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Quadriplegic Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Quadriplegic? Quadriplegic is a form of the motor disorder means the part of spinal cord inside the neck has been injured and injured spinal cord result in loss of sensation and function of the bladder and bowel. Quadriplegic is a paralysis affected both legs and arms in which arm and leg movements are difficult and stiff. Persons are unable to perform functions such as gripping an object, walking or moving positions more challenging. Quadriplegia refers to the paralysis ( About Paralysis ) of four limbs. Paraplegia ( About Paraplegia ) is similar Quadriplegia but not affect to arms. Causes of Quadriplegia : Quadriplegia may be caused by injuries, spine, brain, mostly to the spinal cord, damage to the cervical spinal cord segments and neck. These causes impact on varying different section in the body like arms and legs. There are two types of cause Quadriplegia like: Traumatic causes have many factors include traffic accidents, Domestic accidents, sport related injuries, co...

Hypovolemic Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Hypovolemic? Hypovolemic shock is a surgical or emergency condition in which rapid fluid loss and severe blood result in multiple organ failures. hypovolemic shock refers to a condition in which heart unable to pump enough blood to the body. In this condition many organs is stop working. Causes of Hypovolemic shock : Main cause is losing 1/5 or more amount of blood in your body. • Blood Can loss due to many reasons: • Bleeding from injuries • Internal bleeding • Bleeding from cuts Blood circulating in body may drop many other body fluids which happen with • Diarrhea ( About Diarrhea ) • Vomiting • Excessive perspiration • Burns Symptoms of Hypovolemic shock : The most common symptom is shortness of breath. Some Symptoms will include: • Decrease in blood pressure ( About Blood pressure ) • Pallor of the skin • Increased resting heart rate • Agitation or Anxiety ( About Anxiety ) • Increase in respiratory rate • Sweating is increased • Unconsciousness • Rapid Breathing • Genera...

Jaundice Causes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Jaundice? Jaundice is a yellowing color of the skin, eyes or mucus membranes. Jaundice is also known as icterus. It is just like pigmentation which causing yellowish color over the eyes and the skin. It is caused by the increase level of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment which breakdown from hemoglobin and elimination of red blood cells in the body. The color of skin is depend on the level of bilirubin when it is in middle level then they are yellowish, when bilirubin in high level they tend to be brown. Three types of jaundice: Hepatocellular jaundice : It occurs with a result of liver disease. Hemolytic jaundice : Occurs with a result of hemolysis which increases in production of bilirubin. Obstructive jaundice: In this condition there is blockage of the flow of bile out of the liver. Causes of jaundice : Common cause is when too much bilirubin builds up in the body that may result jaundice. Our body replaced red blood cell with new one processed by l...

Tremor Causes Symptoms and Treatment

Tremor is rhythmic muscle movement and unintentional involving to-and-fro movements may affect the muscles of any part of the body which result of irregular or alternating contraction of muscles. A tremor is common of all movements often noticed in hands, arms, face, voice, heads and legs. Tremor can happen at any age of people but most common in older people. Tremor is not a life threatening problem make harder to perform daily task. We can understand the tremor according to the types: Resting or static tremor : It occurs when muscles are resting and occurs in patients with Parkinson's disease. Postural or action tremor : It occur any type of movement of an affected body part like when you are holding a cup, writing, holding your arms. Intention (ataxic) tremor : Occurs when the limb is directed towards a particular target and tremor becomes exaggerated. Kinetic tremor : Occurs during the movement of body part. Isometric Tremor : Occurs when muscles contractions not accompanied ...

Asterixis Causes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Asterixis? Asterixis is a type of movement disorder characterized by arrhythmic flexion movements of hands evoked by dorsiflexion of the wrists and outstretched arms. It is an involuntary tremor of the wrist loss of sustained contraction of the arms against ones will. It is produced by lapse of sustained posture. Mainly it causing hand tremors and the tremor occurs in both wrists and is not rhythmic characterized by metacarpophalangeal joints, jerky, irregular movements at the wrist and often accompanied by lateral movements of the fingers. Sometime this condition is called liver flap because it indicate brain damage or liver damage. Asterixis might be caused by kidney problems. Causes of Asterixis : The common cause of asterixis is liver failure or it might be caused by the problems of kidney failure. This is called azotemia. Kidneys have trouble in filtering out nitrogen-based compounds. Other causes are DRUGS (ABC) like alcohol, anticonvulsant phenytoin and carbamazepine, ...

