The word diabetes is taken from a Greek word called Diabainein which literally means “passing through”. This directly points towards excessive urination which is the most prominent symptom of diabetes. Mellitus is a word derived from another Greek word called Mel which literally means “honey”. This word was added to diabetes when it was […]
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Anorexia nervosa affects mostly adolescent girls. Anorexics practice self-starvation, and say they are looking and feeling better as a result. The symptoms are severe weight loss, fear of becoming fat, distorted self-image, excessive exercising, loss of menstrual periods, constipation, poor circulation, sleep problems, isolation, anxiety and irritability. Many anorexics develop bulimia and the two […]
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There are different types of cancer. Cancer is a dangerous disease that causes the growth of the cells in a particular part of the body and can even lead to death. The prostate cancer is one of the forms of cancer wherein the male reproduction glands […]
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Once a more or less reliable test for HCV was developed, the extent of the problem could be examined, and the results were startling: hepatitis C was everywhere, no matter what population was screened. Estimates of worldwide infection are as high as 240 million.
Developing countries have the highest rates, but rates in North America […]
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HCV can have many different symptoms at different times during the course of the infection, or it can have no symptoms at all. It is important to remember that the number and severity of symptoms suffered bears little relationship to the amount of liver damage the disease is causing. Below is a list of […]
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Hepatitis C is a flaviviros, a member of the same family as the viruses that cause yellow fever and dengue fever. Like those viroses, it has a genome that consists of a single strand of RNA.
When a hepatitis C virus enters your bloodstream, it seeks out a liver cell. This is the only place […]
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The basic facts about the virus
Doctors knew the symptoms of hepatitis long before they knew exactly what caused them. By the 1930s scientists knew that there were two kinds of hepatitisinfectious hepatitis, transmitted largely by food or water, and serum hepatitis, transmitted by contact with blood. While they could distinguish these two diseases […]
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Definition
A potentially fatal medical emergency that develops secondary to malfunctioning thermo regulatory mechanisms, also called heat stroke.
History
Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, and confusion. If untreated, rapid progression to delirium, euphoria, stupor, and coma. Generalized convulsions and/or focal neurologic signs may be present.
General: Typically occurs on hot, humid days to a susceptible population (e.g., […]
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If you get hepatitis, it will probably be hepatitis A (HAV), the most common form of the disease. HAV used to be called infectious hepatitis, to distinguish it from hepatitis B, which was called serum hepatitis. Of course, this old name was misleading, since both forms of the disease are infectious. But they are […]
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Cystitis is inflammation of the bladder caused by a bacterial infection. It occurs primarily in women and rarely in men. Bladder infections can lead to permanent damage in the urinary tract, which can lead to kidney damage and failure. Bladder infection also can be a sign of sexually transmitted disease that can affect other […]
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