There are about five and half quarts of blood circulating through the veins, arteries, and organs of your body. This rich red stream is kept in constant circulation by your heart. When things are going well you hardly need to think about this. Bu.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 03.4.10 | No Comments
Bueger’s disease is a painful disorder of the toes and feet. It is most common seen in younger adult males. Excessive smoking is the most frequent cause of this painful disease. The patient usually complains of coldness, and tingling or burn.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 02.23.10 | No Comments
Phlebitis means inflammation of a vein occurring most frequently in the lower extremities. One very serious form is known as milkeg, a condition sometimes following childbirth, particularly if there has been some injury to the pelvic veins. .. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 02.2.10 | 1 Comment
An aneurysm is a localized enlargement of a blood vessel, such as the aorta. It may be due to inflammation such as a syphilis, or to some weakness on the arterial wall, due to some weakness in the arterial wall, due to arteriosclerosis and hypert.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 01.21.10 | No Comments
Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium – The tough, fibrous bag which surrounds the heart and protects it from injury. Pericarditis may sometimes follow a severe throat infection or an attack of rheumatic fever. It is frequently seen .. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 01.12.10 | No Comments
Palpitation Palpitation of the heart is a common problem real discomfort in the heart and chest. Palpitation is described as kind of “bumping” felling in the chest. It may arise from a number of different causes, most of which are not relate.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 01.5.10 | 1 Comment
A recent report reveals that those of us in United States are less healthy than our counterparts across the pond. The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association say that Americans who are middle-aged and older have higher rates of o.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 12.17.09 | 1 Comment
Heart failure is a serious condition that develops when the heart is no longer able to carry on its normal work. It happens to the most patient with serious heart disease at some time or other in the course of their disease. The heart has only on.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 12.3.09 | 2 Comments
The true cause of high blood pressure is now known. A great deal of experimental work is being carried out in the hope of finding some clue, but unfortunately there are still many gaps in our knowledge concerning hypertension. High blood pressure.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 11.19.09 | 1 Comment
Low blood pressure or hypo tension is far less common than hypertension or high blood pressure. Sometimes the pressure falls rapidly because of hemorrhage or loss of blood. Low blood pressure may also come on gradually because of slow bleeding in.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 11.12.09 | 1 Comment
Mono is usually spread by person-to-person contact with saliva as the primary method of transmission. Infectious mononucleosis, also know as glandular, is mostly occur among teen-agers and young adults. The cause of this disease is still n.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 11.3.09 | 1 Comment
What are called "growing pains" may be the signal of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever of inflammatory rheumatism is a very serious disease that mainly affects children and young people in their teens. It is thought to be an allergic conditio.. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 10.29.09 | 1 Comment
Diphtheria is a highly contagious disease caused by certain germs occasionally found in the throat of apparently normal people! These people are knows as "carriers" of the germs. They do not actually have the disease. Sometimes the germs are .. Read More
Conditions & Diseases | 10.27.09 | No Comments