Dysentery Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Dysentery? Dysentery is a disease which involving the inflammation disorder of the intestine particularly the colon. It is an infection of the digestive system that causes abdomen cramps and diarrhea characterized by inflammation of the bowels and affects the body significantly. Dysentery spread in humans through combination of food and water. If it is untreated then it becomes life-threatening especially when infected person does not remove fluids. There are two types of dysentery: Amoebic Dysentery : Amebic dysentery is most common in tropical region and caused by a parasite called the Entamoeba histolytic, which produces ulceration and inflammation with severe diarrhea. Spread through water, fruit and vegetables. Bacillary Dysentery : This type of dysentery is caused by bacilli excreted through contaminated food and water. 80% of the children acquire bacillary dysentery and high in the age is it is not treated. Causes of Dysentery : Dysentery can have lots of causes. The m...

Eclampsia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Eclampsia? Eclampsia is a serious condition occurring immediately or during after pregnancy. It is hypertension disorder affect only women normally preceded by a collection of circulatory disturbances which results seizures or coma but are not due to preexisting or organic brain disorders. It can occur at any stage during the time of pregnancy. Eclampsia is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy cause death of the mother and baby. Almost all pregnancy becomes complicated by high blood pressure. Causes of Eclampsia : Exact cause of eclampsia is does not know some researcher aspect due to insufficient of blood flow causes the problem. Other risk factor is: Previous history of preeclampsia Blood vessels Genetic factors Vision changes, rapid weight gain First and teenage pregnancy History of blood pressure and diabetes Swelling in the brain Bleeding from small arteries All these factors increase the risk of eclampsia. Different...

Paraplegia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Paraplegia? Paraplegia is that condition which is used to define the body loss movement sensory function or impairment in motor which is usually caused by damage of the spinal cord injury or congenital condition. In this disease both legs and arms are affected. The result is loss movement and feeling. Spinal canal area which is affected in paraplegia is lumbar, thoracic or sacral regions. Paraplegia is defining the paralysis which affects only the lower half of the body. Causes of Paraplegia : The common cause of paraplegia is damage to the spinal cord or from vehicle accidents, sports injury, injury to the nervous system, infection, genetic disorder, spinal tumors, stroke, compression of the spinal cord which resulting swelling and inflammation. Differential Diagnosis of paraplegia : There several differential diagnosis which is found by Trauma Causes, infectious disorder, development disorder, anemia, acute infection(paralysis) and stroke. Symptoms of Paraplegia : The sym...

Mitral Stenosis Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Mitral Stenosis? Mitral Stenosis is relative to heart disease in which the heart's mitral valve is narrowed (stenotic). It is a heart valve disorder which involves the mitral valve which separates the two left chambers of the heart and the left ventricle and the left atrium which can reduce the amount of blood which supplies the body. This abnormal valve blocking blood flow and pumping chamber of heart then mitral valve becomes thickened and immobile. The mitral valve is mainly caused by an infection called rheumatic fever that can cause significant cardiac problems. Causes of Mitral Stenosis : Almost the mitral stenosis is caused by congenital heart disease, infection of the heart valves or a rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever may damage the mitral valve or may cause the leaflets of the mitral valve to fuse somewhat together, Other condition which increase the risk of mitral stenosis are family history, stroke, body stresses, cardiac disorders, radiation treatment to the...

Cardiomyopathy Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is the disease of heart muscle. In this the heart muscle becomes thick, enlarged, weaker or rigid, less able to pump through the body and not able to maintain regular rhythm which leads to irregular heartbeats, heart failure, disability or death. Cardiomyopathy can cause high blood pressure or heart attacks. Types of cardiomyopathy are: Dilated cardiomyopathy : Dilated cardiomyopathy is condition in which heart becomes large and weak and cannot pump blood effectively. It mostly occurs in adult. Men are more affected then women. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy : In this Cardiomyopathy heart becomes thick and stiff. This is usually passed through families. Sometime it leading cause in younger people. Restrictive cardiomyopathy:It occurs when heart become stiff and cannot fill with blood. Some features are similar to h...

