Molar Pregnancy (Hydatidiform Mole)


Posted in Disease, Women's Health No discussion yet on February 7th, 2011

Molar pregnancy is a typical accretion or growth forming within the uterine region at the onset of gestation. It is a form of GTD or gestational trophoblastic disease (an assemblage of irregularities wherein tumor growths occur within the uterine region starting in tissue which would usually develop into placenta). Causes, Risk Factors & Prevalence Molar pregnancy arises due to overproduction of the tissues which were intended to become the placenta (organ forming during gestation for feeding the fetus). In such a situation, the tissues would be developing into an unusual growth known as mass. Molar pregnancy occurs in duo forms, namely, complete molar pregnancy (presence of irregular placenta in the absence of fetus) & partial molar pregnancy (presence of irregular placenta & some fetal growth). These duo types are the result of fertilization issues for which the precise reason is unknown. But, a dietetic intake less in proteins, vitamin A, & animal fats might don a part.  [...]

Symptoms of Strep Throat in Adults, Kids & Pregnant Women


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on February 4th, 2011

  Symptoms of strep throat arise following an incubatory phase (generally lasting for 3-5 days on avg.). Swift-spreading bacterial forms are the offenders in strep throat infection that are transmitted across individuals through close contact. Their protracted existence is chiefly contributory to the infection spread. Kids & individuals working in overpopulated surroundings are more prone to exposure from such infection as compared to other people. Moreover, kin members too would be at risk, as physical contact with an infection-ridden kin member could barely be avoidable due to living in the analogous residence. Symptoms of Strep Throat A sore feeling in the throat (one needs to be distinguishing amid sore vs. strep throat). The foremost being virus-caused infection whereas the other one is bacteria-caused infection. Treatments for the duos are different. Pains, difficulty or discomfort experienced when one swallows. Lymph node swelling. Yellowish/whitish spot formation  [...]

Mumps Symptoms


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on January 7th, 2011

Mumps is an exceedingly communicable virus-caused infection generally affecting kids. When an individual contracts mumps, he/she would generally have developed immunity from any supplementary infection. Even since the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine has been offered since the eighties as one of the many infancy vaccines, mumps cases have dropped notably, with below a hundred cases cited since the mid-nineties. Though there has been a rise in the occurrences of mumps cases & six years ago mumps pandemic lead to more than forty-three thousand cases in Britain - majority of them noted among teens & youngsters. It is believed that the latest mumps outbreak has been since individuals in this age band did not receive the MMR vaccine, however, additionally they did not have an innate immunity against mumps since they hadn’t earlier contracted the infection. Another deciding factor is that several parents have opted not to get their kid immunized with the MMR vaccination. The mumps  [...]

Pityriasis Rosea Gibert


Posted in Disease, Skin Disorders No discussion yet on January 3rd, 2011

Pityriasis rosea Gibert is a skin condition wherein rashes develop prevalently among individuals in the age group of ten & thirty-five years of age. These rashes could remain on the skin for many weeks or even months on end. Generally, they don’t leave lasting blemishes though among individuals with duskier skin tone it could leave lasting flattish brown-coloured marks which gradually lighten. Pityriasis rosea Gibert could surface yearlong though commonly during spring & autumn. Symptoms Pityriasis rosea Gibert generally commences with large-sized, flaking, pinkish patches over the trunk, back and known as heralds or mother patches and often mistaken to be ringworm infection. Hence, anti-fungal topical applications fail to be of any assistance since it isn’t fugus-caused. In seven to fourteen days, the pinkish patches start appearing in greater numbers on the trunk, arm, leg & back areas though even surfacing on the neck, though atypically on the facial area. The patch is  [...]

Kidney Dialysis Therapy for Busy-Bees


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on October 8th, 2010

Kidney dialysis is far from pleasant experience and largely involves patients seated in clinics or hospitals connected to machines for 3-4 hours, thrice on a weekly basis. The schedules are generally fixed, the enclosures classically gloomy & several patients leaving the facilities feeling etiolated. It does not necessarily have to be this way. In NY, fifty-year-old Francis Ronan attaches himself to a hemodialysis device in his residence for duo hours, 5 times on a weekly basis. That time is spent punching on the laptop, catching up the latest DVDs or listening to his favourite tunes. In Washington, Jill Simmons employs her home dialysis instrument all through the night, for six times per week and has carried the handy dialysis device along with her when vacationing in the Rhode Islands. In Long Island, Nassau County, New York, Bryan Simpson does not require a dialysis instrument and employs a substitute method known as peritoneal dialysis 4 times per day with every session lasting  [...]

