|
|
Articles |
|
Category: Articles » Articles by Author » Author: Steve Mathew |
|
|
Results 1 - 12 of 12 [1 Pages] |
| | |
1. | Mastoiditis - Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Mastoiditis can be define as a a bacterial inflammation or infection of the air cells in the bony skull behind the ear region. Mastoiditis is generally a ramification of a middle ear infection . The infection may moved from the ear to the mastoid ...
[Added: 18 Jan 2007 Hits: 30 Words: 544]
| | |
2. | Histoplasmosis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Histoplasmosis , also called as Darling's disease , is a disease caused when airborne spores of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum are inhaled into the lungs.This infectious disease primarily affects the lungs & sometimes can spread to other parts of the body. ...
[Added: 18 Jan 2007 Hits: 27 Words: 687]
| | |
3. | Giardiasis-Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Giardiasis is an intestinal illness that affects the digestive tract, is caused by a microscopic flagellated protozoan parasite called Giardia lamblia( also called as Giardia duodenalis and Giardia intestinalis) that affects the gastrointestinal tract.It is a fairly general cause of diarrheal illness, belching, gas and cramps. Although these ...
[Added: 18 Jan 2007 Hits: 34 Words: 701]
| | |
4. | Dermatophytosis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Dermatophytosis (also called as tinea) is a superficial fungal infections is normally classified according to location on the body.Dermatophytosis is unique for two reasons: Firstly, no existing tissue is invaded the keratinised stratum corneum ...
[Added: 18 Jan 2007 Hits: 32 Words: 569]
| | |
5. | Candidiasis-Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Candidiasis ,commonly known as a yeast infection, is a common fungal infection that appears when there is a growth of the ubiquitous fungus called Candida .Studies shows that there are more then twenty species of Candida,Out of ...
[Added: 18 Jan 2007 Hits: 30 Words: 617]
| | |
6. | Ornithosis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Ornithosis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Ornithosis is define as an infectious disease that affects many bird species worldwide such as parrots , macaws , cockatiels , parakeets ,pigeons , ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 28 Words: 565]
| | |
7. | Leishmaniasis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Leishmaniasis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease caused by obligate intracellular protozoa that belong to the genus Leishmania and is spread by the bite of some species ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 33 Words: 600]
| | |
8. | Hepatitis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Hepatitis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Hepatitis known as an inflammation of the liver , is a gastroenterological disease. Hepatitis is generally categorized as a viral or non-viral ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 43 Words: 717]
| | |
9. | Endocarditis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Endocarditis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition:
Endocarditis is known as an infection of the endocardial area of the heart, which is an uncommon but not rare disease.The most common structures include are the heart valves. Endocarditis can be describe into two ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 34 Words: 556]
| | |
10. | Bronchiectasis -Definition Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Bronchiectasis is specify as a chronic dilation of bronchi or as a continuation of inflammatory disease or obstruction.It is an anomalistic stretching and enlarging of the respiratory passages caused by ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 31 Words: 664]
| | |
11. | Ascariasis -Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Ascariasis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Ascariasis is an intestinal infection of the small intestine caused by the parasitic Ascaris lumbricoides, a large roundworm. While it is the most general human disease caused by worms in the world,Possibly as many as ...
[Added: 15 Jan 2007 Hits: 44 Words: 700]
| | |
12. | Amebiasis - Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Amebiasis - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
Definition
Amoebiasis is an infection of the large intestine caused by a protozoan , or we can say is an intestinal disease caused by an unicelled organism very tiny ...
[Added: 09 Jan 2007 Hits: 31 Words: 796]
| | | |
|
| |
