Reye's syndrome is a serious disorder that affects the brain and liver in children between 4 and 14 years, who are recovering from a viral infection. The disease, though very rare, can be fatal. It has been linked to the use of aspirin or ...
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Has it struck you that your 18-year-old son is spending too much time at the computer? Or your 16-year-old daughter has turned into a 'couch potato' with a packet of wafers for company? They should be out there painting the town red with a bunch ...
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Nocturnal leg cramps are sudden, involuntary contractions of the muscles that cause muscle pain. They occur during the night when a person is asleep. These uncomfortable cramps mainly occur in the calf, the foot, and the thigh. Although they may ...
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Hypothermia is very low bodyemperature. And dangerouso boot. Hypothermia results whenhe body loses more heathan can be replaced by increasing metabolism (through activity) or by increasing warming from external sources, such ashe sun or fire. ...
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Dyspepsia is a very common problem faced by practically everyone at some point of time or the other in their life. The condition develops when the body is unable to secrete the right about of digestive juices in the stomach. People complain of severe pain in ...
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A maculopapular rash is a skin disease that is characterized by redness (erythema) and raised spotted lesions. The combined presence of macules (discolored spots on the skin that are neither raised nor depressed) and papules (tiny, solid bumps) results ...
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Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is one of the most common viruses, which are found to infect humans. It is the main cause of a condition known as infectious mononucleosis. This virus is also associated with the development of some types of cancer, like ...
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Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder in which a person is unable to recognize faces. This condition is commonly known as face blindness or facial agnosia. The term prosopagnosia is derived from two Greek words, namely ‘prosop’ (meaning face) and ‘agnosi’ ...
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Guinea wormection, also known as Dracunculiasis, Dracontiasis, or Medina worm disease, isection by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis. A person suffers from thisection as a result of drinking water that is contaminated with Cyclops, which ...
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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is hereditary disease that is characterized by the developmentf eczemar the presencef bleeding patches beneath the skin. The gene that is responsible for giving rise to this disease, which is known as the WASP gene, is ...
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