Category: Health Conditions
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Achilles Tendinitis: Causes and symptoms and how to prevent It
What is Achilles tendinitis? Before we discuss Achilles tendinitis, we need to know about the Achilles tendon. The Achilles tendon is a connective tissue that connects calf muscles to the heel bone at the back of your leg. You use the Achilles tendon to walk, run, jump and stand on the balls of your feet.…
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Keloid Scar: All you need to know
What is a Keloid scar? Keloid scars are abnormal scars that can occur after a skin injury. Keloid scar growing is a natural process followed by wound healing. These scars tend to appear slowly over months beyond the initial wound. Keloids progress to form thick, firm scars that are tough to heal, because of which…
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Essential Dental Care Tips from Dentists
What dental care means? In a very specific way, dental care means cleaning teeth, the mouth, and the dentures. Oral care includes not just dental care but also instruction for feeding and swallowing as well as speech training. Overview of the importance of dental care Good oral and dental health correlates with overall good health.…
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Understanding and Treating Eye Pain: Causes, Symptoms, and Solutions
What is eye pain? Eye pain, or ophthalmalgia, is discomfort or pain in or surrounding the eyes. It can vary in severity from a slight annoyance to excruciating agony. Numerous things, like as wounds, infections, inflammation, or underlying medical disorders like migraines or glaucoma, might contribute to it. Eye pain frequently manifests as redness, wetness,…
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Chronic Pain: What is it, causes, symptoms and treatment
Pain is an unpleasant sensation due to prick, tingle, sting, burn, or ache. It may be sharp or dull. It may come and fade away or may be persistent. However, it can help diagnose an unknown disease. Without the sensation of pain, you might develop a severe medical condition that needs urgent treatment. So pain…
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Psoriasis: 7 common triggers and how to avoid them
Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disorder that entirely depends on your genetic build-up. In this condition, the immune cells in the blood mistakenly recognize newly produced skin cells as foreign invaders and attack them. This can cause the overproduction of new patches of skin cells below your skin. Psoriasis symptoms include elevated scaling papules and…
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Athletes foot- A fungal skin infection
An athlete’s foot is a common condition affecting many people. An athlete’s foot is a fungal infection of the feet or a fungal infection between the toes. Athletes’ foot means that it affects people whose feet are damp and sweaty, which is common in athletes. Tinea pedis, foot ringworm, and foot fungus are medical terms.…
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Deep vein thrombosis: who is at risk?
What is deep vein thrombosis? Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in the lower legs. However, they can also happen in the arm, thigh, or pelvis. DVT is something that everyone should be aware of because it can result in significant disease, disability, and, in very extreme situations, death. The good news…
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Cough: Types of cough and medication
A cough is a natural protective reflex to keep your airways safe and clean. However, the cough may also develop due to viral infections. Before jumping into the causes of cough, cough is classified based on the duration for which it stays. 1) Acute cough: It stays for less than 3 weeks An acute cough…
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Everything about Common Cold: Symptoms, treatment, and prevention
The common cold is one of the most common illnesses in the world. Adults catch a common cold around 2–3 times a year, and children catch a common cold more than adults. It passes down from one person to another through touch and air, which is very contagious. Measures to prevent colds are very easy.…