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Genital Herpes Causes Symptoms and Treatment
HSV or 'Herpes Simplex Virus' is the virus which causes Genital Herpes. This virus is highly infectious and transmits from one to another due to contact with skin, like oral, vaginal or anal sex.
Causes of Genital Herpes:
The presence of HSV on the facade of the skin is enough to be transmitted to a partner. This virus is transmitted easily through the moist parts of the skin like the anus, genitals and the mouth. In a few cases, there are chances of getting infected even through other parts...
Granuloma Causes Symptoms and Treatment
Granuloma is a collection of immune cells which are in a ball like structure. This is formed when our body natural defense system is trying to keep away alien substance by forming the wall, as it fails to eliminate the same. These could be microscopic organisms like bad bacteria, virus of fungus of some sort. This causes an inflammation sensation. This is a skin condition. There are many kinds of Granuloma; the classification of the same is based on the distribution and symptoms. Localized...
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...
Allergic Rhinitis Causes Symptoms And Treatments
Allergic rhinitis is a situation wherein you breathe something which you are allergic to causing inside of your nose swollen or inflamed. It causes irritation mostly in the eyes and nose. You can be allergic to dust, dander, pollen etc. Allergic Rhinitis is commonly referred as Hay fever. Allergic Rhinitis is a disease which is inherited from parent. If your parent have any respiratory disease like tuberculosis, asthma etc then the probability of you getting such a disease is 50...
Ovarian Cysts Causes Symptoms and Treatments
Ovarian cysts are very small, fluid-filled sacs that are usually not malignant. They cause no symptoms or may be they are quiet painful. In connection with the menstrual cycle ovarian cysts may also appear sometimes and they could also go away in a few months. When this ovarian cysts increases at a very large rate it causes the feelings of pressure or fullness.
Most of the ovarian cysts are benign (not cancer), but must be taken very seriously. A sonogram is used to find whether the ovarian...
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...
Trichomoniasis Causes Symptoms and Treatment
Trichomoniasis or most commonly known as Trich and is considered to be the main cause of vaginitis. It spreads through external water sources and is also considered to be a sexually transmitted disease or STD. It is manly the infection of the urogenitical tract.
Causes:
Motile flagellated protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis is the root cause for the infection Trichomoniasis. With this parasite, worldwide around 174 million people are affected and it is the sexually transmitted infection and...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Causes Symptoms and Treatment
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
It is a functional Bowel Disorder that is characterized by severe abdominal discomfort, pain, bloating, and change in any detectable organic cause.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be classified into:
1. Diarrhea-Predominant
2. Constipation-Predominant/ Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Alternating Stool Pattern.
Protagonists that lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome;
It starts with acute infectious illnesses like fever, vomiting, diarrhea or positive stool...
Polycythemia Causes Symptoms and Treatment
Polycythemia is a medical term used when the red blood cell count increases in the blood. Or the same could be understood as the decreased volume of plasma in the blood. There are two kinds of Polycythemia - Polycythemia Vera &secondary Polycythemia. The former is the result of the bone marrow disorder. It is the bone marrow is where the red cells are produced. When the bone marrow produces more red cells the same would result in Polycythemia Vera; whereas, the latter is caused to people who...
Bacterial Vaginosis Causes Symptoms And Treatments
What is bacterial vaginosis?
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most general cause of vaginal infection known as vaginitis. Normally it is not considered to be a 'sexually transmitted infection'. It is the imbalance of naturally happening bacterial flora that causes bacterial vaginosis.
What are the symptoms and signs?
The most common sign is an unusual vaginal discharge especially after having sex which has an unpleasant fishy smell. Some women don't experience any symptoms, while many other...
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