Blood Pressure Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Blood Pressure? Blood pressure is a serious disease which force of blood against the walls of arteries is called blood pressure. The blood put a force against the blood vessels. Blood pressure is also called hypertension. It is not only affect your blood vessels and heart but also the other organs. When anyone is suffer from high blood pressure then blood vessels become narrower and heart become harder to move blood through your body. Types of hypertension: Essential Hypertension : Life style increases the risk of this hypertension. Secondary hypertension : It is caused by other condition like kidney problems, diabetes ( About Diabetes ) or tumors. Labile Hypertension : It is by stress or emotions. White Coat Hypertension : It is caused by stress level or anxiety ( About Anxiety ). In this condition person have the blood pressure higher than normal. Isolated Systolic Hypertension : It occurs in those people who...

Arrhythmia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What Is an Arrhythmia? Arrhythmia is a problem of heart with an irregular heartbeat such as heart can beat too slowly, too fast and too early. An arrhythmias is a disorder of heart rhythm occurs when the electrical impulses in your heart that coordinate your heartbeats are not working properly and the heart beat become too fast and too slow. When the heart rate is too fast that is called tachycardias and slow arrhythmias is called bradycardias. When a single heartbeat occurs is called premature contraction. Sometime it becomes life-threatening problem. Some heart arrhythmias are harmless because of irregular heartbeats. Causes of Arrhythmias : The electrical impulses your hearts that coordinate your heartbeats are not working properly cause the heart to contact. It occurs when the heart's natural pacemaker develops an abnormal rhythm or rate. When a heartbeat is occur then smaller atria and the less muscular contract and fill the relaxed ventricles with blood. Other risk factors...

Acidosis Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Acidosis? About Acidosis : is a medical condition in which there is excessive acid in the body fluids. If acidity is over it become a dangerous condition which weakens all our body systems, due to over production body makes too many acids or when the kidneys are not removing enough acid from the body. Acidosis is a digestive disorder caused by an accumulation of lactic acid in the rumen and can occur in various lung diseases and renal failure. It is exactly happening when you eat too much food and acid drinks. Acidosis is classifieds in two types like: Metabolic Acidosis : It is that condition in which there is too much acid and increase in plasma acidity. There are several type of metabolic like Diabetic acidosis, hyperchloremic acidosis and lactic acidosis. Lactic acidosis occur rare but serious metabolic complication. Respiratory acidosis : Respiratory acidosis is occurring when lungs cannot remove all carbon dioxide in the body. ...

Cataracts Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Cataracts? A cataract is an eye disease which causes clouding of the lens of the eye that affects vision. Mostly the cataracts are related to aging people over age of 40 and cause blindness in the world. The lens is inside the eyes focusing the rays of the light. A cataract can occur in both or one eyes. It affect only eyes not life threatening. Cataracts can affect different areas; there are different types of cataract like: Nuclear Sclerotic Cataract : This is most common type of cataracts caused by yellowing and hardening of the lens. It changes the ability of eyes to focus. It is usually associated with aging. Traumatic cataract : This cataract may develop after an eye injury. Congenital cataract : These cataracts are developing in childhood, in both eyes. These cataracts do not affect vision. Secondary Cataracts : This cataract can form after surgery for other eye problem like glaucoma or people who have other health problem. Causes of cataracts : The lens lies behind the...

List of Diseases in Human Body

Search Related Diseases List of Diseases in Human Body A Abdominal pain Acidosis Acromegaly Addison's Disease Allergies In Human Body Alzheimer Anal fissure Anemia Anxiety Disorder Arrhythmia Arthritis Astigmatism Autism B Bladder cancer Blood Pressure Brain Tumor Breast cancer Bronchitis C Cancer Cataracts Chicken Pox Cirrhosis Colon cancer Constipation Cushing’s Syndrome Cyanosis D Dehydration Dengue Depression Dermatitis Diabetes Diarrhea E Eczema Endometrial cancer Epilepsy Seizure. Eye Problems in Human F Flu Causes G Gallstones Gastroenteritis Glaucoma Gonorrhea Graves H Heart Attack Hematoma Hematomas Hepatitis I Insomnia K Kidney cancer (renal cell) L Leprosy Leukemia cancer Lichenification Lung cancer M Malaria Infections Melanoma cancer Meningitis Migraine Mumps Myopia N Non-Hodgkin lymphoma O Obesity Osteomalacia P Pancreatic cancer Panic Attack Paral...

