Diseases & Diagnosis

Details Descriptions About :: Endocarditis  Endocarditis, also known as infective or bacterial endocarditis, is an infection of the endocardium, heart valves, or cardiac prosthesis resulting from bacterial or fungal invasion. Causes for Endocarditis Causes I.V. drug abuse Prosthetic heart valves Mitral valve prolapse Rheumatic heart disease Other Predisposing Conditions Congenital abnormalities—coarctation of...

Details Descriptions About :: Bell’s Palsy  Bell’s palsy is a disease of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that produces unilateral or bilateral facial weakness. Onset is rapid. In 80% to 90% of patients, it subsides spontaneously and recovery is complete in 1 to 8 weeks. If recovery is partial, contractures may...

Details Descriptions About :: Sexually Transmitted Infections  Chlamydial urethritis in men and chlamydial urethritis and cervicitis in women are a group of infections caused by the same organism. They’re transmitted by orogenital contact or vaginal or rectal intercourse with an infected person. Chlamydial infections are the most common sexually transmitted diseases in...

Details Descriptions About :: Diabetes Insipidus  A disorder of water metabolism, diabetes insipidus results from a deficiency of circulating vasopressin (also called antidiuretic hormone, or ADH) or from renal resistance to this hormone. The three forms of diabetes insipidus are neurogenic, nephrogenic, and psychogenic. Neurogenic diabetes insipidus is caused by a deficiency...

Details Descriptions About :: Fibroid Disease Of Uterus  Uterine leiomyomas, also known as myomas, fibromyomas, or fibroids, are the most common benign tumors in women. They’re most common in the uterine corpus, although they may appear on the cervix or on the round or broad ligament. The tumors become malignant (leiomyosarcoma) in...

Details Descriptions About :: Appendicitis  The most common major surgical disease, appendicitis is inflammation and obstruction of the vermiform appendix. Since the advent of antibiotics, the incidence and the death rate of appendicitis have declined; if untreated, this disease is invariably fatal. Age Alert Appendicitis may occur at any age but the...

Details Descriptions About :: Irritable Bowel Syndrome  Also referred to as spastic colon or spastic colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is marked by a group of GI symptoms often related to stress. About 20% of patients never seek medical attention for this benign condition that has no anatomical abnormality or inflammatory component....

Details Descriptions About :: Testicular Cancer  Most testicular tumors originate in gonadal cells. About 40% are seminomas—uniform, undifferentiated cells resembling primitive gonadal cells. The remainder are nonseminomas—tumor cells showing various degrees of differentiation. The prognosis varies with the cell type and disease stage. When treated with surgery and radiation, almost all patients...

Details Descriptions About :: Hirschsprung S Disease  Hirschsprung’s disease, also called congenital megacolon or congenital aganglionic megacolon, is a congenital disorder of the large intestine, characterized by absence or marked reduction of parasympathetic ganglion cells in the colorectal wall. Hirschsprung’s disease appears to be a familial, congenital defect, occurring in 1 in...

Details Descriptions About :: Herniated Intervertebral Disk  A herniated disk, also called a ruptured or slipped disk or a herniated nucleus pulposus, occurs when all or part of the nucleus pulposus—the soft, gelatinous, central portion of an intervertebral disk—protrudes through the disk’s weakened or torn outer ring (anulus fibrosus). Herniated disks usually...