What is Chorea? Chorea is a term derived from the word choreus meaning dance as it involves irregular, uncontrolled and involuntary movements. One experiences spasmodic movements of the face, feet, arms, and hands.Even the walking of the person suffering from chorea seems bi...
Photophobia or Light Sensitivity Photophobia or light sensitivity is a condition whereby people experience discomfort or eye pain on light exposure. If not treated this condition my reach to the point when they may become fearful even to move out.In most cases people sensiti...
Helicobacter Pylori infection is caused by the bacteria Helicobacter Pylori which infects your stomach and can cause various illness. This bacteria can easily reach your stomach through direct contact with the infected person's saliva, vomit or fecal matter.Nearly 50-60 perce...
What is Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular dystrophy is a group of hereditary disorders causing progressive muscle weakness, degeneration of muscles and loss of muscle mass.This condition affects the muscles which control your body’s voluntary movements. Muscles of the heart, ce...
When your muscles don’t have enough power or strength to produce movement, we term it as muscle weakness.Muscles are a bundle of fibrous contractile tissues which contract to produce movement. For this to happen the nervous system sends signals to the respective muscle and ...
Loss of Pigmentation When skin doesn't produce enough melanin, some of your skin patches may become lighter than the rest of your skin tone. These white patches may either be localized or dispersed throughout the body.Pigment melanin imparts your hair, eyes, and skin their c...
What is Ankle Pain? An Ankle is a joint lying between legs and foot. Two bones of the legs fibula and tibia and one bone of the foot -talus bone together form the ankle joint.An injury or fall may create ankle pain, swelling or bruising of the affected foot. If any weight is...
Intestinal Worms in Humans Intestinal worms are common in growing children who spend a major part of their time outdoors. Coming in unhygienic contact with mud, water, pets or likes your children may easily get infested with worms.Some of the common types of worms found in ...
Computer vision syndrome covers the entire subset of eye vision complaints that occur as a result of prolonged use of mobiles, computers or tablets.In today’s digital era, working adults have to spend a major part of their time on screen. They may get so much engrossed in w...
Our urinary system is composed of kidneys, urinary bladder, urethra, and ureters.Kidneys are mainly responsible for purifying our blood and removing waste and excess fluids from the body.The wastes and fluids left over after kidney filtration is urine. Urine is then passe...
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