Introduction Food poisoning is an ailment which occurs when eating foods with viruses, bacteria, fungi, toxins, parasites, and chemicals. It is not a serious illness which may go in two or three days. It is not an unusual and quite uncomfortable for an individual. Contamination of a food by an …
Read More »Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)- Definition, Causes, and Treatment
General Description Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, in which the defect in the Branched Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase (BCKD) enzyme causes irregular amino acid metabolism. This leads to accumulation of protein in the body. The disease is characterized by urine that smells like maple syrup …
Read More »Glaucoma – Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention.
Definition Glaucoma is the eye disorder the affects the optic nerve of the eye which receives impulses from the retina and transmits to the brain. It is mainly caused by the high pressure in your eyes. This condition is called ocular hypertension. If this condition is not treated, the first …
Read More »Stomach Polyps or Gastric Polyp- Definition,Types and Treatment
Definition Polyps are the unusual growth of tissue in any organs of the body that has blood vessels. It grows mostly in colon, nose or uterus. Sometimes in the stomach. Stomach polyps are also called as gastric polyps, which develops masses of cells in the stomach lining. It doesn’t cause …
Read More »Binge Eating Disorder (BED)- Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment.
Introduction Binge eating is an overeating disorder in which an individual eats a large amount of food in a discrete period time and feel uncontrollable over the amount of eating. Unlike Bulimia nervosa, people with BED are not having a purging, fasting, and excessive exercise. As a result of these …
Read More »Chiari Malformation (CM) – Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment.
Description Chiari malformation is a congenital defective condition of the skull’s structure, in which cerebellum and the brain stem have penetrated into the foramen magnum, an opening at the base of the skull. Chiari is a term named after a pathologist Hans Chiari, who first described the Chiari malformation. The …
Read More »Osteomyelitis – Introduction, Complications, and Diagnosis.
Introduction Osteomyelitis is the bone infection that occurs due to the infection of bacteria in the bone. Infection is caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria’s can also cause it. Germs usually infect into the body skin through open wounds and travel to the bone through the bloodstream. …
Read More »Klinefelter’s Syndrome – Facts, Causes, and Treatment.
Definition Klinefelter’s Syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects males; this is due to when a male born with an extra copy of X chromosome, which causes infertility, low testosterone and other abnormalities such as breast development. This syndrome affects the testicular growth, results in smaller testicles and may cause …
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