First of all, the widowmaker heart attack is nothing more than a nickname that is used to call a stenotic left coronary artery or a proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. It is a very serious condition. If the artery gets occluded completely and all at once then you’ll be having a massive heart condition…
DetailsThere are many types of heart disease, but this article will explore five types that are common to happen. Hopefully, this article can add your knowledge concerning this leading cause of death disease. #1 Congenital heart disease There is a fallacy of thinking that many people do when they believe that all heart diseases are…
DetailsNobody is immune, tuberculosis can affect any person, regardless of their background, social or economic status, education level, race, gender, etc.. At European level, every hour are diagnosed 49 new cases of TB, 7 people passing away every hour due to this disease. That’s why we try to improve disease control, particularly by limiting the…
DetailsThe landscape of the mobile cellular phone market has shifted in recent years. While the overall mobile phone market continues to grow, traditional post paid plans are shrinking in total market share. Contract plans are quickly being replaced by cheaper prepaid cell phones. Prepaid vs. Post Paid The two general types of mobile phone plans…
DetailsPatients are understandably confused when they find out that they have been diagnosed with a serous borderline tumor (SBT) of the ovary, which is also known as a serous tumor of low malignant potential or an atypical proliferative serous tumor. They might say, “C’mon, Doc, give it to me straight – Do I have cancer…
DetailsWhat is Pneumonia: Pneumonia is an infection that causes the air sacs in the lungs to fill with fluid, making it hard for you to breathe, and causes you to cough up phlegm. Pneumonia is an ancient Greek word, which means ‘lungs’. Pneumonia can occur in patients of all age groups, but young children, and…
DetailsIf you want to know how long does pleurisy last, then you may be disappointed with this reply. Because it all depends on you, not the condition, the disease label. You have pleurisy in the first place because you have a compromised immune system. So the duration of pleurisy, or any health condition, depends totally…
DetailsBronchitis is an inflammation and irritation of the airways that lead to the lungs. Its usual cause is the invasion of viruses. It can also be caused by bacteria and exposure to cigarette smoke or air pollution. The inflammation caused by acute bronchitis is not permanent. It goes away when the infection or irritation goes…
DetailsSymptoms: Bronchitis is the inflammation of the tubes that lead from the throat to the lungs. The inflammation tends to impede the process of breathing because phlegm tends to stick to its insides. The treatment outlined in the section on asthma should help in bronchitis too, but the following procedures are being repeated here for…
DetailsWhat Is an Ankle Dislocation? An ankle dislocation happens any time a bone within the ankle joint is shifted out of location. Generally resulting from trauma to the ankle joint, a dislocation is really a painful injury that calls for fast medical attention. Treatment usually entails surgical treatment as well as a recuperation period of…
DetailsSprains, dislocations and fractures are the type of injuries that involve a lot of pain and swelling. Also, walking becomes very difficult, so it’s even harder to get help if you don’t have your phone around. And if it happens during a disaster, when there’s nothing but chaos all over the place, you’re in for…
DetailsHip Fracture Basics: Types and Causes of Broken Hips Hip fractures are serious injuries that often require surgery to repair. Every year in the United States alone over 300,000 people suffer broken hips and require hospitalization. Of that number, over half of those people suffering a hip fracture are over the age of 80. Bone…
DetailsLance Armstrong broke his collar bone (clavicle) on March 23, 2009. He was competing in a race in Spain when he and several other cyclists were involved in a bad crash. Doctors in Spain diagnosed him with a fractured clavicle, one of the most common orthopaedic cycling injuries. The injury Clavicle fractures are very common…
DetailsMore than 500,000 Americans have cerebral palsy, a type of brain damage that impairs movement and can cause mental retardation. Cerebral palsy is one of the most common causes of childhood disability. Annually, between two and four of every 1,000 live births in the U.S. are affected. The origins of cerebral palsy are rooted in…
DetailsStroke is a medical emergency which results when the blood supply to a part of the brain is cut off or greatly reduced. An ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke, occurring about 80 – 85 % of the time, and is due to a blood vessel in the brain getting blocked because…
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