Chest congestion is a common symptom of respiratory tract infections such as the common cold. It’s what happens when the mucus membranes (mucosa) that line your airways jump into overdrive. WHAT CAUSES CHEST CONGESTION? When you breathe, you inhale particles that are floating around in the air like dust, allergens, bacteria or viruses. Usually, these…
Psoriasis is a noncontagious, chronic skin condition that produces plaques of thickened, scaling skin. The dry flakes of skin scales results from the excessively rapid proliferation of skin cells. The proliferation of skin cells is triggered by inflammatory chemicals produced by specialized white blood cells referred to as T-lymphocytes. Psoriasis usually affects the skin of…
Older men have a tendency to have larger prostates than younger men due to the fact that the prostate continues to grow as a man age. Enlargement of the prostate that’s not the result of cancer is referred to as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH can cause problems with urination, and some treatments can lead…
Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that happens in the prostate — a small, walnut-shaped gland in men that produces the seminal fluid that nourish and transports sperm. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers men experience. Usually, prostate cancer grows slowly and is initially confined to the prostate gland, where it…
There are a lot of instances in the body where scar tissue will start to develop. After surgery, scar tissue will develop where the surgical incision is in the skin. If muscles and tendons were either cut or repaired, scar tissue will then develop there. After injuries such as a hamstring tear or rotator cuff…
Poisoning is injury or death due to swallowing, inhaling, touching or injecting different drugs, chemicals, venom’s or gases. A lot of substances — such as drugs and carbon monoxide — are poisonous only in higher concentrations or dosages. And others — such as cleaners — are dangerous only if ingested. Children are especially sensitive to…
Pneumonia is an infection in one, or even both lungs. It can be caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. Bacterial pneumonia is the most common type found in adults. Pneumonia is known to cause inflammation in the air sacs in your lungs, which are referred to as alveoli. The alveoli fill with fluid or pus,…
Mucus (or phlegm) is something everyone has, and some people wish they had a lot less of the stringy, gooey stuff. Sure, it can be a bit gross to blow globs of snot into one tissue after the other when you have a cold or sinus infection, but mucus actually serves a very important purpose.…
So, what is Peripheral Neuropathy? The name of the condition tells you a bit about what it is: Peripheral: Beyond (in this case, beyond both the brain and the spinal cord) Neuro-: Related to the nerves Pathy: Disease Peripheral neuropathy refers to the conditions that result when nerves that carry messages to and from the…
Peripheral artery disease (also called peripheral arterial disease) is a common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries lower blood flow to your limbs. When someone develops peripheral artery disease (PAD), your extremities — usually your legs — don’t receive enough blood flow to keep up with demand. This causes symptoms, most notably leg pain when…