Baldness is a major problem affecting millions of Americans of both sexes. An estimated one billion US dollars are spent on various types of baldness treatment each year. Baldness refers to the lack of hair on body areas where hair normally grows. More commonly, it refers to the lack of hair on head. The most [...]
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Back is a well-designed structure made up of bone, muscles, nerves and other soft tissues. Back pain is pain experienced in the back which may emanate from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine. Back pain influences 80% of Americans at some time in their lives. Most severe back pain is [...]
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Respiratory illnesses can contain a variety of problems, including colds, flu, runny noses, coughs, and sore throats. Lung diseases are disorders like asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer, and many others. Lung diseases are conditions which occurs in the lungs.
Today, more than 25 million Americans are living with chronic lung disease. Lung disease can influence people [...]
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Split ends are also known as Trichoptlosis. Split ends betides when the hair cuticle is damaged and the fibres of the cortex unravel. Split ends are more possible to develop in dry or brittle hair, and typical causes of damage include excessive dying or heavy brushing. Split ends are more general when the hair is [...]
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a medical situation in which the median nerve is pressed at the wrist resulting to pain, paresthesias and muscle weakness in the forearm and hand. It is more common in women than men and affects up to 10 percent of the population. It is caused by increasing the pressure on [...]
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Corns and callosities are produced if an area of the skin is subjected to repeated friction as with ill-fitting/tight shoes or with specific occupational activity.A corn/ callosity consists of an area of thickening of the stratum corneum (the most superficial layer of the skin) which is subjected to repeated friction. If the area of thickening [...]
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Chicken Pox Information manifests with an eruption of well-formed tense vesicles, which on the first day may be only a few but increase in number within the next few days to become generalised. Each vesicle is characteristically surrounded by a small zone of redness and there is a tendency for the vesicles to be concentrated [...]
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Normally the hairs are firmly attached to the skin by means of the hair roots. It is therefore not easy to pull a hair out of the skin without applying an adequate amount of force. Pulling a strand of hair out of the skin causes pain. The amount of force required to pull a hair [...]
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This type of baldness is dependent on the male sex hormones and heredity. It is inherited from the parents and most people who manifest male-type baldness inherit this tendency from the father or the mother. Sometimes the father may not manifest the baldness but other male members in the father’s family may have this type [...]
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Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that occurs in alcohol-dependent people after cessation or reduction in alcohol use. Some people have mild shakiness and sweats. The worst form of withdrawal is called “DTs. Alcohol withdrawal refers to a group of symptoms that may occur from suddenly stopping the use of alcohol after chronic [...]
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