Heat stroke is one of the most serious medical injuries that require special attention. If you or someone near you gets a heat stroke you should immediately seek help. Heat stroke has the power to damage your brain and other internal organs. It has been seen that heat stroke affects people above the age of 50 but it sometimes affect …
Category: Common Ailments
The excretion of dark, black, tarry feces from the anus as a result of bleeding in the digestive tract is known as Melena. This bleeding usually occurs at the upper gastrointestinal part of the alimentary canal. However, it is easy to mistaken several other abnormal digestive conditions that result in the excretion of black tarry feces for melena. For example …
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that occurs as a result of hormonal imbalance in women. In this condition male body attributes are more visible in a female body as a result of the dominance of the male hormone, androgen. This causes irregularity in menstrual periods and makes it harder to get pregnant. PCOS is also known to be one of …
Tooth decay is a bacterial infection that affects the teeth. Bacteria from leftover food particles are capable of secreting acids that breakdown the tooth and bore holes on them. Tooth decay has other medical terms like dental cavities or dental caries but essentially they all mean the same thing. The result of bacterial infection on the teeth is the evident …
Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes severe plaquing, scaling and thickening of the skin. It is a long term incurable disease resulting from the inflammation of the skin cells by a chemical produced by the T-lymphocytes, a special white blood cell in the blood. Over time, the inflammed skin cell reproduces itself and spreads on the skin thereby causing …
You probably have heard somebody make that loud annoying sound when they sleep, yes, most times you say they are snoring; you can’t put up with it and I can’t either. Most of the times, people who snore rarely admit it, understandably because it is an unconscious activity. Snoring is not an infection rather it is a vibration in the …
Do you experience severe pains running from your lower back through your legs? And still at a loss what to do to help yourself out of the condition? The medical term to describe intense pain originating from the lower back felt throughout the leg is Sciatica. This pain emanates from the tear on an intervertebrae disc ring as a result …
Anemia is a health condition occasioned by a short-fall in the red blood cell level of the blood. It can also occur when the blood is unable to circulate oxygen to all parts of the body. Anemia is one blood dysfunction plaguing billions all over the world. Quite a few reasons are responsible for anemia but all do point in …
Alzheimer is a disease that takes off the memory of the people. At first, people start forgetting the recent activities that happened to them and then, later on, they start forgetting what happened years ago. It is one of the most common forms of dementia and happens when plaques containing beta-amyloid start forming in the brain. Alzheimer’s disease causes …
Scabies is a contagious skin disease caused by a parasite called the Mite Sarcoptes Scabiei. The itching a patient feel comes as a result of the reaction of the body to the presence of mites and their egg deposits in tiny holes burrowed into the skin. Scabies is often spread through direct skin contact with an infected person. A more …