Osgood–Schlatter disease (OSD), is the inflammation of area below the knee characterized by a painful bump just below the knee which worsens with activity. OSD typically affects growing adolescents during puberty and is common in those particip...
Balantidiasis, also known as Balantidium coli infection, is a disease caused by intestinal protozoan parasite Balantidium coli. Being transmitted through the fecal-oral route, a person acquires the disease by ingesting infective cysts from food and w...
Anophthalmia and microphthalmia mean the absence of an eye and the presence of a small eye within the orbit. Anophthalmia and microphthalmia are interchangeable. Whereas, microphthalmia is a disorder in which one or both eyes are abnormally small, wh...
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a genetic metabolic disorder. It affects the production of heme, the oxygen-binding prosthetic group of hemoglobin. Generally, it is characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase. The maj...
Performance enhancing drugs are chemical agents designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance. Muscle enlargement, increased blood’s oxygen carrying capacity are some of the effects induced by the consumption of the performance enhan...
Chikungunya is a mosquito borne viral disease caused by the RNA virus belonging to the alphavirus genus of family Togaviridae. Chikungunya fever has been reported in more than 60 countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Its transmission fr...
Clonorchiasis is infection with the liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis caused due to eating undercooked freshwater fish. Fever, chills, epigastric pain, tender hepatomegaly, diarrhea, and mild jaundice are the major symptoms of the diseases. Different t...
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, also known as abnormal uterine bleeding, is irregular bleeding occurring in the absence of any recognizable pelvic pathology. Pregnancy is a common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding. The main causes of uterine bleedin...
Rickets is a condition characterised by the deficiency of Vitamin D that affects bone development in children which can lead to bone deformities. Rickets in adults is known as osteomalacia. The disease causes softening of the bones, bone pain, poor g...
Acquired aplastic anemia is a rare, serious blood disorder, which is characterized by failure of the bone marrow and its inability to produce blood cells. Bone marrow is found in the center of the bones and appears to be like a spongy substance. It i...