What is Pulmonary Embolism? A blood clot in the lung is known as a pulmonary embolism. There is often confusion among patients as to the exact location of the clot – despite being commonly referred to as a blood clot in the lung, the clot is not within the air spaces of the lungs. Instead it is lodged in the >> Read More ...
There are two types of cells lining the cervix : squamous cells lining the exocervix, and columnar cells lining the endocervix Most cervical cancers arise at the squamocolumnar junction. This is the area where the two cell types >> Read More ...
What is Mastitis? Mastitis is the medical term for inflammation of the breast. Most acute cases are associated with infection especially during the first month of breastfeeding. Chronic cases may be related to secondary infections often associated with an underlying disorder or obstruction of the breast ductal system known >> Read More ...
Intestinal polyps are the outgrowths of tissue from the gastrointestinal epithelium that protrude into the lumen of the small and large intestine. It can be grouped into adenomatous and non-adenomatous polyps. The colorectal adenomas are the most common polyps and associated with some risk of cancer. Colorectal Adenomas >> Read More ...
Pain Pill Addiction or Pain killer abuse is a very common occurrence among orthopedic patients. These patients generally belong to the elderly age group and have chronic diseases, like arthritis, back pain, and so on; for which they cannot find a permanent cure. They tend to assume that taking painkiller pills is the only >> Read More ...
A headache, nausea and vomiting are three symptoms that are difficult to contend with individually but the experience is significantly worse if two or all three occur simultaneously. While some of the causes of head pain, nausea and vomiting may be obvious, at other times it may be difficult to isolate the cause or system >> Read More ...
Diagnosing vaginal bleeding with the presence of clots first depends on whether the bleeding is normal or abnormal. Normal vaginal bleeding relates to the periods (menstruation) and while any other bleeding may be considered abnormal, there may be a little blood after surgery to the vagina, cervix or uterus, or after an >> Read More ...
The coccyx bears the weight of the body in the sitting posture, especially when a person leans backwards. An injury to the coccyx impairs ones ability to sit comfortably, because of tenderness and pain in that region. Pressure on this area hampers the healing process and displaces the edges of the broken coccyx. Thus, a >> Read More ...
Collarbone or clavicle (Latin clavicle = little key) is a horizontally placed bone in the upper part of the chest. This bone forms a unique link between the upper limb and the chest. It transfers the weight of the upper limb ( or any weight that is carried in our hands) to the central part of the body. Hence, any injury to >> Read More ...
Head pain or cephalgia refers to pain in any part of the head or of the entire head. This differs from a headache which is traditionally accepted as only referring to pain on the upper part of the head including the temples (sides), frontal (front), parietal (top) and occipital (back of the head) regions. Despite this >> Read More ...
