Archive for April 2009

Corneal diseases

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Cornea - a front part of an external fibrous envelope of an eyeball; nonvascular, high-sensitivity, transparent, an optically homogeneous envelope with smooth, a smooth surface. Except for protective and basic function the cornea is the main refracting surface of optical system of an eye.Diseases of a cornea makes about 25 % of the general number of diseases of eyes, and quite often are the reasons of blindness and lowering of...
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Factors and the conditions causing irritation of a dental pulp

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The irritation of a pulp of a tooth can arise owing to caries of a teeth, as a result of preparation of a tooth and carious cavities, under influence a filler material, owing to penetration of microorganisms at not tight seal, at an exposure dentin.Caries of a tooth serves as a principal cause of changes in a pulp and its inflammations. Already at initial damage dentin fibrilloblasts react adjournment secondary and formation of...
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Hip Replacement Dislocation

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hip replacement surgery is very successful; pain relief and increased ability to perform routine activities are among the best benefits of this procedure. Unfortunately, hip replacements have some potential complications. These complications are uncommon, but they do occur--sometimes in unforeseen circumstances. Among the most frequently seen complications of hip replacement surgery is dislocation of the hip replacement. Hip replacement...
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Hernias at children: inguinal, umbilical, a hernia of a white line of a stomach. Symptoms. Methods of treatment.

Hernia is an outwandering bodies from a cavity in norm them borrowed through properly existing or pathologically generated aperture with conservation of an integrity of envelopes, their covering, or availability of conditions for this purpose.Let's consider a hernia of a forward belly wall of a stomach. It is the most widespread surgical pathologies at children. An original cause of progress of hernias - defect of progress of...
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Peptic Ulcers

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

DescriptionAn in-depth report on the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of stomach and GI ulcers. Alternative NamesDuodenal Ulcers; Gastric Ulcers; H. Pylori; Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, or NSAIDs Causes Before the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter (H.) pylori, the stomach was believed to be a sterile environment. Now, H. pylori is known to be...
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Herpes simplex

Definition Herpes simplex is an infection that mainly affects the mouth or genital area. Causes There are two different strains of herpes simplex viruses:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is usually associated with infections of the lips, mouth, and face. It is the most common herpes simplex virus and most people develop it in childhood. HSV-1 often causes lesions inside the mouth, such as cold sores (fever blisters), or infection...
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Cranial mononeuropathy III - compression type

Definition Cranial mononeuropathy III is a problem with the function of the third cranial nerve, which is located behind the eye. Alternative Names Third cranial nerve palsy; Oculomotor palsy; Pupil-involving third cranial nerve palsy Causes Cranial mononeuropathy III - compression type is a mononeuropathy, which means that only one nerve is affected. It affects the third cranial (oculomotor) nerve, one of the cranial nerves...
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Colitis - a problem of intestines

Very often at people the wrong opinion concerning such disease as colitis is created. They assume, that colitis is a gripe. However, this incorrect assumption. The word colitis has occurred from the Greek word "kolon" which is translated as a large gut. Actually colitis is an inflammatory disease of a mucous membrane of thick intestines.Colitis in sharp forms pass very violently, but during too time it is very fast. Chronic colitis...
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Jon's Health Tips - Sports Drinks

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I drink a lots of sports drink while playing soccer – and it really seems to help more than water – I recently switched to a zero calorie drink – with no apparent loss of efficacy. But I had no idea that the question of how sports drinks help was such a mystery – until I read about the research described here:It has long been known that sugary drinks and sweets can significantly improve athletes' performance in endurance events....
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Noma

Definition Noma is a type of gangrene that destroys mucous membranes of the mouth and other tissues. It occurs in malnourished children in areas of poor cleanliness. Alternative Names Cancrum oris; Gangrenous stomatitis Causes The exact cause is unknown, but may be due to bacteria called fusospirochetal organisms.This disorder most often occurs in young, severely malnourished children between the ages of 2 and...
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Nevus pigmentary, dysplastic, blue, boundary, removal of nevus

Pigmentary nevus - a good-quality congestion of pigmentary cells on a skin. Pigmentary nevus it is seldom possible to meet at babies; they start to be shown in the childhood, and especially much they appear in youthes, and with the years number of pigmentary nevuses one step at a time decreases. The type of pigmentary nevuses can be various - they can be flat or acting above a surface of a leather, the smooth or covered hair....
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Epilepsy. Guidance for patients.

Epilepsy - one of the most widespread diseases of nervous system which cause of the prominent features represents a serious medical and social problem. Among the children's population frequency of epilepsy makes 0,75-1 %, from them of 65 % can live practically without attacks provided that they pass appropriating medical examination and receive appropriate treatment. Epilepsy - disease of the brain, described attacks of infringements...
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Illnesses of the spinal cord

Illnesses of a spinal cord often lead to irreversible neurologic infringements and to proof and expressed invalidization. Insignificant on the sizes the pathological centers cause occurrence of pamplegia, paraplegia and infringements of sensitivity from top to bottom from the center as through the small area of cross-section section of a spinal cord pass practically all axifugal impellent and eisodic sensitive spending ways. Many...
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Diagnostics and treatment of tinea

A tinea represents a fungoid infection which can amaze set of parts of a body of the person. Below we shall designate sites of a body on which can appear dermatosis.The-part of a head covered by hair.- A smooth leather of a trunk.- Nails.- Stops of legs.- Inguinal area.- A skin of the face on which the vegetation settles down.The given infection is widely widespread. If in time to undertake elimination of illness and to observe...
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Palm Oil Not a Healthy Substitute for Trans Fats

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Manufacturers are now required to state on food labels the amount of trans fatty acids, also called hydrogenated fats, in packaged foods. Both trans fatty acids and saturated fatty acids are associated with elevated heart disease risk factors.Now, authors of an Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-supported study have addressed the question...
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Basal ganglia of endbrain and movement

Basal ganglia are located in the basis of a endbrain and represent the important subcrustal connecting link between associative areas of a cerebral cortex and impellent areas of a cerebral cortex. Following structures are concern to basal ganglia: a striped kernel of basal ganglia consisting caudate nucleus of basal ganglia and shells of basal ganglia, a pale sphere of basal ganglia subdivided on internal and external departments,...
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Bronchiolitis

EtiologyMany diseases have bronchiolitis like clinical displays, vast majority from them virus ethiology. A respiratory-syncytial virus (РС) consider as the most frequent reason bronchiolitis. It is established, that from 40 up to 75 % of children acts in hospital with the diagnosis bronchiolitis, caused this virus. Other activators can be rhinovirus, a virus parainfluenza (type 3), adenovirus (type 3, 7 and 21), a virus of a...
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Honey Beats Sinusitis

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Honey effective in killing bacteria that cause chronic sinusitisHoney is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult, according to research presented during the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF)...
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Broccoli Sprouts

A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. Citing their new "demonstration of principle" study, a Johns Hopkins researcher and an international...
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Soy

Soy protein, isoflavones, and cardiovascular health: an American Heart Association Science Advisory for professionals from the Nutrition Committee.Soy protein and isoflavones (phytoestrogens) have gained considerable attention for their potential role in improving risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This scientific advisory assesses...
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