologically evolved society where it would be surprising if one does not own a cellphone. One cannot find a single person without a smartphone, let alone a cell phone. A cell phone has catapulted from being an object of leisure to an object of absolute necessity. ... Views: 576
Mr. Rajendra Thakur belongs to Nangal in Punjab. He had a number of troubles 11 years ago. His eyesight was so weak that he used to wear glasses of number 3 for day and night. He became too weak, felt irritable, and also felt his body generating heat. And he used to lose temper for no reason at ... Views: 830
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Embracing the parenthood after 30-35 years of age has seemed to set a trend and more people are going for it and we can see more women are pregnant in their 30s as compared to the earlier times when the age was 20s. There are certain factors which are responsible for this drastic ... Views: 843
The incompetence in the kidney’s function to assimilate nutrients and excrete the waste and toxic material leads in the severe pathophysiological complications. The Acute failure of kidneys is only left with the option called dialysis and has been observed more frequent. But our natural ... Views: 1966
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The word end stage liver disease gives a sign of panic to everyone. Nowadays due to increased prevalence of unhygienic lifestyle (over intake of unsaturated fats and beverages), behavioral activities, adulteration in most of the food items, the rate of liver disease has also ... Views: 768
INTRODUCTION
Are you a person interested in spending more time on a small screen? Are you a person who likes snacking in between movies? Are you a person who is eager to know the happenings of the next episode in a television series? Then you need to go through this.
A recent ... Views: 725
ABSTRACT
The musculoskeletal system is the most important system of body responsible for various body movements and moving to-and-fro. If there is a certain deformity in the single body part or joint, the dependency on other human beings increases due to which the daily activities are ... Views: 796
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Lymphatic tissue is present throughout our whole body and each lymphoid tissue has its own function. Cells present in lymphatic tissue are B-cells, T-cells, and type of WBC (White blood cell).
Lymphatic tissues are present in
Lymph node:- It is the small structure present in ... Views: 633
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If you ever experience sudden chest pain, always get it checked out by a doctor to make sure your heart is healthy.
Chest pain isn’t always due to heart troubles. It could be caused by a condition called costochondritis, an inflammation around your upper ribs. According to a study, ... Views: 873
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Scheuermann’s disease is condition characterized by hump back or rounded upper back. It is also termed as Scheuermann’s kyphosis. This disorder is one of the most common reasons for back pain in young adults. Pain appears after severe exertion or long duration of inactivity. ... Views: 700
Define a Vegetarian
In simple words, vegetarians are people who decide to constrain from the consumption of meat products, poultry products, sea food and sometimes even dairy products, for reasons pertaining to religion, health and circumstances. These are people, who depend on grains, ... Views: 1364
A WAY TO IDENTITY DISEASE
Technology has developed so much that everything can be done in one click. Finding a disease that is a diagnosis of an ailment has become easy with the advancement of technology. But still, the examination of the by-products produced by our body gives us a ... Views: 498