Definition Encopresis is the passing of stool into the clothing. It often occurs in the children over the age of 4. It happens when the bowel movement impacts the stool to collect in the rectum and colon. When the colon becomes too full of solid stool and the retained liquid …
Read More »Stye or Hordeolum – Definition, Causes and Prevention
Definition Stye is the painful bump that forms inside or outside of the eyelids. Your eyes have lots of tiny oil glands around the eyelids. Sometimes these tiny glands get blocked and form red bumps. Frequently the bacteria will enter into the bump and causes swelling, inflammation, pain, and redness …
Read More »Sialolithiasis – Pathogenesis, Complications and Treatment.
Introduction Sialolithiasis or salivary stone or salivary calculi are a condition in which a mass of crystallized minerals are formed in the salivary ducts. Salivary duct stones can develop in all salivary glands, but most commonly in the submandibular glands, which are situated in the back of the mouth and …
Read More »Bartholin’s Cyst or Abscess- Definition, Symptoms, and Treatment.
Bartholin’s Cyst – Definition The Bartholin glands are located at either side of the opening of the vagina. When these glands are normal it can’t be seen or felt. These glands produce fluid which can act as lubrication of the vagina. Sometimes the fluids from the Bartholin glands get blocked …
Read More »Bed-Wetting or Nocturnal Enuresis- Definition, Causes, and Treatment.
Bed-wetting – Definition Enuresis is the clinical term for bed-wetting. It is the involuntary urination during sleep after the age four or five when a person should be able to control the bladder. Infants and children’s will do unintentional urination, it is more normal for them. Many children’s achieve daytime …
Read More »Tourette’s Syndrome – Risk Factors, Complications, and Treatment.
Definition Tourette’s syndrome is a nervous system problem with tics like vocalization (vocal tic) and repetitive movements of muscles (motor tic). In particular, a person may frequently blink their eyes, babble offensive words, blurts out unusual sounds. Tics generally appears in kids between 2 – 15 years old, mostly in …
Read More »Thrombocytopenia – Introduction, Mechanism, and Risk factors.
Introduction People with thrombocytopenia have diminished platelets (Thrombocytes) count in the blood. Platelets are blood cells which help for clotting process. Normal platelets count value is from 150,000 and 450,000 per microliter (one-millionth of a liter). About two-third of platelets are released into the blood stream whereas the remaining are …
Read More »Spondyloarthritis (SpA)- Definition, Symptoms, Types and Treatment
Definition Spondyloarthritis (also known as spondyloarthropathy) is the term which describes the connective tissue diseases. It is the group of inflammatory diseases, including arthritis of the peripheral joints and spine (sacroiliitis or spondylitis); including the area where ligaments and tendons attach to bones (enthesitis or enthesopathy). These diseases cause pain …
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