Abdominal pain Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Abdominal Pain? Abdominal pain is common problem everyone has the experience of this pain. Abdominal pain is occur in the belly or stomach region means in abdomen it is an anatomical area which is bound by the lower margin of ribs above, Flanks on each side and pelvic bone. Abdominal pain can be many types like cramp (gas and bloating), colicky pain usually starts and ends suddenly or throbbing, left side pain can be a long lasting. Differential diagnosis : There are several differential diagnoses for abdominal pain: • Gastrointestinal • Gallstone ( About Gallstone ) • Inflammatory: hepatitis ( About hepatitis ), liver abscess • Pancreatic • Metabolic disturbance, Crohn's Disease Causes of abdominal pain : There are lots of reasons for abdominal pain like blockage of particular organ and leaks fluid which increase the risk of pain. Some of Possible causes are: • Crohn's disease • Constipation ( About Constipation ) • Stomach flu include food allergies, food poising • ...

Porphyria Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Porphyria? Porphyria is the group of genetic disorder passes through family and affects the nervous system or both. Each type of porphyria is caused when body makes a substance called heme. Heme is an iron-rich molecule which is found throughout the body, especially in bone narrow and in your blood which carries oxygen to the entire body. When heme is not produce properly, then body build chemical is called porphyria. There are two categories of porphyrias: Acute porphyrias : Acute porphyrias is very rare usually cause stomach pain and affect the nervous system which occur sporadically, abdominal pain, , cramping, vomiting, numbness or tingling and mental disorders. This form is most common in women than in men. Cutaneous porphyrias : It is frequently present in the nerve system, cause an enzyme deficiency in the liver and affect the skin. Symptoms include swelling and blister when skin exposed in sunlight. Causes of Porphyria : Porphyria is group of disorder which is cau...

Dermatitis Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Dermatitis? Dermatitis means "inflammation or redness of the skin" and it passed from one person to another. Dermatitis is caused by irritating chemical, allergic reaction or substances. There are several types of dermatitis like. Allergic contact dermatitis : It is caused by physical contact substance or material contact with the skin. It creates rashes, red itchy skin and bumps. Atopic dermatitis : Atopic dermatitis is caused by eczema or an allergic reaction. Mainly affect to knees, elbows and the face that usually appear in babies and young children. Irritant contact dermatitis : It is caused by substances which act as an irritant such as soap, chemical and detergent. Stasis Dermatitis : Stasis dermatitis is an inflammatory skin which occurs on the lower legs and around the ankles most affect inner side of the calf. Skin becomes thick and itchy which occurring swelling and keeps enough blood. Seborrheic Dermatitis : Seborrheic Dermatitis is a inflammatory condi...

Addison's Disease Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Addison's disease? Addison's disease is also known as Chronic Adrenal . Addison's disease is an endocrine or hormonal disorder that occurs all age of men and women. Addison’s is affects your body’s adrenal glands it occurs when adrenal glands not able to make enough hormones which result the underactive adrenal gland. The underactive gland produces insufficient amounts of corticosteroid hormones. Two adrenal glands are located on top of each kidney. Addison's is referred to muscle weakness, low blood pressure, fatigue and skin darkening. Addison's disease can be life threatening problem. Causes of Addison's disease : The most common cause of Addison’s was tuberculosis. It is caused by destruction or damage of the adrenal glands. These glands are located on top of each kidney and produce various hormones and responsible for regulating energy nee...

Cushing’s Syndrome Causes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Cushing’s syndrome ? Cushing’s syndrome is a hormonal disorder which is caused by high level of the hormone cortisol refers to the emotional and physical difficulties. It is complex hormonal condition which affects many parts of the body like fatty hump between shoulders, round face, purple and pink stretch marks on your skin. The common cause of Cushing’s syndrome is hypercortisolism. Cushing syndrome may also result in bone loss, high blood pressure and diabetes. Causes of Cushing's syndrome : Cushing's syndrome is occurs when body expose to excessive levels of cortisol and the common cause is steroid medication, corticosteroid medications. These drugs are used to treat inflammatory disease like asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Too much cortisol is caused by when pituitary gland makes too much hormone and produce cortisol. Adrenal tumor often causes Cushing’s syndrome these cases involve non-cancerous tumors which release cortisol in to the blood. Men’s are affec...

