Stomach Cancer (Gastric Cancer)
Stomach Cancer (Gastric Cancer) Stomach cancer can develop in any part of the stomach and spread to other organs. It usually begins in cells in the inner layer of the...
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Acute Gastroenteritis (Stomach flu)
Acute Gastroenteritis (also called Stomach Flu) Acute gastroenteritis is a sudden condition that causes irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines or the gastrointestinal tract. Viral infection is the...
Alopecia
Alopecia or hair loss may be idiopathic (alopecia areata), male pattern, physiologic, due to hair pulling (trichotillomania) or due to scarring from other skin or sytstemic disorders. Physiologic alopecia may...
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
It is also called enlarged prostate. In approximately one half of men 50 years and older, the prostate gland enlarges, extending upward into the bladder and obstructing the outflow of...
Kwashiorkor
Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet. It is usually an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition. The presence of...
Hepatitis D – Delta Hepatitis
Hepatitis D is a defective RNA that appears to replicate only with the hepatitis B virus. It requires HbsAg to replicate. It occurs along with Hepatitis B or may superinfect...
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C (HCV) was formerly called non-A, non-B hepatitis and is an RNA virus. It is not related to any virus that cause hepatitis. Usual mode of transmission is through...
Amputation
Is the total or partial surgical removal of an extremity or digit. It is done in cases of inadequate tissue perfusion not responsive to other treatments, such as with diabetes...
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) or Achalasia
Gastroesophageal reflux is passage of the gastric contents into the esophagus. It is considered a normal physiologic process occurs in healthy infants and children. However, when complications develop from the...
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease could be known if the following criteria has met: Kidney damage for equal or more than 3 months, as defined by structural or functional abnormalities of the...
