Herpes Simplex
Explanation Commonly known as a fever blister or cold sore,…
Diarrhea
Explanation Diarrhea can be defined as either the frequent and…
Worms
Explanation This is a parasitic infestation of the body, especially…
Weight Loss (Appetite)
Explanation The pathology here centers on either a predisposing cause…
Water Retention
Explanation Water retention (Edema) is an accumulation of fluids in…
Warts (Verruca Vulgaris)
Explanation These are contagious, benign, epithelial tumors caused by a…
Viral Infections
Explanation A wide variety of diseases are caused by virus…
Varicose Veins
Explanation These are distended, dilated, sacculated veins which have become…
Vaginitis
Explanation This is an acute inflammatory process involving vaginal mucosa…
Uremia
Explanation A systemic toxic condition clinically associated with renal insufficiency…
Tuberculosis
Explanation This is an acute or chronic communicable disease caused…
Toxemia of Pregnancy
Explanation Toxemia of pregnancy occurs usually in women pregnant for…
Torticollis
Explanation This is a distorted posture of the neck due…
Tonsilitis
Explanation This is an inflammatory condition of the tonsils and…
Tissue Growth in Uterus (Endometriosis)
Explanation This is a disorder in which tissue resembling…
Telangiectasias
Explanation This is an abnormal dilatation of peripheral capillaries and…
Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Explanation This is an intracerebral hemorrhage, embolism, thrombosis, or vascular…
Sterility
Explanation The inability of an individual to produce offspring can…
Sprue-Celiac Disease
Explanation A fraction of the wheat gluten is toxic to…
Sports Nutrition (Body Building)
Explanation It’s important to keep abreast of the latest developments…
Sinusitis
Explanation This is an inflammatory process involving mucous membranes of…
Shock
Explanation This is characterized by a state of circulatory collapse…
Sciatica
Explanation This is severe pain in the leg along the…
Rheumatic Fever
Explanation An acute inflammatory, systemic disease characterized by arthritis, chorea…
Raynaud’s Syndrome
Explanation This is an Arteriole spasm particularly of the fingers…
Purpura
Explanation This is a condition with red or purple discolorations…
Psoriasis
Explanation This is a common skin disease with genetic implications…
Protein Metabolism
Explanation Faulty protein metabolism is marked by fatigue, weakness, flabbiness…
Prostatitis
Explanation Prostatitis is an inflammation or infection of the prostate…
Prostate Cancer
Explanation Prostate cancer is a growth of malignant cells in…
Pregnancy Schedule
Explanation It is to be noted that pregnancy is not…
Poliomyelitis
Explanation This is an acute viral infection involving the cells…
Pneumonia
Explanation This is an acute infection of the lung with…
PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)
Explanation About half of all women experience PMS (Premenstrual Tension)…
Period, Lack of (Amenorrhea)
Explanation Lack of a period is considered primary when periods…
Parkinson’s Disease
Explanation A chronic, progressive disorder of the CNS characterized by…
Pancreatitis
Explanation Biliary tract disease causes at least 50 percent of…
Pain
Explanation This is a natural defense mechanism for the body…
Osteoporosis
Explanation This is a softening and weakening of bone with…
Nursing
Explanation Nursing (lactation) is a perfectly normal and preferred feeding…
Neuromuscular Disorders
Explanation Included in this category are various conditions associated with…
Neuralgia
Explanation This is characterized by severe, sharp paroxysms of pain…
Nephritis
Explanation This is a diffuse inflammatory disease of the kidney…
Myocarditis
Explanation This is characterized by focal or diffused inflammation of…
Multiple Sclerosis
Explanation This is an autoimmune disease where neurons are demyelinated;…
Morning Sickness
Explanation Morning sickness is nausea during pregnancy. It usually occurs…
Mental Depression
Explanation In this, the patient suffers an affective state of…
Menopause
Explanation A perfectly normal transitional phase in the life of…
Menopause (Male)
Explanation Males also experience menopause (change of life) and imbalances…
Mastisis (Breast Infection)
Explanation An inflammatory process usually caused by staphylococci involving either…
Lupus
