Pet allergy sufferers are used to being at odds with their health and being pet owners or dating pet owners. Their immune systems lack the kind of protection from allergens that they need, and their worst allergy symptoms are probably…
Winter can be difficult for anyone. With the cold weather that comes with the darkest months of the year, winter often has an even darker side for many individuals: Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. As the winter forces most people…
Sickle cell anemia is a rare, inherited disease where the red blood cells are deformed. When looked at under a microscope, they are a sickle shaped as opposed to the normal donut shaped. This gives the disease its name. Because…
According to the Centers for Disease Control, (CDC), there were 3 million adults and 470,000 children with epilepsy in the United States in 2015. A diagnosis of this condition can be frightening, mostly because of misinformation about it. Epilepsy is…
What is folliculitis? What causes it and how is it treated? Folliculitis begins under the skin. Excluding the lips, the palms of hands, and the soles of feet, the human body is covered with hair. Each hair on the body…
Burning Mouth Syndrome, also referred to as glossodynia, is a condition typically diagnosed in those age 60 or older and is five times more likely to impact women than men. Its symptoms may be sporadic, arriving upon awakening and worsening…
A spinal cord injury is a frightening thought with fears of a loss of mobility and permanent dependence on others. The spinal cord is the part of the central nervous system that carries nerve impulses back and forth from the…
Scrotal masses develop as abnormalities in the scrotum, the bag of skin that hangs behind the penis. The testicles are housed in the scrotum, as are the smaller structures that produce, store, and transport the male sex hormones and sperm.…
A ruptured eardrum most commonly happens for one of three reasons: a head injury, an infection, or a penetrating injury. It can also happen during scuba diving and other activities that expose the eardrum (aka the tympanic membrane) to strong…
There are a number of reasons for hair loss in both men and women. A few of these reasons are stress, imbalanced hormones, chemicals, and genetics. There is no reason to fret the first signs of this hair loss. A…