Graves Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Graves’s disease ? Graves’s disease is an autoimmune disorder which result from the production of thyroid hormones number of disorder may result. Increased thyroid hormones are called thyrotoxicosis( About Thyrotoxicosis ). The hormones affect brain development, nervous system, breathing and heart. Thyroid is the small gland in the front of neck. In this immune system attack the thyroid gland and producing too much thyroxin. Mostly graves are found in women rather than men these attacks between the ages of 20 to 40 years. Some thyroid hormones help to regulate control and growth metabolism in the body. Causes of Graves : It is difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of graves. Graves’s disease may be occurring due to family history. It is caused by disjunction in the body's disease and abnormal immune system which cause thyroid gland. Doctors also make other factors like pregnancy, gender, age, environment and stress. Causes of ...

Ulcerative Colitis Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the large intestine called ulcer which cause ulceration of inner lining and inflammation of the colon and rectum. Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease. The inflammation usually begins in sigmoid colon and rectum and produce redness, pus and bleeding which cause diarrhea and abdominal pain. When entire colon is affected it is called pan colitis and left side of colon is affected it is called distal or limited colitis. It affects both men and women equally and run in families. It occurs at any age common in the ages of 15-40 and less common in 50-70. Causes of Ulcerative Colitis : The exact cause of ulcerative is still unknown. But some causes are genetic factor, it appears run to families, Aggregation of ulcerative colitis in families. Environmental factor: some diet which may encourage inflammation, smoking, breastfeeding, other childhood i...

Acromegaly Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Acromegaly ? Acromegaly is a chronic metabolic disorder in which body produce too much hormones after puberty. It is very rare hormonal disorder and life-threatening condition in which the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone (GH) which is caused by GH-secreting pituitary tumor. Acromegaly occurs in middle age men and women. When hormones are grow too much in the body then these tissues grow larger than normal. These excessive hormones cause serious disease swelling, tissue growth and skin thickening. If it is untreated then it leads to premature death and serious illness. Acromegaly is occurring rare which affects three to four out of every million people per year. Differential Diagnosis : Untreated, acromegaly is linked to early heart disease, high blood pressure, heart rhythm disorders, diabetes, and colonic polyps, a precursor of colon cancer. Causes of Acromegaly : Acromegaly is caused by long term production of growth hormone and the most common cause is non-...

Osteomalacia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Osteomalacia? Osteomalacia is disease refers to the softening of bones caused by lack of vitamin D deficiency resulting weakness in muscles and bone pain. In children this condition is called rickets (rickets is disorder which is caused by lack of vitamin D). Osteomalacia is occur when our body is not get enough proteins and minerals and cause lack of vitamins due to this the bone becomes weak and break down fast. Osteomalacia is mostly affects to adults, some conditions that affect to children. Osteomalacia is also leads to bone fracture due to a weakness of previously constructed bone. Causes of Osteomalacia : Osteomalacia is occur when a person don't get enough mineral and protein in diet. The common cause of osteomalacia is lack of vitamin D or calcium. Body needs vitamin D to process calcium. Lack of vitamin D is occur due to some reasons like don't get enough diet, not enough exposure to sunshine, some medications, certain surgeries of your stomach which break...

Mumps Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What are Mumps? Mumps are a contagious viral disease of the human that leads to painful swelling of the parotid glands also known as saliva glands. Mumps is caused by a virus that usually affects to children but adults can also get it. Mumps spread through saliva and infect many parts of the body like in cheek, neck, below your ears and near your jaw line, these glands become painful and swell. Mumps is that disease which is spread form one person to another through the infected person release virus in the air. Mumps is disease which recovers completely and no long term mark left. Mumps symptoms are seen in 14 to 16 days, during the time virus will multiply in the cells and increase the level of circulating in bloodstream. Causes of Mumps : Mumps are caused by virus (paramyxovirus), many other infections disease is caused by this virus. It is mainly infected salivary glands and reproduces which located below and in front of the ears. It is spread by direct contact of infected person. ...