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Diseases are an inevitable part of our lives. At some point or the other, each of us experiences some disease or the other, making us realize that in spite of so much of scientific research and technological advancement, mankind is yet nowhere close to emerging victorious over morbidity and mortality. Every time that he invents a new medicine, vaccine, or procedure to cure the existing diseases, newer ones keep cropping up. We are left blaming our genes, altered immunity, microorganisms, and the environment. The intelligent few have therefore realized that prevention certainly makes more sense than a cure. In fact, the indiscriminate use of medicines has given rise to a new range of diseases called iatrogenic diseases. Under these circumstances, the value of imparting information responsibly should not be underplayed. You will find specific information about various diseases, their causes, manifestations, and the treatment options available currently.





 

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Disease Management Articles

Tetanus is often fatal

Tetanus is a disease that is caused as the response to a toxic substance released by a form of bacteria, Clostridium tetani, when it enters the human body. The condition is also known as ...
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Toxoplasmosis – a disease you can contract from your pet cat

Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by organisms known as Toxoplasma gondii. This condition is of special significance in the case of expectant women because it is one of the few ...
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Myasthenia Gravis – a grave neuromuscular disorder

Myasthenia gravis is a disease that is autoimmune in origin and characterized by muscle weakness and wasting due to an abnormality at the level of neuromuscular junctions. The body starts ...
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Paget's disease – a lesser known bone disorder

Paget's disease or osteitis deformans, a skeletal disorder that is chronic in nature, is characterized by abnormal growth of bones, their softening and enlargement. The skull, collarbone, ...
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Is cataract clouding your vision?

Every so often we hear of a person going in for a cataract operation. We know it has something to do with the eye but we don't know what it really is. So let's get things a bit clear. ...
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Kala Azar or Lesihmaniasis

Kala Azar or visceral Leishmaniasis is a diseaseaused by a parasite known as Leishmania, which is transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. Sand flies are small hairy ...
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Lyme disease can have grave consequences

Lymesease is a zoonoticsease that is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a type of spirochete. The tick Ixodes, which usually infects animals like dogs and sheep, is known to transmit the ...
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Heart tumors can make life hell

A tumor is any type of abnormal growth, whether malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). There are two types of tumors – primary and secondary. A primary tumor originates in ...
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High blood pressure can be too much to handle

To most people, hypertension means nervousness, or stress, or at the most, excessive tension. To tell you the truth, it's much more than that. Hypertension, or if you like, high blood ...
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Amyloidosis – accumulation of a useless protein

Amyloidosis is a disorder in which, a protein called ‘amyloid’ that is not usually present in the body accumulates within a number of tissues. There are different types of amyloidosis. ...
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