What is viral arthritis? Viral arthritis is inflammation of the joint caused by the presence of a virus. While viral arthritis can occur with a viral infection, it is not always the virus itself that is attacking the joint tissue and causing inflammation. Instead it may be the immune system that targets the joint lining >> Read More ...
Traveling abroad, particularly to regions with mainly developing nations, may hold certain health risks that are not common in the United States. Therefore travelers need to be aware of these conditions, despite having taken the appropriate travel vaccinations. A vaccine may not always be available for certain diseases >> Read More ...
1. Flood Water Is Contaminated Flood water may contain sewage from rivers, soil and manure from fields, dead animals, dust from roads and factory yards, and other dirt. Such a water may contain eventually harmful chemicals, bacteria and parasites. Do not drink flood water or store it for watering plants or any other >> Read More ...
Water and Food Poisoning Due to Bad Sanitation Inappropriate sewage disposal may result in contamination of drinking water with human and animal stools containing viruses, bacteria or parasites. Drinking or swimming in such water is the main source of stomach and bowel infections in tropical areas. If water, contaminated >> Read More ...
Stomach Problems Due to Chronic Infections Stomach pain, bloating, belching, gas and diarrhea, lasting for several weeks or months may result from chronic infection by parasites, bacteria or, rarely, viruses or yeasts. There is often no fever in these infections. Parasites Intestinal parasites, like giardia >> Read More ...
What is asymptomatic bacteriuria? Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) is the abnormally high number of bacteria in the urine without any symptoms associated with an urinary tract infection. Normally urine is sterile, meaning that there are no microbes in it, until it reaches the distal urethra. Here bacteria attached to the >> Read More ...
Urine with a reddish color does not always indicate the presence of blood or bleeding within the urinary tract. Similarly, the presence of blood in the urine may not be visible to the naked eye. In order to differentiate between reddish brown discoloration of urine and bloody urine, it is important to test for the presence >> Read More ...
Normal and Poor Immune System The immune system comprises from immune cells, like white blood cells, antibodies and other substances that fight against microbes and thus defend us against infections. We may suspect that our immune system is low (poor, weak, deficient) when we suffer from frequent infections (like >> Read More ...
What is viral gastroenteritis? Viral gastroenteritis is an infection of stomach and intestinal lining caused by a virus leading to watery diarrhea and vomiting. It is commonly referred to as the stomach flu or gastric flu. Viral gastroenteritis is a very common and highly contagious infection which tends to cause small >> Read More ...
What Are Fungi? Fungi are a group of living organisms, consisting from unicellular yeasts, and multicellular molds and mushrooms. A word fungus, plural fungi, is adopted from Latin fungus (mushroom), from Greek sphongos (sponge), and refers to a physical appearance of fungi. Mycology (from Greek mykes = fungus) is a branch >> Read More ...
