Our English word âeczemaâ is derived from two Greek words whose meaning is âto boil out.â For ancient Greek medical practitioners, it may have appeared as if the skin of someone who was afflicted with eczema was boiling. The way in which the word eczema is used today may be a bit confusing. This is [...]
Depression is a word that may be used to refer to several different things. Depression may be used in regard to a condition of inconsolable misery, suicidal thoughts, a passing mood of sadness or discouragement, delusions or physical signs and symptoms. When depression is serious enough or lasts long enough to interfere with your family [...]
Your thoracic outlet is an area that is located at the top of your rib cage. It lies between your chest and your neck. Bodily structures that include your trachea, esophagus and blood vessels and nerves that go to your neck and arm region run through your thoracic outlet. Your thoracic outlet contains a network [...]
There are times when you may like to escape reality by watching a good movie or reading an exciting book. However, dissociative disorder is a broad term that is used for a kind of mental illness that is characterized by escaping reality in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy. The word dissociation means the act [...]
Inflammation of your skin is the simple definition of what dermatitis is. It is well to remember, however, that while the definition of dermatitis may be simple, the term is used for a wide range of conditions. Contact dermatitis is one of the many types of this disorder. Contact dermatitis is an irritation of your [...]
Forbes disease is a form of glycogen storage disease. This means that Forbes disease is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease. It is an inborn error of metabolism. Forbes disease is evidenced by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes. Forbes disease is a genetically linked metabolic disease that has to do with the enzymes regulating glycogen [...]
Your skin is the organ that provides an outer protective covering for your body. Would you be surprised to know that your skin is the largest organ in your entire body? Your skin is made up of multiple layers of ectodermal tissue. Your skin is what guards and protects your bones and muscles, internal organs [...]
Your spine or backbone is made up of 26 bones that are known as vertebrae. Located in between each of these vertebrae are soft discs that are filled with a jelly-like substance. Your vertebrae are cushioned by these discs. These discs hold your vertebrae in the right position. Nerves that leave your brain are also [...]
Your coronary arteries are what provide your heart with blood, nutrients and oxygen, which your heart has to have. Your flow of blood going through these coronary arteries may be hindered by some type of damage or disease. When this takes place, the disease is referred to as coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease is [...]
Learning disabilities are neurobiological disorders. Learning disabilities affect your brainâs capacity to receive, process, store or analyze information. If you have a learning disability, you learn in a way that is different from people who do not have a learning disability. The reason for this is because your brain function and/or structure are different. One [...]