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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
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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...
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...
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. Its 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)...
Osteoarthritis Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Osteoarthritis, which is also called as degenerative arthritis is the most common type of arthritis which is affecting millions of people around the globe. It generally is caused by the loss of cartilage material between the joints. Cartilage is a soft cushion like material which constitute about 70% of water and other protein content like collagen and proteoglycans.
The two mating bones in joints like knees, feet and wrists and elbows need a cushion type of material to support the free...
Sickle Cell Disease Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Sickle cell disease or Sickle cell anemia is a type of blood related disorder where red blood cells are affected. As we all know, hemoglobin is the key substance in the red blood cells which carries oxygen to lungs and other different parts of the human body. A regular and perfect red blood cell contains hemoglobin A. Its the abnormal case where the red blood cells contain hemoglobin S or C which is a different type of hemoglobin substance in blood cells. In this medical condition, often the...
Coronary Artery Disease Causes Symptoms and Treatments
CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) refers to the contracting of the heart arteries because of atherosclerosis. The heart muscle doesn't get sufficient oxygen when the heart arteries are contracted. If your heart is starving out of oxygen, then the pain in the chest arises which is called as angina. If your artery is totally blocked then the result would be heart attack. In medical terms, the heart attack is referred as myocardial infarction (MI). Coronary Artery Disease is considered to be the most...
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