Symptoms of Asthma

Asthma is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by difficulty in respiration due to spasm in the airflow tract. The obstruction is usually reversible provided the causes and risk factors are removed. Approximately 300 million people are affected by asthma worldwide. Symptoms of asthma are varied according to the stage of the disease and the basis of respiratory difficulty. Read more

Know about Symptoms of Meningitis to Avert Life Threatening Complications

Meninges are a three layer membrane like covering over the brain and the spinal cord. The three layers of meninges are duramater, arachnoid and piamater, dura being the outermost. Inflammation of any of these three layers is medically termed as meningitis. The cause of meningitis is varied. Mostly the cause is infective, but other non-infective causes like cancer, drug-induced and autoimmune disorders like migraine can also produce meningitis. Read more

What are the Symptoms of Hepatitis

Hepatitis means inflammation of liver (Greek ‘hepat’ means ‘liver’ and Latin ‘itis’ means ‘inflammation’). The cause of hepatitis is manifold and it may ultimately lead to cirrhosis or cancerous condition. Most common cause of hepatitis is infection of a particular group of virus called hepatitis virus. There are five types of Hepatitis virus – Hepatitis Virus A (HVA), HVB, HVC, HVD and HVE. Read more

All You Need to Know about Symptoms of Food Poisoning

Food poisoning is an acute state of emergency occurs after consumption of contaminated food. The symptoms of food poisoning generally occur 6 hours to 7 days after taking any food contaminated with bacteria or viruses. Depending upon the contaminant, the symptoms vary. This is a very common disease and affects 1 out of five people every year. According to CDC, there are 76 million food poisoning cases every year of which 325,000 patients require hospitalization and there are approximately 5000 deaths in a year. Read more

What are the Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia can be referred as a condition of widespread pain in most of the muscles, ligament and tendons. There is also increased pain sensitivity – the stimulation that may not cause pain in normal conditions, generates the sensation of pain. All the soft fibrous structures of our body become painful. The symptoms of fibromyalgia vary depending upon the cause. Read more

Common Symptoms of Skin Cancer

Skin cancer can be described as a malignant condition of the integumentary system. This is the most common form of cancer. Most of the skin cancer types arise from the uppermost layer of the skin (called epidermis). The sun-exposed sites of our skin like face, scalp, hands, lips, ears, neck and chest are the areas where skin cancer is common. But it can develop in the non-tanned areas like genitalia and finger web spaces. Read more

Symptoms of Pneumonia

The disease Pneumonia is generally not easy to detect. The symptoms of pneumonia vary according to the age of the patient and the cause of the infection. Proper diagnosis and medical tests can only detect the pneumonia exactly. The most common symptom is the yellow or greenish phlegm or sputum and high fever along with shivering. Shortness of breath is generally the most common symptom reported in the patients of pneumonia. Read more

A Word about Symptoms of Colon Cancer

Colon cancer generally does not show the symptoms in early stages. They do not emerge until the disease gets into a complex stage. Thus the colon cancer screening is highly important to detect colon cancer in the initial stages, before the symptoms start appearing. Following are some of the symptoms of colon cancer: Read more

Symptoms of Pregnancy

How could you know if you are pregnant or not? There are many symptoms of pregnancy to watch for. Every pregnancy is different, and thus each “would be” mom show different pregnancy signs. For some mothers the pregnancy symptoms may start appearing soon after the conception. Below are some of the signs of pregnancy: Read more

Symptoms of Lung Cancer

The insinuations of lung cancer are critical and hence its sternness cannot be overlooked. However, it is not always possible to prevent or understand the symptoms of lung cancer but a basic knowledge about the symptoms can help us to reduce the paranoia. Read more

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