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Diarrhea Prevention

Diarrhea when caused by infections can be prevented. Some of the steps to prevent the spread of the infections that may cause diarrhea include

28 Feb 2013

Diarrhea means passing loose and watery stools. The severity of the condition may vary between slightly watery faeces along with an upset stomach that stays for a day or two or extremely watery faeces along with severe abdominal pains.

28 Feb 2013

Diarrhea Causes

Diarrhea is usually caused when the fluids within the intestines are not reabsorbed by the gut walls. This leads to loose, watery stools. Watery stools may also result from excessive water secretion from the intestines into the lumen or bowel.

28 Feb 2013

Hepatitis C treatment: no benefits and possible harm

Patients with hepatitis C have two concerns. The first concern relates to how likely it is that he or she will develop end-stage liver disease, namely either symptoms of cirrhosis that will incapacitate them, lead to the need for a liver transplantation, or even death, or primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma).

13 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Factor Test

Rheumatoid factor (RF) is an antibody present in blood. The rheumatoid factor test checks for the presence of this antibody.

12 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may be characteristic of the disease or may be generalized mimicking other types of arthritis like osteoarthritis, gout etc. The onset and development of symptoms is usually in a slow and progressive manner.

12 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Arthritis Support

Support groups have been formed for people living with chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. There is sufficient evidence that arthritis support groups can provide multiple benefits...

12 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Arthritis Management

As rheumatoid arthritis affects not only physically but also emotionally and socially, therapy should be aimed at management of every aspect of the disease and not merely pain and deformity. It is to be remembered that rheumatoid arthritis has no absolute cure.

12 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Arthritis Diet and Nutrition

Diet is an important measure in the management of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Some of the diet and nutrition related concerns and factors affecting patients with this condition include:-

12 Feb 2013

Rheumatoid Arthritis Complications

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a crippling disease associated with several complications and comorbidities or associated diseases.

12 Feb 2013

What is hyperemesis gravidarum (severe morning sickness)?

Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. (1) In fact, the words ‘hyperemesis’ (pronounced ‘hye-pur-em-ee-sis’) and ‘gravidarum’ (pronounced ‘gra-vid-ah-room’) literally translate to ‘excessive vomiting’ ‘during pregnancy’. (10)

20 Dec 2012

Heart attack and cardiac arrest difference

People often think that a heart attack is the same thing as a cardiac arrest. This, however, is not true. In order to understand the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest, it is first necessary to understand what happens in both of these processes.

27 Nov 2012

Treatment of male breast cancer

Male breast cancer in most cases is diagnosed in advanced stages or beyond stages 2 and 3. Treatment is based on the stage of the cancer and the grade of the tumor. High grade tumors are more aggressive and spread more rapidly than low grade tumors that grow more slowly.

8 Nov 2012

Diagnosis of male breast cancer

Patients with symptoms of male breast cancer need to be thoroughly evaluated for presence of breast cancer especially if they are over 60 and have the known risk factors.

8 Nov 2012

Symptoms of male breast cancer

The male breast is structurally and functionally different from female breast due to the hormones that guide its growth and maturity.

8 Nov 2012

Causes of male breast cancer

Normal cells have a tightly regulated system that guides when they would grow, reproduce and eventually die. Cancer occurs in normal cells when this regulation fails and cells grow uncontrollably. There are defects in the coding information in cells, which is present in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is found in the nucleus of cells in all human cells.

8 Nov 2012

What is male breast cancer?

Breast cancer is commonly believed to be a disease affecting women alone, but men can also get this cancer. In men however, the cancer is much rarer than in women with only one in every 100,000 men affected.

8 Nov 2012

Complications of kidney transplant

A kidney transplant is a major operation. There are complications associated with most major operations that may occur with kidney transplant as well. These include pain, delayed wound healing, bleeding and risk of infections. One of the most dreaded complications, however, is rejection reaction or the body’s rejecting the newly donated kidney.

14 Sep 2012

How is a kidney transplant performed?

A kidney transplant is needed in persons who have end stage renal disease with 90% of their kidneys not functioning adequately to remove the waste products from the body.

14 Sep 2012