Infections
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Tetanus is a serious disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. This bacterium is found in soil, manure and dust. It can enter your body when your skin is broken, such as with a cut, burn, scrape or puncture. Once inside your body, it produces toxins which affect the nervous system and lead...
Tonsillitis is a condition in which tonsils become red and swollen due to viral or bacterial infection. It is a common condition suffered by children from 5 to 15 years of age, but adults can also have it from time to time. If your tonsils become infected too often, and if you are not able to breathe...
A staph infection is caused due to staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria generally present in your nose and on your skin. Commonly, it does not cause any problem, although it sometimes results in a minor skin infection. However, despite its commonality, it can turn deadly if it invades deeper inside...
Eye herpes simplex infection, also known as ocular infection is a kind of eye infection. It is quite common and can occur repeatedly. It causes redness in the eye and is quite painful. These infections are treatable and do not cause any damage to the eye. But in some severe cases it may cause blindness....
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs that is known to cause around 60,000 deaths every year. Earlier, there was no cure for pneumonia and it was considered to be a fatal disease, but now it is treatable due to important advancements made in medical technology. Most commonly, it is identified by symptoms...
There are some foods that can be eaten past the due date and will not cause you any health problems. When you have bought good high quality meat from the butcher but you start to see that it is going bad in the fridge you might be tempted to eat it. Spoiled meat might start smelling rancid, look slimy...
It is not that common for people to go by several days with food stuck in the throat mainly because often drinking some fluid or eating some other food will eventually push it down the esophagus. Whether that is down the throat or out of the mouth, food particles will eventually make their way out of...
Syphilis is a chronic sexually transmitted bacterial infection. Treponema palladium is the name of the bacteria, which is responsible for causing the primary apparition of a chancre, followed by a rash, and spreading eventually in the entire body, causing organ damage, which could potentially lead to death,...
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that attacks the human body of someone who has come into contact with the bacteria Treponema pallidum during close contact with the genitals. When this occurs, the disease rapidly spreads through the body and leads to serious complications if left untreated. At...
Listeria is an infection that a person usually gets by eating something contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium. Pregnant ladies and their developing babies, elderly people and those with weakened immunity, are more susceptible to catch this infection than others. Once infected, the person...
Tonsils are the lumps of tissue which you can see part of at the back sides of your throat. If we have to tell you where the tonsils are, then you have never had tonsillitis. It is a painful and very uncomfortable inflammation of the tonsils caused by a variety of viral and bacterial infections. There...
Tonsillitis is the inflammation of tonsils, which is identified by redness and swelling of tonsils caused by a bacteria or virus. Sometimes, it is just mild inflammation, but at others, it causes a lot of discomfort and pain to the patient. If you are showing symptoms of tonsillitis, there are certain...
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Chickenpox is an infection caused by the varicella zoster virus and although vaccines have proven effective in prevention, there's currently no cure. Home treatment can lessen the effects of the uncomfortable symptoms that include: mild fever, rash and itching. Because chickenpox is highly contagious,...
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A viral infection is caused by a virus. Just about everyone has been infected with a virus at some time. A virus is a microscopic package containing DNA. Since a virus cannot reproduce on its own, it infects living cells (like human, animal cells or even plant cells and microscopic organisms) and uses them to...
Dengue Fever is a debilitating, painful, mosquito born disease. It is commonly found in tropical areas of the globe, such as India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, The Caribbean, The Pacific Islands, Africa and Mexico. Dengue is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito infected with dengue virus....
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