Explanation This is a collagen vascular disease of unknown etiology…
Lower Back Pain
Explanation Pain–dull aching or sharp and knife-like –with stiffness and…
Leukoplakia
Explanation This is the formation of yellowish-white, smooth, circumscribed, leathery…
Learning Disability
Explanation The term “learning disability syndrome”, covers a wide range…
Kidney Stones
Explanation Urinary stones occurring in any part of the urinary…
Jaundice
Explanation Yellow discoloration of tissues and body fluids with bile…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Explanation Susceptibility to motor abnormalities occurs in muscles of the…
Insomnia
Explanation This is not a disease in itself, but may…
Infertility
Explanation A woman who wants children but has not been…
Infectious Mononucleosis
Explanation An acute infectious process characterized by symptoms of systemic…
Infection of Cervix (Endocervicitis)
Explanation This is an infectious, inflammatory condition involving the mucous…
Impotence (Male)
Explanation This is sexual weakness of the male with an…
Impotence (Female)
Explanation This is sexual weakness that sometimes occurs in females…
Hypotension
Explanation This is lower blood pressure (than what is considered…
Hypochlorhydria
Explanation This is a partial lack of hydrochloric acid in…
Hyperkinetic Children
Explanation This is characterized by abnormal behavior and activity. The…
Hyperirritability
Explanation Commonly referred to as “general nervousness,” this condition is…
Hypercholesterolemia
Considerations This is characterized by increased LDL (bad cholesterol) plasma…
Hives (Urticaria)
Explanation This condition is strictly one of allergy to foods,…
Herpes Zoster
Explanation Commonly known as shingles, this is an acute infection…
Shingles
Explanation Shingles is an acute infection of the central nervous…
Hepatitis
Explanation An inflammatory disease of the liver caused by viral…
Hemorrhoids
Explanation This is an extremely common condition consisting of varicosities…
Hemorrhage (Female) Bleeding, Prolonged (Uterine)
Explanation Painful, prolonged or irregular bleeding that is unrelated to…
Heart Conditions
Explanation Heart disease may be classified according to the type…
Headaches
Explanation Headaches are a diffuse pain that may occur in…
Hay Fever (Allergic Rhinitis)
Explanation This is a stress disease with allergic manifestations involving…
Hardening of the Arteries (Arteriosclerosis)
Explanation Arteriosclerosis is a general term covering a number of…
Halitosis
Explanation Any deficiency of the digestive apparatus may cause the…
Gout
Explanation This is a metabolic disease presenting with acute inflammatory…
Goiter
Explanation This is an enlargement of the thyroid gland resulting…
Glaucoma
Explanation A major cause of blindness in the United States,…
Gingivitis
Explanation This is an inflammation of the gums characterized by…
Gastric Ulcer
Explanation This is a circular erosion of the mucous membrane…
Gallbladder Dysfunction (Cholecystitis)
Explanation Dysfunction of the biliary system revolves around formation of…
Frigidity
Explanation Frigidity usually refers to a woman’s habitual lack of…
Flatulence
Explanation This is an excessive accumulation of gas in the…
Female Infection (Endometritis)
Explanation The vitally important endometrium (tissue) lines the uterus. Endometritis…
Epilepsy
Explanation This is characterized by sudden, brief attacks of seizures…
Elevated Cholesterol
Explanation Abnormal levels of blood lipids, the major portion of…
Eczema
Explanation The term eczema is synonymous with chronic allergic dermatitis…
Dyspepsia
Explanation This condition is not truly a disease in itself…
Dizziness
Explanation This is a disturbance of the sense of balance…
Discharge, Vaginal (Leukorrhea)
Explanation Leukorrhea (vaginal discharge) is a white or yellowish mucous…
Disc Lesions
Explanations Great force, often producing degenerative change, is frequently imposed…
Diabetes Mellitus
Explanation Diabetes Mellitus is characterized by a deficiency of the…
Crohn’s Disease
Explanation The etiology of this condition is unknown. Tiny…
Cramps
Considerations The pain of the primary type is either sudden…
Constipation
Explanation Normal bowel movements become hampered because the storage, transporting…
Colitis
Explanation This is an inflammatory, ulcerative disease of the colon,…