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Expert Author: Matthew C. Keegan West Nile Virus, the disease transported by infected mosquitos, continues to remain a threat to the American populace. Already this year, California has recorded over 200 cases resulting in the deaths of five of her residents. With August and September being peak months for this ailment, people across the country are being encouraged to take the necessary steps to protect themselves. Please read on for four helpful tips. Expert Author: David Maillie The spine has many vertabrae and spondylolisthesis is a degeneration of a articulating (exterior) part of the vertabrae that reduces its integrity, strength, support and flexibility. The articulating part that is affected is in the rear of the vertabrae and tends to be located in L5 or L4 of the lumbar (lower back). It can range from a rating of 1-5, 5 being the most severe and 1 the least. Expert Author: Pieternel Van Giersbergen Hypothyroidism (low thyroid)is a hormone imbalance caused when the thyroid does not produce enough thyroid hormone.
What are the Symptoms of Hypothyroid? The most common are fatigue and intolerance to cold. If everybody is wearing short sleeves and you are wearing a jacket, you most likely have a hypothyroid issue. Other common symptoms are mental instability or depression, muscle weakness and fatigue, poor memory, lethargy and headaches. Expert Author: Knut Holt Hypothyroidism or sluggish thyroid give mental and physical fatigue, weakness, over-weight, depression and many other symptoms. Here are the causes and treatment options of this wellness problem explained. Expert Author: Kevin Pederson Cholera is a disease which affects the small intestine and is caused by bacterium vibrio cholera. It is an acute diarrhea illness which causes lots of problem to your entire system. Sometimes the symptoms are very mild which are not even detected sometimes till the time it gets severe. It is transmitted mainly due to ingesting drinking water which is contaminated due to loss of cleanliness, eating half cooked meals or not properly cooked food like fish. Expert Author: Frank Go This is a question that many parents need to know the answer of. What is chicken pox? It is something that is life threatening to your child? How do you know what to do when you think your child may have chicken pox? The questions can be numerous because all good parents want to protect their children from harm. Chicken pox is a common, but very contagious disease. Usually this disease effects children, but adult cases do happen and are then known as shingles. Expert Author: Gray Rollins Parkinson disease is a brain disorder that affects nearly 1.5 million Americans and 60,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. There is no known cure but with research and medication there is hope. Expert Author: Kathryn Whittaker Bladder infection or Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection that affects every part of the urinary system. Normal urine contains salts, waste, and liquids but does not contain bacteria. UTI is caused by bacteria that enters into the bladder and then multiplies. These bacteria are usually found in the intestines and often times on the skin surrounding the rectal and vaginal areas. Expert Author: Rebecca Prescott In spite of sanitization procedures, norovirus can affect hundreds of people on infected cruise ships. With diligence, it can be controlled, but disturbingly, successive cruises on the same cruise ship are affected by outbreaks. Expert Author: Sharon Hopkins When the normally clear lens of the eye have a painless clouding, it is called cataract. If you do not treat it in time, it causes blindness. Surgical treatment can however, cure it in time. Most of the people over 60 do suffer from some clouding of the lens. But you can prevent them or treat them by following the simple home remedies below. Expert Author: Jack Smith Hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, can be an extremely disabling problem. Caused by the over activity of the sympathetic nervous system, hyperhidrosis can pose embarrassing problems in achieving simple everyday tasks like shaking hands, hugging, writing and sometimes even establishing personal relationships. Expert Author: Jack Smith Normal sweating is the body's way of lowering its temperature. Sometimes, however, the body sweats in excess of what is needed for normal cooling; This is called Hyperhidrosis. Expert Author: Jacob Mabille Albinism refers to a group of inherited conditions. People with albinism have little or no pigment in the eyes, skin and hair. Expert Author: Daisy Bone An article providing overview of Syncope (sudden fainting) with information on how it is diagnosed and what treatment procedures are available for it. Expert Author: Jack Smith Excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis is caused by a dysfunction in the sympathetic nerve chain. Expert Author: Jack Smith We naturally perspire, all through the day, to help our body regulate its temperature. In fact sweating is necessary for the healthy physiological functioning of our bodies. It is a mechanism in which fluid containing salts is released, by which the body is able to dispel heat produced by exercise and hot environments. Expert Author: Sharon Hopkins This disease affects the thyroid gland, which happens to grow in size due to lack or excess of some key ingredients. The thyroid gland resides at the front of the throat, below the larynx also known as the Adam's apple. The thyroid gland plays a very important function in our system. It makes thyroid hormones called thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which spreads in the body through the bloodstream. Thyroxin helps to keep your body functions in proper condition. Expert Author: Gray Rollins Macular Degeneration is an eye disease that affects the macula, located towards the back of the eye, along the retina. The macula is the part of the eye that is responsible for processing light in order to generate sharp, detailed and clear images that are then sent to the brain. Macular Degeneration typically does not appear until age 40, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMG) typically develops in people aged 55 and older. Expert Author: Anne Wolski Tropical diseases are a long way from being controlled or eradicated so it is imperative that travelers take precautions to protect themselves and others. Despite the valiant efforts of medical teams and governments, these diseases remain a resilient adversary of the human race. Expert Author: Ignatius Rink Did you just come back from checking that the back door was locked? Will you be checking again in ten minutes? Will your session at the computer be interrupted at least twice to make sure that the back door is locked? If so, then you suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder.
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