Diseases & Diagnosis

Details Descriptions About :: Polycythemia Vera  Polycythemia vera is a chronic disorder characterized by increased red blood cell (RBC) mass, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, elevated hemoglobin level, and low or normal plasma volume. This disease is also known as primary polycythemia, erythremia, or polycythemia rubra vera. It occurs most commonly among Jewish males...

Details Descriptions About :: Warts  Warts, also known as verrucae, are common, benign, viral infections of the skin and adjacent mucous membranes. The prognosis varies; some warts disappear spontaneously, some readily with treatment, and others need vigorous and prolonged treatment. Age Alert Although their incidence is highest in children and young adults,...

Details Descriptions About :: Hiatal Hernia  Hiatal hernia is a defect in the diaphragm that permits a portion of the stomach to pass through the diaphragmatic opening into the chest. Hiatal hernia is the most common problem of the diaphragm affecting the alimentary canal. Treatment can prevent complications such as strangulation of...

Details Descriptions About :: Fractures  When a force exceeds the compressive or tensile strength of the bone, a fracture will occur. An estimated 25% of the population has traumatic musculoskeletal injury each year, and a significant number of these involve fractures. The prognosis varies with the extent of disability or deformity, amount...

Details Descriptions About :: Glomerulonephritis  Glomerulonephritis is a bilateral inflammation of the glomeruli, commonly following a streptococcal infection. Acute glomerulonephritis is also called acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis. Age Alert Acute glomerulonephritis is most common in boys ages 3 to 7 but can occur at any age. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis most commonly occurs between...

Details Descriptions About :: Metabolic Syndrome  Metabolic syndrome is a common condition in which obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, and an abnormal cholesterol profile cluster together in one person. When these risk factors occur together, the chance of developing coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes is much greater than when...

Details Descriptions About :: Amenorrhea  Amenorrhea is the abnormal absence of menstruation. Absence of menstruation is normal before puberty, after menopause, or during pregnancy and lactation; it’s pathologic at any other time. Primary amenorrhea is the absence of menarche in an adolescent by age 14 without the development of secondary sex characteristics...

Details Descriptions About :: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation  Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) occurs as a complication of diseases and conditions that accelerate clotting. It causes small blood vessel occlusion, organ necrosis, depletion of circulating clotting factors and platelets, activation of the fibrinolytic system, and consequent severe hemorrhage. Clotting in the microcirculation usually affects...

Details Descriptions About :: Multiple Sclerosis  Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes demyelination of the white matter of the brain and spinal cord and damage to nerve fibers and their targets. Characterized by exacerbations and remissions, MS is a major cause of chronic disability in young adults and its prognosis varies. MS may progress...

Details Descriptions About :: Varicocele  A mass of dilated and tortuous varicose veins in the spermatic cord is called a varicocele. It’s classically described as a “bag of worms.” Thirty percent of all men diagnosed with infertility have a varicocele; 95% of cases affect the left spermatic cord. Age Alert Varicoceles are...