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Inhalants: Abuse, Addiction, and Treatment
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Inhalants are common household, industrial and medical products that produce vapors, which some people inhale (breath in) to make them feel intoxicated or high..


Acute Flaccid Myelitis: Causes and Symptoms
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Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare but serious condition that affects the spinal cord. It can cause sudden weakness in the arms or legs, loss of muscle tone, and loss of reflexes. The condition mainly affects young children..


Arsenic Poisoning: Everything You Need to Know
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Arsenic poisoning, or arsenicosis, happens when a person takes in dangerous levels of arsenic. Arsenic is a natural semi-metallic chemical that is found all over the world in groundwater..


Campylobacter Infection: Causes and Symptoms
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Campylobacteriosis is an infection caused by bacteria you can get from contaminated food and water. It causes diarrhea. You might also hear it called campylobacter, campylobacter infection, or campylobacteriosis gastroenteritis..


Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Causes and more
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Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow the spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are made..


Drug addiction: Substance use Disorder
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Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person’s brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medication. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine also are considered drugs. When you’re addicted, you may continue using the drug despite the harm it causes..


Dwarfism: Cause and More, Perfectly Imperfect!
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Dwarfism is short stature that results from a genetic or medical condition. Dwarfism is generally defined as an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147 centimeters) or less. The average adult height among people with dwarfism is 4 feet (122 cm)..


Anabolic Steroids: What you should know
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Anabolic steroids are used for some medical conditions, but people also use them illegally in some sports settings. In addition to that, they use them to boost muscle mass, performance, and endurance and to shorten recovery time between workouts..


Chagas Disease: Causes, Signs, and Symptoms
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Chagas disease is an inflammatory, infectious disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. This parasite is found in the feces of the triatomine (reduviid) bug. This bug is also known as the “kissing bug.” It is common in South America, Central America and Mexico, the primary home of the triatomine bug. Rare cases of Chagas disease have also been found in the southern United States..


Adrenal Gland Cancer: Symptoms, and Causes
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Adrenal gland cancer is a rare cancer that begins in one or both of the small, triangular glands (adrenal glands) located on top of your kidneys. The adrenal glands produce hormones that give instructions to virtually every organ and tissue in your body..


Bile Duct Cancer: What it is about?
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Bile duct Cancer or Cholangiocarcinoma is a type of cancer that forms in the slender tubes (bile ducts) that carry the digestive fluid bile. And Also bile ducts connect your liver to your gallbladder and your small intestine..


Cervical Cancer: You Need to Know About
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Cervical cancer is a type of cancer that starts in thecervix. The cervix is a hollow cylinder that connects the lower part of a woman's uterus to her vagina. Most cervical cancers begin in cells on the surface of the cervix..


Meningitis: What Do You Want to Know About?
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Meningitis is an inflammation of the fluid and membranes (meninges) surrounding your brain and spinal cord..


Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children and Adults
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory virus. It affects the lungs and its bronchioles (smaller passageways that carry air to the lung)..


Tick Bites: Are they harmful?
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Are tick bites harmful?.


Antibiotic Resistance and Its Consequences
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Antibiotic resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. And that means the germs are not killed and continue to grow..


Pulmonary Embolism: How serious it is
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Pulmonary embolism is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in your lungs. In most cases, pulmonary embolism is caused by blood clots that travel to the lungs from deep veins in the legs or, rarely, from veins in other parts of the body (deep vein thrombosis)..


Alcohol Use Disorder, Understanding the Risk
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Alcohol use disorder (which includes a level that’s sometimes called alcoholism) is a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems and, having to drink more to get the same effect, or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking..


Bladder Cancer: Type, Symptoms, and Causes
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Bladder cancer occurs in the tissues of the bladder, which is the organ in the body that holds urine. It is a common type of cancer that begins in the cells of the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, muscular organ in your lower abdomen that stores urine..


Insect Bites and Stings: Don’t scratch insect bites!
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Most insect bites and stings are not serious and will get better within a few hours or days..


Abdominal Pain, What’s Causing It and Treatment
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Abdominal pain is pain that occurs between the chest and pelvic regions. It can also be crampy, achy, dull, intermittent, or sharp. discomfort also called a stomachache..


Acute Bronchitis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment,
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Acute bronchitis is a contagious viral infection that causes inflammation of the bronchial tubes. These are the airways that carry air into your lungs. When these tubes get infected, they swell. Mucus (thick fluid) forms inside them And this narrows the airways, making it harder for you to breathe..


Bedbugs – Signs of an Infestation: How to Get Rid
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Bedbugs are insects from the genusCimex that feed on human blood, usually at night. Their bites can result in a number of health impacts, includingskin rashes, psychological effects, andallergic symptoms. Bed bug bites may lead to skin changes ranging from small areas of redness to prominentblisters. Symptoms may take minutes to appear anditchiness is generally present. Some individuals may feel tired or have afever. Typically, uncovered areas of the body are affected.  Their bites are not known to transmit anyinfectious disease. Complications may rarely includeareas of dead skin orvasculitis..


Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorders: Discover It
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Carbohydrate metabolism disorders arehereditary metabolic disorders. It occurs when parents pass the defectivegenes that cause these disorders on to their children. And also there are different types ofinherited disorders..