According to the National Institutes of Medicine, AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is advanced HIV infection and is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25 to 44. HIV in its advanced stage severely impairs the body's...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five American adults is infected with genital herpes. Between 500,000 and 700,000 people have a first outbreak each year. Primary symptoms of herpes differ from recurrent...
Angina is chest pain caused by a decrease in blood to the heart muscle. According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, approximately 7 million people in the United States have angina. Many affected by angina complain about feelings of...
Parkinson's disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative condition, results from loss of pigmented cells in a part of the midbrain called the substantia nigra. The substantia nigra connects heavily to the striatum, the brain's central relay station...
Mayo Clinic experts state that a tension headache, which is also referred to as a stress headache, is the most common type of headache that afflicts patients. A study published in the "Journal of Neurology" in 2009 found that about 40 percent of...
Primary depression refers to depression that has no known underlying physical or psychological cause, or depression that is the primary cause in which other conditions follow. For example, depression may trigger alcohol or drug abuse. Secondary...
HIV is an illness caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. It can be spread through sexual contact with an infected person, contaminated needles or blood products, or during childbirth or breast feeding through mother to child transmission....
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five American adults is infected with herpes. Between 500,000 and 700,000 people have a primary outbreak each year. Primary outbreak symptoms differ from recurrent outbreak...
Primary progressive multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a type of multiple sclerosis where the symptoms progressively get worse and there are no periods of relapse according to the Cleveland Clinic. This disease tends to affect older adults; there are...
According the American Psychological Association, the primary symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), are persistent and excessive inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. These primary...
There is a primary stage of HIV infection. Some persons may experience the symptoms, and some persons don't. It is important that if you have put yourself at risk for HIV to talk to your doctor about getting tested, since sometimes people think...
According to the Mayo Clinic, the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome in most cases is still unknown, although theories range from psychological stress to viral infections. Although the cause may not be found, chronic fatigue can be successfully...
Your big toe plays a major role in positioning your foot and maintaining your balance. This is why you really don't appreciate its contribution until you injure it. Walking on a broken toe hurts every time your body engages it, which is why those...
According to the Mayo Clinic, Morgellons disease is a mysterious disorder of the skin that consists of disfiguring sores and unusual sensations under the skin. The clinic indicates that the disease is not widely recognized in the medical field,...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is triggered after a patient experiences trauma, such as sexual assault or war. Unlike other anxiety disorders, PTSD can cause the patient to relive the event, which is considered a secondary symptom of the...
The symptoms of AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, occur when the virus HIV has slowly damaged the immune system over a period of many years. The initial symptoms of an HIV infection are not considered to be AIDS. AIDS is not typically...
Constipation is a gastrointestinal condition where an individual experiences less bowel movements than normal, stools are hard or patients have to strain during bowel movements. Chronic constipation is characterized by the frequent occurrence of...
The appendix is a small organ that is attached to your colon. Although it has no essential purpose, it can cause health problems. Appendicitis occurs when the appendix becomes inflamed and filled with pus. This inflammation is typically caused by...
Nasal mucus is not considered a common symptom of a food intolerance, according to MayoClinic.com. The primary symptoms of food intolerance are related to the digestive system, such as nausea and vomiting. If you experience nasal mucus every time...
A vaginal yeast infection is the most common form of a yeast infection. Vaginal yeast infections are a very common occurrence for women. Vaginal yeast infections are caused by fungus, Candida albicans. Candida albicans is always present in the...
Endometriosis is a disorder of the female reproductive system where the endometrium (uterus lining) grows into other places such as the fallopian tubes, ovaries and tissue lining of the pelvis. Regardless of location, endometrium acts it is does...
Progesterone is an important female hormone that has a significant impact on a woman's ability to get pregnant. The presence of progesterone stimulates changes in the uterus and the surrounding blood vessels to make the area more suitable for eggs...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cryptosporidium or crypto, a germ that spreads through the diarrhea of infected persons, is one of the most common causes of waterborne illness. Even one crypto-infected person of any...
The text "The Neurobiology of Addiction" explains that tobacco is obtained from the plant Nicotiana tabacum. The leaves are dried and smoked, snuffed or chewed. The addictive substance in tobacco is a drug called nicotine. Nicotine has a...
Nausea is a symptom telling you that something is not quite right with your body. You might associate nausea only with eating spoiled food, catching the flu or the early months of pregnancy, but many other factors and conditions can lead to...
Mycoplasma pneumonia, also known as "walking" pneumonia or atypical pneumonia, is a mild form of pneumonia that is caused by the pathogen mycoplasma pneumoniae. The onset of symptoms occurs gradually over 1 to 3 weeks with clinical signs similar...
Hereditary muscle disease is not always passed down from parent to child. In some cases, a spontaneous defect in a gene will cause the disease to develop in the child.
Acid reflux is an abbreviated term for gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. One of the primary symptoms of GERD is a sensation of burning in the chest near the breast bone. Because of its proximity to the heart, this is commonly referred to...
A canker sore is an open sore in the mouth. The primary symptoms is pain. The cause of canker sores is unknown, according to Medline Plus, a website of the National Institutes of Health. Possible causes of canker sore include hormonal changes, a...
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