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Treatments for Cat Scratch Disease

Transmitted by the bite or scratch of a cat and occasionally by fleas or ticks, cat scratch disease (CSD) is a common bacterial infection. It is caused by Bartonella henselae and has a high prevalence in humid and warm climates.

26 Sep 2016

How is Cat Scratch Disease Diagnosed?

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is transmitted by the bite or scratch of a cat infected with the microorganism Bartonella henselae.It is a fairly common bacterial infection with a high prevalence in warm and humid climates.

26 Sep 2016

Cat Scratch Disease Symptoms

Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a common bacterial infection that is transmitted by infected cats. It is estimated that up to 50% of cats may be asymptomatic carriers and spread the bacteria to humans via bites and/or scratches. Occasionally, infected fleas and ticks may also transmit the disease to humans.

26 Sep 2016

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat scratch disease (CSD), also known as subacute regional lymphadenitis or cat scratch fever, is a common bacterial infection caused by Bartonellahenselae. As one may deduce, infected cats are disease vectors and transmit the bacteria, which is found in their saliva via bites or scratches. It is estimated that up to 50 percent of cats may be carriers of the microorganism responsible for CSD and these cats may show no signs of infection.

26 Sep 2016

Food Allergy and Food Intolerance: What’s the Difference?

Adverse reactions to food may be due to immunologic or non-immunologic causes. Immunologic conditions include antibody-mediated reactions to foods. This happens because the food contains certain epitopes that closely resemble antigens on other microbes or biologic matter, including spores and pollen.

26 Sep 2016

Food Intolerance

Food intolerance may be described as an adverse non-immunologic chemical reaction in the body to a non-toxic component of food. This occurs in the absence of any structural abnormality of the digestive tract. It is not caused by an antigen-antibody reaction, due to the immune system producing an abnormal reaction to a group of molecules in the food.

26 Sep 2016

Causes of Food Intolerance

Food intolerance is a functional or structural intolerance to food, which is non-immunologic and non-toxic in origin, but is chemically based instead. A third type of food intolerance involves the effects produced by pharmacologically active amines and other compounds present in foods.

26 Sep 2016

Diabetic Kidney Disease and Dialysis

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) occurs due to the long-term damage caused by diabetes to the kidneys. In severe cases, this leads to kidney failure that requires dialysis, which is the clinical purification of blood to artificially substitute for normal kidney function.

23 Sep 2016

What Causes Diabetic Nephropathy (Kidney Disease)?

In many diabetics, the kidneys slowly thicken and become progressively scarred over time. The nephrons, which are the basic functional and structural units of the kidneys, become leaky and allow albumin, a protein made by the liver, to pass freely into the urine.

23 Sep 2016

Bacterial Nail Infections

Bacterial nail infections are caused by microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). It is an infection of the nail fold which may involve the nail plate.

23 Sep 2016

Nail Discoloration - Green, Blue, Black, White or Yellow, Why ?

Nails are often referred to as a window on the body’s state of health or disease. They manifest with a variety of changes in shape and growth, due to systemic conditions which affect their normal growth.

23 Sep 2016

Lead Poisoning in Children

Lead is a naturally occurring metal that has been used extensively throughout history. Its usage is traced right back to ancient history. High exposure to lead, particularly in young children, is associated with health complications. Lead poisoning is not a new phenomenon. Reports of lead poisoning from water pipes and wine containers date back to Roman times.

23 Sep 2016

Albinism - Partial Absence of Pigment in the Skin

Albinism is a condition marked by reduced production of melanin, the pigment that provides color to the hair, skin, and eyes of an individual. It is an inherited condition with the signs present from the birth of an infant.

23 Sep 2016

Retinal Break

Retinal breaks are holes in the retina that occur mostly when the vitreous body contracts and tugs on the retina.

22 Sep 2016

Retinal Breaks and Retinal Detachment

The retina is the light-sensitive layer inside the eye. It is made up of 5 or 10 layers, based on the anatomical classification. The innermost layer contains the rod and cone cells, which are rich in photosensitive pigments. These are called photoreceptors and are the actual organs of light reception.

22 Sep 2016

Preventing Retinal Detachment

Retinal detachment is a sight-threatening disorder. It comprises the separation of the retina from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

22 Sep 2016

Retinal Detachment Prognosis

Retinal detachment refers to the process in which the neurosensory layer of the eye called the retina, which is responsible for receiving and transmitting light signals to the brain and enabling vision, is pulled off or peels off the underlying retinal pigment epithelium. In many cases, there is a posterior vitreous detachment.

22 Sep 2016

Treating Retinal Detachment

Retinal detachment refers to the condition in which the retina separates from the underlying retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), becoming cut off from its nutritive and photopigment restorative properties. It may eventually die if the close connection is not restored in time.

22 Sep 2016

What Causes Retinal Detachment?

The retina is the layer of the eye that contains light-sensitive nerve cells or photoreceptors. It receives and transmits light stimuli to the brain, enabling the body to see. It lines the inside of the eye, resting upon a pigmented layer called the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). This nourishes and renews the retinal photopigments, maintaining normal visual function.

22 Sep 2016

How to Prevent Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterial genus Leptospira. It can infect both humans and animals. About 9 in every 10 persons affected will experience mild flu-like symptoms, which include headache, fever, and muscle pains.

22 Sep 2016