Diseases

Episodes of asthma often are triggered by some condition or stimulus. Common triggers of asthma are:
Exercise
Running can trigger an episode in over 80 percent of children with asthma. Bronchodilator medications used before exercise can prevent most of these episodes. With proper control of asthma, most children with asthma can participate fully in physical activities.
There [...]

Ectopic pregnancy, also known as a tubal pregnancy, occurs when the pregnancy implants outside of the womb. It can occur in several places, eg. the ovary, the abdomen, the cervix, at the join between the tube and the womb (cornua), but the most common place is within the fallopian tube. Pregnancy can even occur in [...]

A brachial plexus injury occurs when the nerves that connect your arm and spinal cord get stretched or torn. This usually happens when your shoulder is pressed down forcefully while your head is pushed up and away from that shoulder.
The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that travels from your neck and passes under [...]

An overweight baby is a baby who gains weight far out of proportion to her growth in height. An overweight baby looks fat. Fat babies are not necessarily healthy babies. The infants who continue to be overweight as children and adults usually have parents, siblings, or grandparents who are overweight. Any infant in a family [...]

Periodontal diseases range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease that results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth. In the worst cases, teeth are lost.
Gum disease is a threat to your oral health. Research is also pointing to possible health effects of periodontal diseases that go well [...]

Everybody knows what it’s like to feel anxious. Anxiety rouses you to action. It gears you up to face a threatening situation.
Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event (such as speaking in public or a first date), anxiety disorders last at least 6 months and can get worse if they are [...]

Research shows that high blood pressure starts much early in life and at times goes undetected for decades until it shows itself in symptoms. It usually, is one of the most common cause for heart disease. In an extensive research carried around the world for six years, a scientific panel learned that the problems in [...]

There are many reasons why a man may have difficulty with fertility. Fortunately, once diagnosed, some of these causes may be treatable.
Many fertility issues are related with sperm disorders.
A major cause of fertility problems can be related to sperm disorder. Of the millions of sperm normally deposited into the vagina, only a few hundred will [...]

Squint
A squint (strabismus) occurs when the nerves and muscles controlling the eye’s movement overcompensate, which can either pull the eye inwards or outwards. In rare cases, the eye can also be pulled upwards or downwards as well. If the eye is pointing outwards, towards the side of the head, this is called exotropia or divergent. [...]

Male Sterility
The condition in which a married couple finds it difficult to produce an offspring is called sterility .The defect may be either with the male partner or the female partner. These defects can be either organic or functional .In males the procreative factors is the sperm. It is produced in the testicles and [...]

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