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Causes of Athlete's foot

Athlete's foot or Tenia pedia is a fungal; infection of the skin affecting skin between the toes and sometimes over the foot.

26 Jun 2012

What is Athlete’s foot

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that affects soft areas between the toes and sometimes other parts of the foot. It may lead to severe itching, flaking, scaling, burning, bleeding and stinging.

26 Jun 2012

Treatment for Gender Dysphoria

Gender dysphoria is a mental condition but is not a mental disorder. However, it may be accompanied with severe impairment of social, occupational and other functioning.

25 Jun 2012

Gender dysphoria is a condition where then person identifies himself or herself with the opposite of their original biological sex. This is not a mental disorder. However, some people may need therapy. Diagnosis of gender dysphoria is thus important to rule out other concurrent or underlying mental disorders like anxiety, depression etc.

25 Jun 2012

Symptoms of Gender Dysphoria

Gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder (also called transsexualism) is a strong and persistent desire to identify with the opposite gender rather than the given biological or anatomical gender.

25 Jun 2012

Causes of Gender Dysphoria

Gender dysphoria usually means a difficulty in identifying with the biological sex in an individual. The causes of gender dysphoria are not fully clear.

25 Jun 2012

What is Gender Dysphoria?

Gender is a basic element that helps make up an individual's personality and sense of self. Gender dysphoria is a condition in which the patient feels that his or her gender identity is a mismatch with their actual biological sex.

25 Jun 2012

What is Epinephrine (Adrenaline)?

Epinephrine (ep-uh-nef-rin, -reen) is also known as adrenaline. It is a hormone that is secreted by the adrenal glands. (1, 3)

19 Jun 2012

Treatment of hypotonia

Hypotonia or weakness of muscles and lack of muscle tone is a symptom of an underlying condition rather than a disease entity in itself.

18 Jun 2012

Diagnosis of hypotonia

Hypotonia or lack of muscle tone is a sign of an underlying disease or condition. It may be seen at birth or may be acquired later in life. The aim of diagnosis is to detect the cause of the condition.

18 Jun 2012

Symptoms of Hypotonia

Hypotonia is a condition where the muscles lose structure and tone. Healthy muscles are never completely relaxed and are always tense to a certain degree. This is referred to as muscle tone.

18 Jun 2012

Causes of hypotonia

Hypotonia results in loss of normal resting muscle tone. It is basically a symptom of some underlying disease.

18 Jun 2012

What is hypotonia?

Hypotonia literally means loss of muscle tone. The condition was first described in 1956 among infants who were termed “floppy infants”.

18 Jun 2012

Treatment of esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer treatment is dependent on the staging of the cancer. If the cancer has not spread surgery is the treatment of choice. Surgery aims to remove the cancer.

15 Jun 2012

Diagnosis of esophageal cancer

Esophageal cancer can be diagnosed with the help of certain imaging studies and other tests.

15 Jun 2012

Causes of esophageal cancer

The exact causes of esophageal cancer are unknown. However, some risk factors raise the likelihood of acquiring esophageal cancer.

15 Jun 2012

What is esophageal cancer?

Esophageal cancer is a cancerous or malignant tumor of the esophagus or the food pipe that allows food to move from the mouth to the stomach.

15 Jun 2012

What are Ectopic heartbeats?

Have you ever felt like your heart has skipped a beat? This may have been an ectopic heartbeat.

14 Jun 2012

Treatment of food poisoning

Food poisoning usually resolves by itself in a few days. In most cases rest, isolation, maintenance of hygiene and plenty of fluids is the best treatment for food poisoning.

14 Jun 2012

Diagnosis of food poisoning

Food poisoning is usually a mild illness that may resolve on its own after a bout of stomach upset. However, in some cases it might be more serious needing therapy.

14 Jun 2012