Herpes Gladiatorum – Wrestling Your Chances of Contracting the Pesky Virus


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on June 8th, 2010

Herpes Gladiatorum or HG is a viral, highly communicable skin infection which is comparatively prevalent amongst those from the wrestling fraternity and candidates from other grapple-form of contact-sports. Herpes Simplex I virus or HSV-1 is the chief offender in HG infection and is the analogous virus causing cold sores in the lip area. Herpes Gladiatorum is also referred to as mat pox, scrumpox, herpes rugbiorum, or wrestler’s herpes and is contracted via skin to skin contact and infecting cell presence in the ectodermal skin layer. Symptoms The most apparent symptom is a bunch of fluid-inundated bump formations on the body parts facing exposure like head, trunk, shoulder, leg, abdomen, facial area and neck areas. Accompanying symptoms like soreness in throat, fever, lymph node swelling (lymphadenopathy – lymph node disease), headaches or prickling/burning sensations in the skin might be experienced in twenty-four hours prior to the blister formations surfacing. Scabbing and crusting  [...]

Could Liver Cysts be Signs of Cancer?


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on May 10th, 2010

There are several non-malignant reasons for liver cyst masses and are not signs of cancer. Without a doubt, simple cystic mass formations in the liver are nearly always non-symptomatic and accidentally found at the time of regular tests conducted for another reason. Such mass formations are non-cancerous and non-detrimental. Simple liver cyst formations are basically fluid inundated structures perceivable at the time of ultrasound scanning or CAT scans done of the liver. Simple cyst formations are observed in nearly one percent of grown-ups and commonly found in females as compared to males. These cysts generally measure up to a couple of millimeters and quite atypically these could be large-sized necessitating treatment due to their size and the associated discomforting sensations being caused. Comprehensive physical exams, blood analysis and ultrasound scan finding are generally adequate in distinguishing simple cyst formations from the other lesser prevalent lesion types which  [...]

Tuberculosis Causes


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on March 10th, 2010

Tuberculosis or TB is an unremitting or severe bacterial infection prevalently observed in the lungs. Tuberculosis causes mainly zeroes in on the offending bacterial forms which has beleaguered humankind since the Neolithic period. Tuberculosis causes: Tuberculosis causes Chiefly due to presence of a strain of bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a gradual-developing bacterial form which flourishes in regions of the body which are abundant in oxygen and blood, like the lungs. It is chiefly contracted via air-borne drops expelled by a TB-infected individual during respiration. The active TB infection present in an individual is dispersed while coughing, sneezing, speaking, spiting, laughing, singing or when some other healthy person breathes in a drop of infected saliva. The infection is transmitted alike a flu or cold, however not as transmittable. A person would have to be spending lengthy time spans in close proximity with a TB-infected individual prior to  [...]

Treatment Overview for Lyme disease


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on February 4th, 2010

Lyme disease is a form of infection that spreads after being bitten by infection-ridden ticks that are carriers of Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium leading to bulls-eye type rashes, weariness, headaches, rigidity in neck, fever, muscular or joint aches and swell up. In case prompt treatment is not given complications that involve the cardiovascular, nervous system, joint and skin could imminently develop. Lyme disease is generally effectually treated with a brief antibiotic course and often recommended in the advanced staging of the disease. Prescription of antibiotic medicines is based on the age, signs and staging of the disease and given via oral, jab or intravenously. The span of antibiotic treatment would vary in accordance to severity of the disease, signs experienced, and normally lasting lesser than four weeks. Antibiotics Prescribed Amoxicillin, cefotaxime or ceftriaxone sodium, erythromycin, penicillin, tetracycline hydrochloride, doxycycline hyclate, cefuroxime axetil. Preliminary  [...]

Innovatory Remedial Strategy Discovered for Lupus Kidney Disease


Posted in Disease No discussion yet on February 2nd, 2010

Researchers have spotted a novel disease means and curative strategy for a form of advanced kidney ailment which is a widespread reason for complications developing among Lupus sufferers. Usually blocking the inflammation is the normative treatment in case of lupus kidney disease. The new-fangled study indicates that one may desire targeting the macrophages – a particular form of white blood cells that are entailed in the ailment. Since long, physicians are aware of the harm done to kidney occurring among several lupus sufferers and identify how the ailment elicits the onset of kidney ailment. There is dearth of knowledge on the kind of lupus kidney ailment - proliferative crescentic disease which is linked with detrimental effects and lowered survival rates. This form of kidney disease is typified by anomalous growth noted in kidney cells leading to irrevocable harm to internally placed kidney constitution which assist in filtering waste-products and fluids from the blood stream.  [...]





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