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Post-Operative Care for Labiaplasty

Following labiaplasty surgery, there is no standard of care since different clinics and spas have their own regimens.

20 Oct 2017

How to Remove a Splinter

It is quite common to encounter a splinter in the skin. While superficially embedded splinters are easy to pick out, this may not be the case with large or deep splinters. Most splinters are made of wood, glass, plastic or metal.

20 Oct 2017

How is Walking Pneumonia Treated?

Pneumonia is a respiratory illness that affects the patient’s ability to breathe easily. The air sacs in the lungs are filled up with fluid or pus when the infection strikes. This can result in symptoms such as fever, a slowly worsening cough, runny or leaky nose, and an overwhelming sense of tiredness. There are more than thirty different causes of pneumonia, resulting in different degrees of severity of the illness.

19 Oct 2017

Dyspareunia Symptoms

Dyspareunia can be defined as persistent or recurrent pain that occurs with sexual activity and results in notable distress or even interpersonal altercation.

19 Oct 2017

Dyspareunia Diagnosis

Dyspareunia is a commonly neglected condition that manifests with persistent or recurrent urogenital pain just before, during or following sexual intercourse, mostly due to physical or psychological causes. This disorder may be generalized, acquired and lifelong, causing substantial personal (and interpersonal) distress.

19 Oct 2017

Treatment Options for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a rare, chronic, and often misdiagnosed disease defined by the dispersed mucinous ascites and tissue lining the peritoneal cavity, and generally initiate from appendix cancer or ovarian cancer.

19 Oct 2017

Nasal Congestion Causes

A stuffy nose is also called nasal congestion. It is the result of swelling and inflammation of the nasal mucosa and underlying tissues, along with the blood vessels that network beneath them. They trap excess fluid, thus becoming full and stuffy. In some cases the nasal congestion is accompanied by a nasal discharge.

19 Oct 2017

Alstrom Syndrome Research

Alstrom syndrome has been the focus of attention in research on the biological functions of cilia, as well as the best mode of treatment of these disorders.

19 Oct 2017

Dyspareunia Treatment

Dyspareunia is a condition that can be defined as a recurrent and (often) unremitting urogenital pain that is observed before, during, or even after penetration (sexual intercourse). It is mostly observed in women and may result in a significant decrease of perceived quality of life.

19 Oct 2017

Asphyxiating Thoracic Dysplasia

Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy is also known as Jeune syndrome, after the scientist who described it for the first time in 1855. It is a congenital disorder in which bone growth occurs in an abnormal manner, resulting in severe constriction of the chest, shortening of the ribs, as well as of the arm and leg bones, a short adult stature, and polydactyly.

19 Oct 2017

Vaginoplasty in Children

Vaginoplasty refers to the creation of a vagina of adequate depth and size, or restoring previous vaginal tightness for a more youthful look and feel. However, vaginoplasty in children is always aimed at creating a normal-appearing vagina as part of normal-appearing female external genitalia. This is intended to allow satisfactory sexual intercourse and normal menstrual flow later in life if the uterus and ovaries are normal, as well as facilitate normal fertility, if possible.

19 Oct 2017

Episiotomy Procedure

An episiotomy procedure is done so that the opening of the vagina can be made larger to facilitate the birth of a baby.

19 Oct 2017

Recovery After Root Canal Treatment

Following a root canal treatment procedure, patients need to pay attention to some aspects during the recovery and aftercare period.

19 Oct 2017

Chancroid Clinical Presentation

Chancroid is considered one of the classical ulcerative genital diseases that is caused by Gram-negative bacterial pathogen Haemophilus ducreyi. This disease is commonly observed (and sporadically endemic) in the poorest regions of the world that have weak public health infrastructure (such as Asia, Africa and the Caribbean).

19 Oct 2017

What Causes Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)?

The small intestinal microflora are usually limited in number, less than 105 colony-forming units per mL of intestinal fluid. This number is somewhat arbitrary, because of the intense reluctance of most intestinal bacteria to grow in culture.

19 Oct 2017

Chagas: A Neglected Disease in the United States

Chagas disease is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.

18 Oct 2017

What is SIBO?

The intestine is colonized by enteric bacteria immediately after birth, and this prevents the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the small intestine. The composition of the intestinal bacterial population remains constant during the individual’s lifespan unless altered by extrinsic means.

17 Oct 2017

What is Rhinorrhea?

Rhinorrhea is one of the chief symptoms of rhinitis, but may also be due to other serious causes. Rhinitis may be allergic or non-allergic.

17 Oct 2017

Dyspareunia Causes

Dyspareunia is a term that denotes a recurrent genital pain present just before, during or after sexual intercourse. This is a complex entity linked to multiple medical, biological, psychological, interpersonal and socio-cultural dimensions. Generally the condition is almost unique to women, albeit men can also be affected in rare instances.

17 Oct 2017

Fibromyalgia and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

Fibromyalgia is a condition in which there is pain all over the body, localized to the somatic muscles. This is experienced as soreness over certain points on pressure, in the form of a dull ache which has been present for at least 3 months at the time of diagnosis. The tenderness should be elicited over different points located over all the body quadrants.

17 Oct 2017