Body & Health Conditions Articles

Swelling of the eyelids appears to be a quite common symptom many people complain of. Naturally, they get worried, but most people do nothing and wait for the swelling to go down on its own.

Intestinal pain is a particular sensation of discomfort, distress, or agony in the abdominal region. We associate it with functional disorders, tissue injuries, or diseases. There are some rules about this type of pain that everyone should know.

An abscessed tooth has a pocket of pus in the tissues around it. Pus forms when the body tries to fight a bacterial infection, and if the pus cannot drain, it forms an abscess.

White blood cells have nuclei, participate in protecting the body from infection, and consist of lymphocytes and monocytes with relatively clear cytoplasm, and three types of granulocytes, whose cytoplasm has granules.

Gums are pink and spongy structures, essential for holding and protecting the teeth. They adhere to the teeth very closely to prevent entry or spreading of the infection inside, to the root of the teeth or jaw bone.

Colonoscopy is the visual examination of the large intestine (colon) using a lighted, flexible fiber-optic or a video endoscope.

Cystic fibrosis is a common hereditary human disease. It affects many different parts of the body, most commonly the lungs, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, reproductive organs, and sinuses.

In most cases, an aneurysm can go undetected and produce no signs or symptoms and so they do not represent a big threat to a person’s health.

Diabetic neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. People with this disease can develop nerve damage throughout the body. Neuropathies lead to numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, feet, or legs.

Asthma (Az-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen).