Tonsillitis refers to an acute inflammation of the tonsils which lie on each side of the throat. Enlargement of the tonsils accompanied caused due to repeated attack of infection is called chronic tonsillitis. The main symptoms of tonsillitis are sore throat, headache, pain in various parts of the body, fever, difficulty in swallowing and weakness. [...]
[Continue reading…]Tinnitus
August 27, 2010 By
Tinnitus is a condition when there is a ringing or a buzzing sound in one or both the ears. The sound may be continuous or can occur in intervals. Patients suffering from tinnitus experience a wide range of sounds in their ears. Tinnitus is of two types’ objective tinnitus and subjective tinnitus. Objective tinnitus is [...]
[Continue reading…]Tinea Versicolor
August 25, 2010 By
Tinea Versicolor as known also known as pityriasis versicolor is a skin mostly seen in young people and is caused due to fungus. Person infected is observed to have light or reddish-brown patches on the skin. It mainly affects the chest and back skin and only affects the top layer of the skin. It is [...]
[Continue reading…]Thyroid glands
August 23, 2010 By
Thyroid glands situate in the neck region and the cartilage also seen as the Adam’s apple helps produce thyroid hormones which regulate the body’s energies. These hormones regulate how fast the body uses up its energy, synthesizes proteins and controls the body’s sensitivity to other hormones. The thyroid hormones also help regulate the metabolism and [...]
[Continue reading…]Sleep apnea
August 20, 2010 By
Sleep apnea is the disorder wherein the patient experiences stopping of breath in sleep. This disorder can be fatal as some patients can experience long pauses in breath. The pauses in breathing might be for ten to twenty seconds and these pauses might occur almost twenty to thirty times in an hour. Sleep apnea occurs [...]
[Continue reading…]Ringworm
August 18, 2010 By
Ringworm is a skin disease often caused by fungus a minute form of vegetable. Ringworm can be irritating but is not dangerous Symptoms include Formation of round or oval patches with raised pink and scaly rings which show a clean space in the center. Itching usually cause the infection to spread. Causes of ringworm include [...]
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