1. Introductory remarks While the bad news is that one in two children in the USA are reported to suffer from one or another health problem as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, asthma and to a lesser extent obesity, the good news is that they do not persist after their reaching sixth year. In other words, [...]

1. Introductory remarks A cyst is a membrane covered growth and is ordinarily formed on the surface of an organ or in empty spaces between muscle and skin tissues. They are considered to be benign until proved otherwise through biopsy and are formed with air, infected fluids and or semi-solid substances as a sebum which [...]

1. Introductory remarks When the upper airways, viz., the voice box, named larynx and windpipe, called trachea get inflammated it creates a cough with hoarseness in children especially when they cry and this conditions is designated as Croup. The term ‘spasmodic coup’ is applied when this develops not only quickly but troubles the child all [...]

1. Introductory remarks Crohn’s disease is one of an inflammatory bowel disease the other being Ulcerative colitis. Though they are categorized as bowel disorders because of their belonging to same biologic continuum, yet they are considered as two distinct disorders because of their location and severity. Until the exact nature is determined, they are clubbed [...]

1. Introductory remarks An important thing to understand about coughs is that its presence in persons per se is not bad for it performs a healthy function of clearing one’s throat and airways from time to time. It is only excessive coughing that persists for a long time, typically even after three weeks, that need [...]

1. Introductory remarks Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD hereafter), is a disease of the lungs serious in nature that makes those affected by it hard to breathe. It is of two types, viz, chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema. Chronic Bronchitis is an inflammation that takes place in the main airways of the lungs that persists for [...]

1. Introductory remarks Contraception refers to a practice or set of practices that aim at prevention of pregnancy as a result of sexual activities. It includes both natural and artificial methods and the artificial ones which would be discussed more in this article relate to preventing the sperm from reaching the ovum using various contraceptive [...]

1. Introductory remarks When a person is suffering from either a decrease in the frequency to relieve him of the bowels or experience difficulties in the passing of stools because they are hard or small, he/she is said to be suffering from a condition named constipation. In other words, it denotes a condition that is [...]

1. Introductory remarks Before describing conjunctivitis, as a matter of fact what we all need to understand is that allergy per se is not a word carrying negative meaning for our immune system is built to protect ourselves from the invasion of bacteria, viruses and other foreign body materials. Allergic reactions take place when the [...]

1. Introductory remarks Otherwise known as left-sided hear failure, congestive heart failures (since 2005, the word congestive is dropped) refer to a condition related to pulmonary congestion in which the left side of the heart is not able to pump blood coming from the lungs. This results in the building up of the fluids in [...]