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Disease Management Center

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.

Disease Management Articles

Spider bites

Snakes...Spiders...Scorpions...Yuck! These creepy crawlies make one’s skin crawl. And spiders ... ugh! So let’s talk about spiders. Or more precisely, we’ll talk about spider bites. Don’t ...
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Tourette's Syndrome

Tourette's syndrome is an inherited disorder, characterized by simple andplex muscle and vocal tics. It was first described by Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette in the year 1885. It is ...
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Tremors

A tremor is an unintentional shaking or vibration of the body or parts of the body which takes place when muscles continually contract and relax uncontrollably. Each and every human being has ...
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Pyrexia of unknown origin

Pyrexia of unknown (PUO)s a fever that has been there for more than a fortnight but with no definitive diagnosis even 7 days after having admitted the patientn a hospital and getting him ...
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Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is an infection that is caused by schistosomes; more specifically, Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosoma hematobium, and Schistosoma japonicum. Although a very large number of ...
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Septicemia

Septicemia is a conditionhat is characterized byhe initial rapid proliferation of bacteria inhe blood, which is known as bacteremia, followed by organic pathologies in various parts of ...
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Huntington’s disease

Huntington’s disease (Huntington's chorea) is a slow degenerative disease of certain areas of the brain that control smooth and coordinate movements. The disease is hereditary and starts with ...
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Hydrocarbon Poisoning

Sniffing glue is a common type of drug abuse. But did you know that it can poison your system? Sniffing glue or swallowing kerosene, paint thinner, gasoline, and some cleaning products can ...
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Jaundice

The word Jaundice has become a household word. Most of us take it for granted that if the whites of a person’s eyes and his fingernails have turned yellow, he has jaundice. And that, my ...
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Glucose-6-phosphatasehydrogenase (G6PD)ficiency is a common inherited disorder in which the person fails to produce adequate amounts of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatehydrogenase. A ...
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