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What is osteoporosis? Association of lead exposure to ADHD symptoms Theory behind severe dengue virus infection and antibodies – confirmed Symptoms of Multiple sclerosis Information on arthritis Crohn’s disease – Understanding its meaning
 
What is osteoporosis?

What is osteoporosis?

The structure of our bones has the capacity to grow and regenerate itself all throughout our growing years approximately up to the age of thirty years, and then the process slows down and in some cases it starts to reverse and deteriorate thus creating diseases like osteoporosis. This disease is very common in women during their menopausal years.

What is osteoporosis?
Association of lead exposure to ADHD symptoms

Association of lead exposure to ADHD symptoms

ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorders among children. In fact 3 to 5% of children worldwide have symptoms commencing before the age of seven years old. ADHD is commonly defined as a neurobehavioral development disorder commonly occurring among children with 30 to 50 % of those diagnosed during childhood has enduring symptoms even through adulthood.

Association of lead exposure to ADHD symptoms
Theory behind severe dengue virus infection and antibodies – confirmed

Theory behind severe dengue virus infection and antibodies – confirmed

Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), otherwise known as breakbone fever is an acute febrile illness which is transmitted to humans by mosquito bites from the Aedes aegypti species of mosquito. This disease is considered life-threatening especially when the infection leads into its severest form, the dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome that causes blood vessels to leak leading to shock.

Theory behind severe dengue virus infection and antibodies – confirmed
Symptoms of Multiple sclerosis

Symptoms of Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that affects the nervous system. It is also called the white matter disease because it affects the nerve fibers that cover the brain and the spinal cord. The inflammation of these nerves makes communications difficult and the system begins to fail. However, this is a very slow process and that is why it is extremely difficult to diagnose at the early stages.

Symptoms of Multiple sclerosis
Information on arthritis

Information on arthritis

Arthritis is a condition that affects one in three people in the USA. Treatment of arthritis is not easy, and therefore coping with the painful effects of arthritis is very difficult. The most common joints affected by arthritis are those of the knees and this can be due to sport injuries or because of bad accidents where your knee was affected. However, arthritis is also considered to be a hereditary problem.

Information on arthritis
Crohn’s disease – Understanding its meaning

Crohn’s disease – Understanding its meaning

Crohn’s disease is the name of an inflammatory disease of the digestive track which can affect a person anywhere from the mouth to the anus, but it is most common in the ileum and the large intestines. This disease has been named after the famous American physician, Burrell Crohn, who discovered the disease in 1932.

Crohn’s disease – Understanding its meaning
Meaning of chronic fatigue syndrome

Meaning of chronic fatigue syndrome

23 February 2010

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of tiredness and fatigue that you experience on regular basis, it all may be due to a very stressful situation or to the fact that trying to cope with everyday’s challenges is becoming a real race and getting tired can be very natural. However, if you feel that even though you have slept well, there is no end to the fatigue then you may be suffering from a disease called chronic fatigue syndrome.

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Understanding the basics of nail fungus

Understanding the basics of nail fungus

23 February 2010

Nail fungus is basically related to a condition where your finger nails get infected. This is not something very common and it is more common in your toe nails than in your finger nails, however, if you are a patient of diabetes, doctors would like to look into these kinds of infections as soon as possible to avoid any further complications. Diabetes patients have a very low immune reaction system and for them even the smallest infection can take a long time to cure even with proper medication.

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Understanding epilepsy

Understanding epilepsy

22 February 2010

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which affects of the nervous system and which manifests itself in form of seizures. A seizure is a sudden electrical activity in the brain which hits a person like an electric shock. The time of the seizure varies from person to person. The intensity of the seizure also changes and anybody can get epilepsy for no reasons known yet.

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Symptoms of Cholera

Symptoms of Cholera

22 February 2010

Cholera is an infection in your small intestines created by bacteria called vibrio cholera. Cholera can be very disturbing and it can cause many digestive problems if not treated properly. However, at its early stages, it is very difficult to make out the symptoms of cholera as the only symptom that you can understand is diarrhea. The virus enters the body through contaminated water, or through foods that were not properly cooked, specially meats and some kinds of fish.

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Symptoms of Herpes simplex

Symptoms of Herpes simplex

21 February 2010

What is Herpes Simplex? Herpes Simplex is a condition which affects the skin of the patient by giving you sores and rashes on face and the genitals. The first condition of Herpes simplex normally attacks the area of the mouth and the second stage attacks the area around the genitals. Once this disease is diagnosed, and it is established that you have herpes, then the disease does not leave you alone.

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Knowledge about multiple sclerosis

Knowledge about multiple sclerosis

20 February 2010

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and the spinal cord. The most common symptoms of Multiple sclerosis include numbness of the limbs and loss of sensations, visual problems like blurred vision, fatigue and weakness, depression, speech problems and coordination problems.

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