diseases
Staph Infection Symptoms
What is Staph?
Staphs are gram positive parasitic bacteria that cause septicemia or infections by irregular colonies’ formation.
What is Staph (Staphylococcal) Infection?
A staph infection can result in skin changes, blood poisoning and infection in internal organs and can be life-threatening if ignored. It is caused by the toxin production of staphylococcal bacteria. These bacteria enter the body through open cuts and result in itching of the skin and irritation of internal organs.
Symptoms of Staph Skin Infection
The symptoms of staph skin infection are as follows:
* Bright red rashes or pus-filled blisters
* Skin bumps
* Swelling of eyelids
* Inflammation of body tissues along with fever
* An infected tissue near the nails
* Infected acne
* Infection of lymphatic vessels.
Various Types of Staph and their Symptoms
The different types of staph infections and the other symptoms noticed are given below:
Headache types: Primary, Migraine, Tension, Cluster and Secondary headaches
Primary Headache
Primary headache is called so as it’s a headache that is not associated to any other medical condition. And for this reason the neurological examinations, MRI and CT scans usually do reveal much. The personal medical history is studied along with physical examination for a better diagnosis of a primary headache. Primary headache can be of various types:
Migraine
Severe throbbing pain and pounding is observed on just one or either sides of the head for about 4-72 hours. Sometimes aura too is experienced following the onset of throbbing.
Tension Headache
Pressure is felt on both sides of the head with intense pain lasting for 30 minutes to several hours. This usually continues for a week.
Cluster Headache
Severe and steady pain is felt on one side of the head or around the eye or temple similar to the pain caused by poking of a knife. This can last anywhere from 15 to 180 minutes with the average duration being 30-45 minutes.
Liver Failure and Liver Damage – signs and symptoms
Liver Failure and Liver Damage
Any kind of damage to liver cell, biliary ducts and vessels affects the liver structure thereby resulting in Liver damage. Hardly any symptoms or at times no symptoms at all are noticed in a mild liver damage and it results in only partial impairment of the liver and its functions. However, a severe damage to the liver can be fatal and is referred as Liver failure.
Symptoms and Signs of Mild to Moderate Liver Damage
A mild to moderate level of liver damage can be identified by the following symptoms:
- A mild and dull pain in the upper right part of abdomen just below the ribcage.
- A feeling of fullness is observed in the right side of abdomen along with swelling.
- Lack of hunger, tiredness, vomiting and nausea.
- Slight increase in the body temperature.
5 Ways in Which Infectious Diseases Can Be Prevented
The summer season is upon us. For many (children especially) it means ice bars, cold drinks, ice creams, vacations and a very hot atmosphere. Combine it with pollution, and one can certainly estimate the number of infectious and viral diseases which can lead to severe problems for kids as well as adults. Infact, being a physician, I am advising all my patients to protect themselves to prevent any occurrence of infectious problems this season.
For example, only last week a mother brought her child who had a viral infection which led to fever and running nose. The cause was not washing the hands before eating dinner. I gave them medication and also some advice on how to prevent infections.
1 Great Reason Cahew May Treat Diabetes
University of Montreal researchers propose us a great way cashew extract may treat diabetes
A new research published inside the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research suggests cashew seed extract may play an important role in preventing and treating type 2 diabetes.
The cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil.
Scientists at the College of Montreal and the University of Yaoundé in Cameroon researched how cashew products affected the responses of rat liver cells to insulin.
In Canada, over three million Canadians have diabetes and this number is supposed to reach 3.7 million by 2020, based on the Canadian Diabetes Association.
In U.S.A, according to the American Diabetes Association, from the 2007 National Diabetes Fact Sheet, there are total 23.6 million children and adults in the United States – 7.8% of the population – have diabetes. 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older each year.