The skin is the largest and most visible organ of the body. In addition to being a vital part of the body's defenses, the skin can also display changes that can signal that there are problems elsewhere in the body. Although jaundice is common in...
Pathologic dark circles around your eyes dark circles around your eyes may be a symptom caused by a disease or by conditions that are symptoms of a disease. Diseases that lead to dark circles may affect your hormone levels, body fluids and tissues...
The term pathological mechanisms of osteoarthritis refers to how osteoarthritis develops. Osteoarthritis is arthritis thought to be joint breakdown, inflammation and pain associated with "wear and tear." This contrasts with rheumatoid arthritis,...
Diverticulitis means inflammation of multiple diverticula or a single diverticulum. It is most frequently a disease of the colon. A diverticulum is a sac-like outpouching of a hollow structure. In diverticulitis, the outpouching becomes inflamed,...
Pathological lying is a specific type of lying where the person lies repeatedly and has little or no concern for how these lies affect others. In medical literature, pathological lying is referred to as pseudologia fantastica. Both men and women...
Pathological gambling refers to a severe psychological and physical addiction to gambling, such as card games, horse races and slot machines. According to MedlinePlus, this type of gambling leads to severe personal and social repercussions.
Pathological lying is defined as telling lies to the point they are persistent, extremely exaggerated and often told without a discernible reward. Psychiatrists have not given pathological lying the title of a true mental disorder as of yet,...
Pathological liars are individuals who cannot stop lying, even when there is no clear benefit for them to do so. They are unable to control their lying. Unlike normal people who lie to get out of trouble or for other common reasons, pathological...
Pathological gambling is marked by a strong urge to gamble despite the negative consequences. Pathological gamblers, as well as their families and friends, are not only affected financially, but personally and professionally as well. While many...
Disease pathology encompasses the causes, processes and changes in body organs and tissues that occur with human illness. Doctors and biological scientists study pathological disease processes knowing that a clear understanding of what goes wrong...
Although it's uncomfortable, we do encounter people in our lives who have an issue with telling the truth. It doesn't make them a bad person because it is often the result of an inability to address situations that may be challenging to them....
In moderation, gambling is a harmless form of entertainment. However, like many high-risk activities, it is possible to develop a pathological addiction to it. The American Psychiatric Association lists a number of symptoms that could indicate a...
It all comes down to gray and white--matter that is. A study conducted by Yaling Yang and Adrian Raine of the University of Southern California (USC) College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, showed there are structural abnormalities in the brains of...
According to MayoClinic.com, headaches can be either primary or secondary. Primary headaches do not occur due to an underlying medical condition, but are rather caused by overactive pain receptors or chemical activity in the brain, or muscle...
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a common illness characterized by excessive pressure in your arteries when your heart delivers blood to your body. If you have hypertension, you can develop a number of serious pathological ---...
Breast cancer is a difficult diagnosis to get. For many patients, they would like to read their pathology report to understand better what is happening with their body. The pathology report is written by the patient's pathologist, which discusses...
Most people tell lies for a variety of reasons: to gain favor with someone, to hide a mistake or to avoid conflicts in interpersonal relationships. A pathological liar, however, will often lie for no reason at all. That's because the pattern of...
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, problem and pathological gambling affects about 5 million to 15 million Americans. It is common in young people and is not restricted to any particular social class.
Restless Legs Syndrome is primarily a sensory disorder. According to the RLS Foundation, approximately 12 million people in the U.S. are affected, women more than men. In approximately 80 percent of patients, RLS is associated with recurrent leg...
Look closely at your pathology report and make sure all your personal information is correct. Look at your name, the date and type of surgery and every other detail that identifies that it is yours. Check your clinical history and make sure it is...
Increased consumption of omega-3 fatty acids may have an ameliorating effect on aggressive behavior according to reviews published in the 2005 and 2006 journals of Reproductive Nutrition Development and the International Review of Psychiatry,...
Although baseball is not considered a contact sport, baseball players are still susceptible to a multitude of injuries, in particular shoulder injuries. Injury to the muscles or tendons of the shoulder is known as a rotator cuff injury. Rotator...
Breast tissue staining allows doctors to make specialized diagnoses of breast diseases, like breast cancer. While doctors can identify a breast mass on a mammogram, or detect the presence of cancer by looking at a biopsy specimen, breast tissue...
Eccentric exercises work a muscle when it is lengthening, not contracting or shortening. These exercises are often included in the rehabilitation of tendon injuries like tendinitis to help regain normal tendon function and prevent future injuries....
Scratching nonchalantly at a mosquito bite on your leg once in a while may be harmless, but spending hours picking at your face or other parts of your body may be a compulsive disorder called dermatillomania or pathologic skin picking. Picking at...
The urine dipstick test analyzes components in a urine sample. The components of urine have normal and abnormal levels. Furthermore, there are components that do not belong in the urine, which would render abnormal results. Some components...
One of the most common sites that breast cancer metastasizes in, or spreads to, is the spinal vertebrae. This is usually because of the spread of the tumor through the body's own blood vessels to the site of metastasis. This can result in a...
Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver. In cirrhosis, normal liver cells are replaced by scar tissue, interfering with the normal functions of the liver. Common causes of cirrhosis include viral hepatitis such as hepatitis B, alcoholism, destruction...
Establishing a diagnosis often involves bringing together information from several different sources. Any one source is often not enough to make a definitive diagnosis. Alkaline phosphatase is a marker for several conditions -- some normal, some...
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