Abstract Our immune system comprises three types of infection-fighting immune cells namely T-cells. B cells and NK cells. In Severe combined immunodeficiency these immune cells are either absent or do not work properly which makes the body susceptible to many infections. This is an inherited disorder that affects the children from the age of one year. A permanent cure for…
Read Article →Abstract Cranial nerves are a part of our nervous system that controls different body functions, movements, and activities. Any deformity of these nerves causes a direct impact on their associated function. Morbius syndrome is one such disorder that causes defects in cranial nerves (Mostly 6th and 7th cranial nerves). It was named after the German neurologist, Paul Julius Moebius. Morbius…
Read Article →ABSTRACT Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis is also known as BYLER’S DISEASE is a congenital disease which is rare. It is an progressive disease normally from childhood but symptoms may start appearing by the age of two and rarely in adolescence. Its estimated incidence is 1 in 50,000 or 1 in 100000. Both men and women are equally affected. It results…
Read Article →Abstract Plantar fasciitis refers to a condition of having severe pain in the heel. It involves the extreme inflammation of a layer of tissue linked across the bottom of the foot and connects the heel bone with toes (plantar fascia). Most of the patients of Plantar fasciitis feel pain during the first step in the morning and pain decreases with…
Read Article →ABSTRACT Hemianopia is a loss of half of their field of vision. It is commonly occurring due to stroke. There are more than 100 different eye diseases and various vision problems. The eyes are the main organ of the vision system which has the ability to receive and process visual detail and detect light and convert it into the electrochemical…
Read Article →Abstract When a person is sick for a long time, then people around him or her start thinking that they are used to it. What they don’t understand is that it doesn’t get easier, it just gets more exhausting. The feeling of being ill is not acceptable to anyone and no one has the right to judge the intensity of…
Read Article →Abstract Hand, Mouth, and Foot Disease is a viral disease caused by the Enterovirus genus. It directly affects the hands, feet, and mouth of the person and spreads through direct contact. This virus can affect a person of any age but usually, it affects children up to five years of age. This is a mild disease that can go away…
Read Article →Abstract Our spinal disc has a soft center (called the nucleus), enclosed in a rubbery exterior (called an annulus). When this nucleus slips out into the annulus through a tear, the condition is called a herniated disc. It is a common cause of pain in adults aged 35 to 50 years. The pain and other symptoms resolve in a few…
Read Article →ABSTRACT Steven Johnson syndrome is a rare, acute and life threatening and unpredictable disease, affecting 1-2 per million each year (although it’s hard to determine the exact incidences). It can develop at any age but is more common in children and youngsters (Age 30). Medication is a causative factor in about 80% of the cases. 10% of the cases come…
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