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Can You Sunburn Your Eyes?

A sunburn of the cornea is called photokeratosis, which is caused by overexposure to the sun’s ultraviolet B (UV-B) or ultraviolet C (UV-C) rays. Photokeratosis is also known as snow-blindness or radiation keratitis. Sunburn of the eyes can be a very painful condition, but it is reversible and resolves within a few days. The condition is very comparable to sunburn of the skin.

18 Jul 2017

Diagnosing and Treating Dupuytren's Contracture

Dupuytren's contracture, also known as Dupuytren's disease, occurs with a thickening of the tissue fibers in the layer below the palm and skin of the fingers. The condition often does not cause pain, but it can be discomforting.

18 Jul 2017

What is an Alkaline Diet?

Also called the acid-alkaline diet or the alkaline ash diet, this eating plan is based on the consumption of alkaline-forming foods in place of acid-forming foods.

18 Jul 2017

Paleo Diet: Pros and Cons

Also called the caveman diet, the paleo diet is based on what our hunter-gatherer ancestors would have eaten during the Paleolithic period, which was 10,000 to 2.5 million years ago.

18 Jul 2017

Dupuytren's Contracture Genetics

Dupuytren's contracture, also known as Dupuytren's disease, occurs when it is difficult for someone to fully extend their finger because the movement is limited by cords of shortened connective tissue.

18 Jul 2017

Dupuytren's Contracture (Palmar Fibromatosis)

Dupuytren's contracture is a condition that impacts the fingers and the hands, causing at least one finger, and possibly several, to bend toward the palm of the hand. Also known as Dupuytren's disease, the condition can affect both hands, including the thumbs.

18 Jul 2017

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition that affects the heart’s ability to pump blood effectively due to the thickening (hypertrophy) of the heart muscle which becomes stiff as a result. The condition is very common and affects around one in 500 men and women in the UK. It can affect people at any age and, among young people, it is a common cause of sudden cardiac death.

18 Jul 2017

Genetics of Hitchhiker's Thumb

Hitchhiker's thumb is otherwise known as distal hyperextensibility of the thumb. This is because of the genetic traits that make a person bend his thumb backward while stretching.

18 Jul 2017

Powassan Virus Prevention and Research

Powassan is a genus of viruses from the family Flaviviridae. It has RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material. The West Nile virus, dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus, among others, are viruses in the same class as Powassan virus. The Powassan virus was initially discovered in Powassan, Ontario, Canada in 1958. It is not curable.

18 Jul 2017

Powassan Virus

Powassan is a genus of viruses from the family Flaviviridae. The West Nile virus, dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, and Zika virus, among others, are viruses in this class. The Powassan virus was initially discovered in Powassan, Ontario, Canada in 1958. It does not have a cure.

17 Jul 2017

What Causes Hyperelastic Skin?

Skin that is stretched beyond the normal level is known as hyperelastic skin.

17 Jul 2017

Treatment of Genital Mycoplasmas

The term “mycoplasma” is used to refer to any microorganism that belongs to the class Mollicutes. Among them, genital mycoplasmas are primarily sexually transmitted (albeit they may also be transmitted to infants in utero or during birth). They have the smallest genomes among known free-living microorganisms, and they may give rise to various clinical syndromes.

17 Jul 2017

Diagnosis of Genital Mycoplasmas

Members of the genus Mycoplasma under the class Mollicutes are parasitic bacteria that are omnipresent in nature. They are significant causes of mucosal infection in humans, and species that are linked to urogenital tract pathology are known under the group designation “genital mycoplasmas”.

17 Jul 2017

What are Genital Mycoplasmas?

Mycoplasmas are considered to be the smallest free-living organisms known, characterized by an outer membrane that consists of three layers, as well as a total lack of cell wall (which renders these organisms insensitive to beta-lactam antimicrobial drugs). As certain species specifically infect the human genital tract and may even affect pregnancy outcomes, it is important to acknowledge their importance in human pathology.

17 Jul 2017

Genetics of Asparagus Smell in Urine

The urine of people who have recently eaten asparagus is known to have an unpleasant odor.

17 Jul 2017

When to Get Help for Social Anxiety

Social anxiety is a widely prevalent disorder. Ninety percent of cases of social anxiety are misdiagnosed as panic, schizophrenic, or other depressive disorders. The most probable reason is that the symptoms or signs of social anxiety are so subtle in most cases that they are simply accepted as variants of normal.

17 Jul 2017

Phobias in Children

Phobias are a type of anxiety disorder. Children who suffer one or more phobias constantly have anxiety.

17 Jul 2017

Newborn Hearing Screening

Newborn children were not usually screened for hearing deficiency in the past. This was primarily because the technology to do so did not exist as yet. This resulted in lifelong problems with speech and language skills, usually translating to poor performance in school, inability to interact well socially with peers and elders, and a number of emotional problems related to this issue.

6 Jul 2017

How do Contact Lenses Work?

Contact lenses are explicitly designed optical devices that can be worn directly on the cornea of the eye. People with poor eyesight wear contact lenses, which helps to refocus oncoming light rays on the retina to achieve a clear vision. Contact lenses increase or decrease the focusing potential of the cornea, and thereby directly project light onto the retina and aid in treating refractive errors.

6 Jul 2017