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What causes dehydration?
Dehydration can be a serious condition if the treatment of dehydration is not given properly. Dehydration results in excessive loss of water from a body. As a result of dehydration minerals and electrolytes are lost from the body and it is very important to replace these electrolytes and minerals. There are many causes of dehydration. [...]
What is menorrhagia?
Menorrhagia is a condition of heavy menstrual bleeding. This heavy period bleeding may cause social, emotional and physical loss in woman’s life. Menstrual blood loss is usually each in the start then goes less at the end. In menstruation, the uterus lining sheds every month.
What is plague?
Infection of plague is caused due to bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in fleas and rats. Animals and humans suffer with plague from flea bites and rats. Plague has destroyed many civilizations. Plague is uncommon today. It is all because of better living standards and antibiotics.
What is bioterrorism?
Bioterrorism is the spread of viruses, bacteria and other germs. Its purpose is to threaten people, causing illness and even death. The biological agents are present in our nature but these agents can also be made to spread particular diseases that also resist a certain medical treatment.
What is cholera?
Cholera is an infectious disease of intestine caused by taking contaminated food and water. Cholera disease is caused by bacterium Vibrio cholerae. With short incubation period of 1 to 5 days, it produces enterotoxin, which can cause watery diarrhea and lead to dehydration. This can cause even death in case of improper cholera treatment.
What is anorexia nervosa?
Anorexia nervosa is a common eating disorder among many other eating disorders like binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. People suffering from anorexia have a fear of weight gain (obesity) so, they usually become weak as they don’t each much. Mind and body both are affected with anorexia.
What is lyme disease?
Tick bite produces lyme disease. Lyme disease constitutes many lyme disease symptoms. Lyme disease is also called borreliosis or borrelia. This disease is caused by a bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Usually mice have this type of bacterium. Through ticks the bacterium from mice is passed to individuals and get into the bloodstream of a person.
What is hyperthyroidism?
Hyperthyroidism is an overactive thyroid gland. Overactive thyroid gland produces more than sufficient thyroxine. Due to extra thyroxine, metabolic rate of body increases. Sometime doctors use the term thyrotoxicosis for hyperthyroidism. Both terms have the same meaning. Excess thyroid hormone causes a toxic condition i.e. thyrotoxicosis.
What is plague?
Infection of plague is caused due to bacterium Yersinia pestis. This bacterium is found in fleas and rats. Animals and humans suffer with plague from flea bites and rats. Plague has destroyed many civilizations. Plague is uncommon today. It is all because of better living standards and antibiotics.
What is goiter?
Goiter refers to an enlarged thyroid gland. The thyroid gland enlarges due to tissue growth in thyroid gland. The thyroid gland generally produces thyroxine and triodothyronine hormones, which can maintain body functions such as digestive functions, mood, pulse rate and individual’s body temperature.
What is hypothyroidism?
Hypothyroidism produces when there is insufficient thyroid hormone in the body. Thyroid hormone helps in the metabolic functions of the body. Symptoms of hypothyroidism are accompanied by slow metabolic rates. Hypothyroidism is most common among Americans and usually they don’t know about it.
What is the diagnosis of sickle cell anemia?
Diagnosis of sickle cell anemia is necessary for proper sickle cell anemia treatment. Blood test is suggested to diagnose sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell disease is confirmed when sickle shaped cells due to sickle cell trait are seen under microscope. Sickle preparation test is one of the preparatory tests, which are used for the diagnosis [...]
What is osteitis pubis?
Osteitis is an inflammation of the bone. In this condition, aching pain, tenderness and bone enlargement are noted. Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone marrow and bone. Osteitis occurs in different circumstances and usually seen in acquired syphilis, yaws and leprosy.
What is sickle cell anemia treatment?
Sickle cell anemia treatment is based on individual sickle cell anemia symptoms. Treatment of sickle cell anemia is started for the prevention and management of sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia treatment helps prevent red blood cells from stacking.
What are the symptoms of dehydration?
Dehydration or baby dehydration causes the body to take lot of water with decreased urine output to conserve the water loss. As a result, the urine will ultimately become yellow and concentrated. As the loss of water from the body increases, there will be more symptoms of dehydration. Some of the signs of dehydration are: