Ovarian Cysts Causes Symptoms and Treatments

•Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) also known as Stein-Leventhal syndrome or functional ovarian hyperandrogenism is an endocrine disorder that is seen occurring in 22 to 23 percent of the women’s population. It is a fairly common disorder of the hormones that occurs in teenagers and young women. It was first recognized in the year 1935. In polycystic ovarian syndrome the ovary starts to mature twice the follicles than normal every month. These follicles mature, enlarge but do not release an...

•Trichomonas Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Trichomoniasis is one of the sexually transmitted infections (or sexually transmitted diseases, STD) caused by a microscopic parasite, a protozoa. Usually it is found in urethral tissues and vagina. Although women are likely to be infected men can be infected too. So let's try to understand that sexual transmitted disease. Causes This disease is the most widespread curable sexual infection. The trichomonad has an average size of 15 mm which cannot be seen by naked eye and the parasites are...

•Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease or PID is an infection of the women’s reproductive organs or an inflammation of the female’s uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. As this infection spreads it affects the nearby tissues and organs. The disease makes the normal tissues scarred and it further blocks the passage for an egg to pass. This prevents one from having children. In cases of the egg implanting itself outside the uterus, then a dangerous condition is formed which is called the ectopic pregnancy...

•Epilepsy Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Epilepsy is considered as group of interconnected disorders which are characterized with a tendency of recurrence seizures. There are distinct kinds of epilepsy as well as seizures. The drugs of epilepsy are given for controlling seizures and sometimes when the treatments are not effective then surgery is required. Epilepsy causes The most significant cause for epilepsy and seizures is considered as head trauma. Even though it has been widely accepted that when a remote injury which has...

•Heartburn Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Heartburn is seen in numerous individuals and it is caused because the acids that is present in your stomach troubles the esophagus. Rare heartburn is normally caused due to the usual irritants such as spicy food and could normally be treated with the help of without a prescription antacid. But if you face heartburn frequently, like more than three time a week, than your heartburn might be very severe problem. This constant occurring heartburn is actually the most understandable way to...

•Tay Sachs Disease Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Tay-Sachs disease is a very rare genetic disease where the fatty compounds in the body accumulate themselves in brain cells and tissues and results in malfunctioning of brain cells. This genetic disorder on a long run can destroy the entire nervous system. It generally occurs because of the absence of a very important enzyme called beta-hexosaminidase A. The purpose of this enzyme in the human body is to split down the fatty compounds which are called as Gangliosides. There are two types in...

•Hepatitis C Causes Symptoms and Treatment
Hepatitis C is an infection which is passed on through blood. It even transfers due to partaking of spoons, tainted needles and sieves used to infuse street drugs. Causes of Hepatitis C: Passing on of Hepatitis C from the mother to the baby, there is a possibility of the infection been passed on from the mother who suffers from Hepatitis C to be passed on to the newborn, but in this case the chances are very few. Sharing of razors, toothbrushes and scissors: there are chances of hepatitis C...

•Genital Warts HPV Causes Symptoms and Treatments
What Causes Genital Warts? Genital warts are caused by various types of HPV (human Papilloma virus) and can appear on the skin anyplace in the genital part as a white or flesh colored, smooth, small bumps, or fleshy, larger, cauliflower like lumps. More than 100 different subtypes of HPV are recognized and about 30 of them in particular affect the genitals. What Are The Most Common Symptoms? When the symptoms appear the patient will see pinkish/white little lumps or bigger cauliflower shaped...

•Cystic Fibrosis Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease that seriously affects lungs, liver, intestines and pancreas. Technically speaking, Cystic Fibrosis shortly called as CF in medical terms is a genetic disorder where the secretory glands in the body are not normal functional. It’s a condition which is mostly observed in the childhood of patients, sometimes as early as in their births. Mucus, sweat and other bodily secretions are affected by Cystic Fibrosis and as a result they cause serious health problems...

•Thyroid Disease Causes Symptoms and Treatments
The 'thyroid' is a small gland situated below the 'Adam's apple' in the neck. It releases two hormones; the thyroxine (T4) and the triodothyroxine (T3). These hormones increase the amount of oxygen that the body uses and incites your cells to generate new proteins. By regulating the release of the hormones, the thyroid establishes the metabolism rate of almost all your body's organs. Problems mainly occur when the thyroid gland tends to become either 'underactive' (leading to hypothyroidism)...