Overview Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy also known as Charcot Marie Tooth Disease or CMT with pyramidal features is a motor and sensory peripheral nerve disorder which is inherited and progressive in nature. It is a group of disorders characterized by a chronic motor and sensory polyneuropathy with demyelination and axonal degeneration. The two common forms of HMSN are either Hypertrophic…
It is like, when your back is hurting like anything or you are unable to get up from the couch! In inflammatory conditions like Sciatic Nerve Pain, our primary mode of treatment is use of painkillers. Barely there is a person who is unaware about the adverse effects of painkillers. Though certain natural things available in your kitchen can be…
Overview In glanzmann thrombasthenia (glanzmann disease), there is a failure of primary platelet aggregation with ADP or collagen due to inherited deficiency of, two of platelet membrane glycoprotein’s. In this disease there is no fibrinogen bridging occurs between platelets, as a result, bleeding time is significantly prolonged. In other words this disorder is condition in which blood doesn’t clot properly….
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a sort of dementia, which takes the concentration power, the ability to think radically, perform the routine works usually; sometimes it gets so severe that the person forgets who he/she is? Many discussions have taken place, but no one is able to pinpoint the exact cause. People say it happens during the old age as the…
WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS? When the tissue normally found inside the uterus grows in other parts of the body, and may attach to the ovaries, fallopian tube,and the exterior of the uterus, the bowel or other internal parts. Hormones changes during the menstrual cycle, the tissue breakdown and may cause painful adhesions and scar tissues. When endometriosis involves ovaries cysts then…
Overview A slow growing blood cancer where your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells is referred to as Polycythemia Vera. Your bone marrow is the site where red blood cells are produced. In Polycythemia Vera the bone marrow is hiked. As the cellularity of the blood increased, it gets thickened leading to reduced flow and blood stagnation. This…
Hemorrhoids, is the medical name given to piles. It is such an embarrassing disease, which people don’t want to talk about, but whisper only in hush-hush tones. Because the piles first appearance happens to be on the buttocks. Now, it’s high time to find its cure rather than calling it to be a taboo. Numerous reasons are responsible for their…
Epidermoid cysts are slow growing and often painless kind of cysts which rarely cause any problem. They are non-cancerous bumps beneath the skin but most commonly found on the face, neck and trunk. They are mistakenly considered as sebaceous cysts but they are different as they arise from the glands that secrete oily matter that lubricates the hair and skin…
Mesenteric Adenitis: Overview Mesenteric adenitis is a usually mild condition which is characterized by the swelling (inflammation) of lymph nodes located in the ‘mesentery’ tissue of the abdomen. The condition is a fairly common cause of temporary pain and discomfort in the abdomen (stomach), especially in children. Mesenteric adenitis which is also sometimes known as Mesenteric lymphadenitis — typically affects children…
What is ACOUSTIC NEUROMA? Acoustic neuroma also called as vestibular schwannoma, is a non-cancerous and usually slow-growing tumor that develops on the main (vestibular) nerve leading from inner ear to brain. Schwann cells covering the nerve which grows slow or not cause acoustic neuroma. It is rare when it grows rapidly and become large enough or press against the brain…