A Sting is when an insect injects its own fluid into the skin of a person and it causes either swelling or allergies, either locally or throughout the body. Stings are often harmless. First stings are usually painful...
People abstain from seeking help because of fear of increase in violence if it is found out by the abuser or they are financial dependent or are reluctant for a split in the family which may affect the children...
Causes of Dysphagia To understand the causes of Dysphagia, it is essential to know the process of swallowing. Though swallowing is considered to be an easy procedure, it actually is not one. It uses thousands of nerves...
Colorectal cancer is the cancer which affects the colon and rectum so they are also commonly known as cancer of colon or cancer of bowel or just rectal cancer. Colon cancer as like any other cancer is due to...
A disease or disorder can affect the hearing sense and cause hearing impairment. Head injuries can also cause hearing impairment. The ear comprises outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The visible part is the outer ear...
The skin as well as the tissues that is present around the skin freeze because of low temperature. This condition is known as frostbite. Anybody who exposes himself to a temperature below freezing and does not possess...
Diagnosis – continuation Telling your boss Disability Discrimination Act protects HIV infected people. If you want to gain protection under this, your boss must be informed about your diagnosis. It is up to you to...
A person who has the habit of excessive smoking develops lung cancer. But cases have been reported where people have developed lung cancer due to passive smoking as well as exposing themselves to certain types of...
Bromodosis is also known as smelly feet. Human feet contain sweat glands more than any other body part. If a person is wearing socks and shoes, it will inhibit the absorption or evaporation of sweat that have been...
Indigestion has been a common condition which affects individuals on regular basis and causes different sorts of symptoms like regurgitation which would mean food coming back in the mouth, heartburn feeling, vomiting...
The condition where any one of the bone gets cracked or the bone breaks is known as fracture. A fracture can be: transverse fracture – straight break oblique fracture – slanting break spiral fracture – winding break The...
Organ donation refers to the process donating an organ in order to help a person who requires a transplant. There is a private list of the names of all the people who wish to donate their organ/s after death in the NHS...
Colic is a condition most likely to be experienced by babies; it is experienced as pain in the abdomen which results in uncontrollable crying of the baby. Although the baby might look like it is in pain, colic is...
Causes Hyperthyroidism is caused due to excess production of thyroid harmone. This excess production can be caused by various reasons like: Graves’ disease The highly common cause of hyperthyroidism is graves...
Diagnosis Diagnosis can be difficult in case of HIV by considering only the symptoms. At times, experienced professionals who treat HIV can misunderstand the symptoms to be of another condition. Hence HIV test are...
Diagnosis The symptoms are a clear indication of infection by staphylococcal bacteria. However, diagnosis can be confirmed by laboratory testing of body fluids like blood, infected tissue or pus for the presence of...
This is quite a rare condition in which the body is not able to retain enough amount of water and the occurrence of this is almost 1 in 25,000 people. The condition affects people in any range of age and also seen more...
An extreme or irrational fear of an object, animal, place or situation is called a phobia. A phobia may cause anxiousness or panic. Generally phobias do not affect the normal life of a person. Phobias like agoraphobia...
Mobile phones have now become a necessity rather than a comfort or a luxury. They are no more just a business tool, and have now become one of the major sources of communication. There are over 51000 base stations of...
Hearing impairment normally increases with age. However, newborns also can have this defect as congenital. Conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss are the two types of hearing loss. Different causes...
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