Monday, November 30, 2009

Malaria


Malaria is an infectious disease caused by eukaryote protest of genus Plasmodium through mosquitoes. This disease spreads to various countries like America, Asia and Africa. When a female Anopheles mosquito bites, malaria occurs naturally. The malaria parasite spreads within the blood vessels of human being. After a span of two to three weeks, it affects the lungs. Major malaria symptoms are fever and headache. If this disease exceeds to long period, it leads to coma and even death. Many ant malarial drugs are available to treat malaria. Malaria may be prevented to certain limit by using mosquito nets, insect repellents and using several sprays. Government performs various awareness programs to avoid malaria in the beginning stages.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Itch


Itching is a big unpleasant sensation that evokes the desire or reflex to scratch. It makes pain around the area which is affected by the itching. Itching changes the color and originality of the skin. The sources of this disease may be due to smokes, microbes. Itching can be caused by head lice, pubic lice, body louse, dry skin, insect bites, thyroid illness, chicken pox, dandruff, etc. wide varieties of treatments are available to cure this problem such as taking tablets, injections. Itching continuously for long period of time will leads to serious problem. Medical treatment for those affected person is must.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Hemorrhoids


Hemorrhoids (AmE) are commonly called as piles. The other name of piles is emeralds and haemorrhoid.piles is a problem which makes swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus.anatomically hemorrhoids is termed as cushions of tissue filed with blood vessels at the junctions of the anus and the rectum. This term is popularly used to refer to varicosities of the hemorrhoids tissue. Several treatments used for this disorder are natural treatment, home treatment, surgical and non medicinal treatment. The two types of hemorrhoids are external hemorrhoids and internal hemorrhoids. external hemorrhoids occurs outside the anal verge .internal hemorrhoids occurs inside the rectum.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Heart attack


Heart attack is commonly known as myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Heart attack is a very dangerous disease .it interrupts the blood supply to the parts of heart causing heart cells to die constantly. The symptoms of heart attack are sudden just pain, breathing problem.nausea, vomiting, palpitation, sweating and anxiety. Heart attack is a medical emergency and the people getting heart attack are advised to alert the emergency medical services. The first attack is not that much serious .the second attack is very serious which leads to major problems like coma and even result in death. Personal doctor is needed to the affected person is must.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Eye Diseases


The major parts of eyes are sclera, cornea, iris and ciliary body. When these parts are affected, various diseases like scleritis, keratitis, corneal ulcer, snow blindness or arc eye, thygesons superficial punctuate keratopathy, iritis gets into the eye . Scleritis is a painful inflammation of sclera portion. Keratitis is an inflammation of cornea .corneal ulcer leads to loss of surface epithelial layer of the eyes cornea. Snow blindness is a painful condition which cannot recognize the bright light. Irises is an inflammation of the iris. The disorder of lens in eye leads to cataract. Cataract is a condition in which lens becomes opaque.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Elephantiasis


Elephantiasis is a major disease which affects the large areas of people. It makes the skin thickening and makes the tissues enlarged. It is affect the genital organs of male and female. This disease enlarged the major portion of leg, hand and makes enormous pain all around the affected portion .so that the affected person cannot walk freely like other persons. They always need medical treatment otherwise there life will end shortly. Various treatments to cure this disease in initial stage are by using antibiotics, genome deciphered and possible elimination treatments. Various awareness programs are conducted by the students of medical colleges all around the country to cure the disease.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Cough


Cough is a sudden and repetitively occurring defense reflex that helps to clear the large breathing passages from excessive secretions, irritants, foreign particles and various microbes. There are three phases in cough reflex .they are inhalation, exhalation against a closed glottis. Severe coughing indicates the presence of the disease. Many virus and bacteria gets benefited by causing there host to cough which helps to spread the disease to new host. Coughing is acute when it presents less than a weak. Cough is sub acute when it present between three to eight weeks. If it is chronic then it last for more than eight weeks.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cholera


Cholera is infectious diseases caused by enter toxin producing strains of the bacterium Vi brio cholera. This disease affects the human being through eating contaminated food, drinking impure water. Vi-brio cholera produces cholera toxin which affects the mucosa epithelium lining of small intestine. This is a highly fatal disease which makes blood pressure to drop continuously. Other names of cholera are Asiatic or epidemic cholera. Cholera affected person feels poor surveillance systems. This disease spreads across various countries like Africa, Asia. If the affected person is not given proper treatment, they will die within two to three days.ORT is oral rehydration therapy which is widely used to treat cholera affected persons.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Chicken Pox


Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease which is affected by the injection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). This disease makes the skin rash all around the body. Chicken pox spreads easily through cough, sneezing. Once the affected person gets cured by this disease .there whole body gets immense immunity power so that the person will not get this disease again. Chicken box is a fatal disease which is seen in adult males, adult females and children. If a pregnant woman gets this disease it leads to high risk of survival to both the mother and the baby. now a day’s chicken pox is a curable disease.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Cephalagia


Cephalagia is commonly called as headache. Headache occurs in different condition if head. It makes pain in the head and makes the body feel pain. Brain itself is not sensitive to the pain because it lakes the nociceptors. It makes several areas of neck and head pains sensitive structures. The pain sensitive structure is divided into two regions .first is within the cranium and the later is outside the cranium. Within the cranium includes blood vessels, meninges and the cranial nerves. Outside the cranium includes skull, muscles, nerves, arteries and veins, subcutaneous tissues, eyes, ears, sinuses and mucus membranes. Proper treatments like injection, taking tablets can cure headache.