Archive for the ‘Diseases’ Category
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Living on everybody's skin are millions of bacteria. Most of the time they live harmlessly on our bodies, but when they get into the wrong place they cause infection. If certain bacteria get into the glands on the eyelids at the base of the eyelashes, the resulting infection is called ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
A highly distinctive characteristic of humans is the ability to walk upright. Our skeletal and muscular systems are both designed to allow us to stand and walk upright. The major support for this is the spinal column. Unfortunately things can go wrong, and in some people the spine does not ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Medical terms are often adopted and misused by the general population. One example of such a word is sciatica. This term is used by many people to describe any form of lower back or leg pain. True sciatica refers to pain caused by inflammation or irritation of the sciatic nerve.
The ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
In it's literal sense, Osteoporosis means porous bones. This means that the normal structure of the bone – the hard thick outer shell protecting the honeycomb tiny mesh inside – is weakened and more likely to be damaged. One in Two women and One in Five men over the age ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
We use the word Nausea to mean when we feel sick. But in actual fact, we are using it wrong.
Nausea comes from the Greek word ‘naurela’ meaning seasickness. Its dictionary definition is “a feeling of discomfort in the stomach with an urge to vomit”. Medically it is used ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
When most of us think of MS (Multiple Sclerosis), we think of people in wheelchairs severely disabled. However, in reality only very few of the 2.5 million MS sufferers worldwide (85,000 in the UK) can be recognised in that way; many others will be people you see every day without ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Most of us use the word Migraine to describe a bad headache, but in actual fact Migraines are far more complex than that. A migraine is a ‘primary headache’ – meaning it is not a symptom of another problem, such as a cold. For sufferers, migraines are severely debilitating.
Migraine is ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Those who are lucky enough not to suffer from hay fever often think of it as a relatively minor inconvenience. However if you are affected, you know that it can cause a great deal of disruption to your daily life, as well as making you feel downright miserable.
Hay fever, also ...
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Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Diabetes is a disease where the blood sugar level remains constantly high due to lack of controlling effect of insulin. Increased level of sugar causes many life threatening problems in our body. It damages the immune system and the minor infections can sometimes become life threatening. It damages the tiny ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Gestational diabetes is a special type of diabetes that occurs exclusively during pregnancy. Like all other forms of diabetes, gestational diabetes also gives rise to increased blood sugar and complications out of the increased level of it. This type of diabetes is short lived, the glucose level returns to normal ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Diabetes is a condition when the level of glucose in our blood increases up to such an extent that it damages different parts of our body organ. Normally, the level of glucose is controlled by a hormone called Insulin, secreted by the beta cells of pancreas. Now, there are two ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
Diabetes is a disease where the blood glucose level remains continuously elevated than the normal level. It results into damage in the various bodily organs. Modern concept of diabetes management does not advocate complete restriction of intake of alcohol. Patient is advised to take every foods, but with some precaution ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
The blood glucose level will affect our health. We will have problems such as jitters and headaches if the glucose level is too low. In fact, our body has it own system to regulate the blood sugar level. Insulin will be generated to help to regulate glucose level when it ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Truly, Acne is a complex type of disease. Both the sexes have to suffer from this irritating problem. Let us discuss about acne and its treatment in detail. I shall try to simplify the medical terminology as far as feasible.
Acne is of two types – Acne vulgaris and Acne rosasea. ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
There is virtually no cure for diabetes. You have to modify your lifestyle according to the disease. But it is not so tough to cope up with it. Watchful diabetes care will reduce the risk of serious life threatening complications. Go through the following guidelines and reform your way of ...
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