9391. Remedies for ringworm
March 18, 2007
Ringworm is a contagious fungal infection caused by dermatophytes. Ringworm is a common infection being seen in more than 20 percent of the humans. It appears as round or oval red patches that cause itchiness and pain. In the initial phase, ringworm looks like a pimple. After a short period from its...
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9392. Norwegian scabies versus nodular scabies
March 18, 2007
Scabies is a very contagious skin infection in young children, determined by the arthropod Sarcoptes scabiei. The way of transmission: through human contact. The term scabies is derived from Latin term ’’scabere’’meaning to scratch. The lesion caused by the female mite affect especially the corneu...
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9393. New information on gastroesophageal reflux disease or acid reflux.
March 18, 2007
Gastroesophageal reflux also known as acid reflux or heartburn is a condition in which the contents of the stomach flow back into esophagus causing the lower part of the esophagus to become inflamed and painful and the condition in which this occures is known as reflux esophagitis.
Those wh...
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9394. Medical emergency-peritonitis
March 18, 2007
Peritonitis, an infection of the lining of abdominal cavity is the most serious complication of appendicitis. When appendix ruptures (perforates) and the contents of intestines and infectious organisms invade the peritoneal cavity peritonitis may occur. When this happens, patients may suddenly feel ...
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9395. Lupus patients and the depressive illness
March 18, 2007
Depression often appears in lupus patients. It may come because of the lupus, because of some medications that are used to treat lupus, and it is also possible that depression to appear due to other factors unrelated to lupus.It is known that everyone can experience a depression from time to time, d...
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9396. Gout symptoms and treatments
March 18, 2007
Gout attacks occur suddenly in most of the cases. The first attack is surely going to develop at night, people getting to wake up feeling an extreme joint pain. During gout attack people usually develop the following symptoms: sudden and severe joint pain, swelling, reddish skin around the affected ...
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9397. Find out whether you have fibromyalgia or not
March 18, 2007
There are some symptoms which occur in fibromyalgia but not all of them occur in one patient and sometimes they might even change daily in the same patient.
When going to the doctor’s the patient will be asked some specific questions and the answers the patient gives will indicate the doctor...
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9398. Diagnosing bronchitis
March 18, 2007
There are many different methods when diagnosing bronchitis. The procedures used to diagnose bronchitis are painless and very simple. All you have to do is see a doctor if you think you have any bronchitis and he/ she will do some test to see if indeed you suffer from bronchitis.
The doctor ...
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9399. Dealing with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
March 18, 2007
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are two of the most serious eating disorders. It was seen that those who are affected by anorexia are having the obsession that they are fat, they permanently want to become thinner, even if they are underweight. Bulimia is dealing with cycles of binge eating, ...
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9400. Why do doctors need cancer staging?
March 16, 2007
Generally after a patient starts to accommodate with the idea that he has cancer he will begin to wonder how many years will he live more and what treatment is suitable and available for him. The doctor will be asked about this and he will be able to give an answer to the patient only after staging ...
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