Articles [Diseases]

The world today is subject to constant evolution and diversity as to a more industrialized society where new technologies have a primary role, making human life more comfortable and the daily activities of living easier since the movement and...

Habit of chewing tobacco is found among people of every age throughout the globe and stats prove that the genre of men are very much affected with the habit of chewing  tobacco than women. We find every year that the survey sheets declare that...

In India the rate of death every year is on the rise because of the heart related diseases. According to the latest survey sheets a minimum of 40% to 50% of the deaths  are because of the heart related diseases. Speculations are also made that...

Necrosis of lung tissue due to localized area of lung infection is called a lung abscess. Such necrosis is due to thrombosis of the segmental artery and vein due to virulent infection. It is usually secondary to primary pneumonia of the lung with...

It is caused by increased plasma glucocorticoid level due to enhanced production of cortisol by the adrenal cortex. This may be the result of adrenal cortical adenoma or cancer or due to increased secretion of A.C.T.H. Adrenal hyperplasia is the...

It is most common form of thyroid cancer and constitutes about 60 to 70 percent of the thyroid cancers. It constitutes 80% of thyroid cancers in children. Papillary carcinomas are unencapsulated tumors that tend to invade lymphatics and to spread...

It is the most common congenital abnormality, which occurs once in about every four thousand births. It is about two to three times more common in females. The patent ductus arteriosus is foetal pathway connecting pulmonary artery at its...

It is functionally active chromaffin tumor, which may be located in the adrenal medulla or other sites of sympathetic ganglia or chromaffin tissue. This tumor stains deep brownish color when exposed to chromium salts. This tumor is derived from...

We are in the first week of April and winter is departing with the message that she has to make her  way for her fellow season, summer, who is knocking at the door and we don't seem to have any other option rather than to  welcome summer and make...

Mitral stenosis is always due to rheumatic fever. After the initial episode of rheumatic fever, symptoms of mitral stenosis may not appear for 10 years or more. Scarring of the mitral valve due to rheumatic fever causes turbulent flow of blood...