Tumor in the brain and spinal cord is called Glioma. This tumor originates in the gluey supportive cells (glial cells) which surrounds the nerve cells and helps in functioning. These brain tumors are often diagnosed in older adults. Males are much more affected by these Brain tumors incomparrison to females. Children diagnosed with gliomas are of low grade. Classification of Glioma depends…
Read Article →Physical Stamina refers to the energy needed to keep going for an extended period of time. It is mainly used for exertion needed for physical activities like sports. Stamina can also be related to mental exertion needed to perform a task. The mental aspect of enduring exertion is called endurance. Stamina is the ability to sustain prolonged physical and mental…
Read Article →Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a disorder that can lead to excessive bleeding or bruising. ‘Idiopathic’ means the cause of the condition is unknown. Platelets are also called thrombocytes. ‘Thrombocytopenic’ means the blood does not have enough platelets. ‘Purpura’ means a person has excessive bruising. It is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks and destroys its own platelets. Platelets…
Read Article →What is Fertility? Fertility can be defined as, the natural ability of women to produce their offsprings. Many factors may affect a woman’s fertility, such as age, genetics, Harmonal imbalance, medical condition, environment, lifestyle, etc. What is AMH (Anti-Mullerian hormone)? AMH is a dimeric glycoprotein of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily. AMH is involved in cell growth and differentiation….
Read Article →Overview Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy also known as Charcot Marie Tooth Disease or CMT with pyramidal features is a motor and sensory peripheral nerve disorder which is inherited and progressive in nature. It is a group of disorders characterized by a chronic motor and sensory polyneuropathy with demyelination and axonal degeneration. The two common forms of HMSN are either Hypertrophic…
Read Article →It is like, when your back is hurting like anything or you are unable to get up from the couch! In inflammatory conditions like Sciatic Nerve Pain, our primary mode of treatment is use of painkillers. Barely there is a person who is unaware about the adverse effects of painkillers. Though certain natural things available in your kitchen can be…
Read Article →Overview In glanzmann thrombasthenia (glanzmann disease), there is a failure of primary platelet aggregation with ADP or collagen due to inherited deficiency of, two of platelet membrane glycoprotein’s. In this disease there is no fibrinogen bridging occurs between platelets, as a result, bleeding time is significantly prolonged. In other words this disorder is condition in which blood doesn’t clot properly….
Read Article →Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a sort of dementia, which takes the concentration power, the ability to think radically, perform the routine works usually; sometimes it gets so severe that the person forgets who he/she is? Many discussions have taken place, but no one is able to pinpoint the exact cause. People say it happens during the old age as the…
Read Article →WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS? When the tissue normally found inside the uterus grows in other parts of the body, and may attach to the ovaries, fallopian tube,and the exterior of the uterus, the bowel or other internal parts. Hormones changes during the menstrual cycle, the tissue breakdown and may cause painful adhesions and scar tissues. When endometriosis involves ovaries cysts then…
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