When the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients, a stroke occurs, and brain cells begin to die within a few minutes.
Urgent treatment of a stroke is crucial as stroke is a medical emergency. Potential stroke complications and damage to the brain can be minimized by early treatment.
Fortunately, strokes can be treated. The decline of deaths caused by ... more
In hairy cell leukemia, the bone marrow makes too many B cells (lymphocytes), which is a type of white blood cells that fights infection. Hairy cell leukemia is a rare, slow-growing cancer of blood. The excess B cells are abnormal, and due to fine projections (villi) from their surface, they look "hairy" under the microscope. Fewer healthy white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets are produced once the number of leukemia ... more
Some people who experience polio when they are young might have post-polio syndrome (PPS) after years.
Polio was once considered to be the most dangerous disease causing paralysis and even death. Soon after polio reached its peak in the early 1950s, the inactivated polio vaccine was introduced and greatly decreased polio’s spread. Nowadays, paralytic polio occurs in few people in developed countries, and it's because of polio ... more
Bed-wetting is the involuntary urination at night.
Also known as nocturnal enuresis or nighttime incontinence, bed-wetting usually isn’t a sign of toilet training gone bad. It is usually only a developmental stage.
A child has primary enuresis when he/she has never been dry at night.
A child has secondary enuresis when he/she begins to wet the bed after at least six months of dry nights.
Before the age of 6 or 7 nighttime ... more
A range of diseases that affect the heart, and in some cases the blood vessels, is described by the broad term heart disease. Diseases of the blood vessels, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and congenital heart defects, which are heart defects that a person is born with, are some of the various diseases that fall under the umbrella of heart disease.
"Cardiovascular disease" is a term that ... more
Cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and lymphatic system is called leukemia. Usually, leukemia starts in the white blood cells.
The white blood cells grow and divide in an orderly way, as the body needs them. They are strong fighters of infection. However, the bone marrow produces numerous abnormal white blood cells in leukemia, which don't function properly. Leukemia has four main ... more
