For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
Several different conditions can lead to arthritis, or painful inflammation of your joints. In gout, a metabolic problem can cause joint pain because the body has difficulty getting rid of a waste product in blood called uric acid.
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The thymus gland is a small gland in your upper chest that has importance for your health far out of proportion to its size. It starts functioning during fetal life, manufacturing millions of immune cells called T cells.
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A woman of child-bearing age typically experiences her menstrual period every month, with a regularly recurring pattern in most cases. Most women have a period that lasts 3 to 5 days, with a duration of 2 to 7 days considered normal, according to the Office on Women's Health at the U.S.
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Many women experience some discomfort or pain around the time of their menstrual period, especially for the first day or two of their flow. In some cases, pain may be experienced a few days before your period begins.
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Blood glucose, or blood sugar, provides energy to all of your organs and tissues. When diabetes develops, blood glucose is too high, yet your cells have difficulty getting enough energy because insulin is unable to move glucose into the cells.
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Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic disorder of the digestive tract. Common symptoms are cramps or stomach pain that improve after a bowel movement. IBS patients often suffer from constipation or diarrhea, sometimes alternating between them. Stress or some foods may aggravate symptoms, but an article in "
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Liver spots are flat, usually oval spots that are brown or black in color. They actually have nothing to do with the liver or liver disease; they are called liver spots because their color can resemble the yellowish-brown color of liver.
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