Body & Health Conditions Articles

Wheat allergy, also known as wheat hypersensitivity is most commonly a food allergy, but can also be a respiratory or contact allergy resulting from occupational exposure. Bread, pasta, and most batter-fried dishes are three of the common foods.

Pollen allergy is a type of seasonal allergic rhinitis caused by pollen grains. Pollens, on entering human noses and throats, trigger this type of seasonal allergic rhinitis.

Gastrointestinal bleeding shouldn’t be observed as a disease, but rather as a symptom. It is an extremely common condition, and causes of the bleeding are often related to conditions that can be cured or controlled, such as hemorrhoids.

As the name implies, esophageal cancer is a malignant process located on the esophagus (food pipe). There are several different subtypes of esophageal tumors but they all usually lead to dysphagia – difficulty swallowing, pain, and other symptoms.

Hereditary spherocytosis is a familial hemolytic disorder characterized by marked heterogeneity of clinical features, ranging from an asymptomatic condition to fulminant and extremely serious hemolytic anemia.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic, usually life-long, potentially fatal disease with an autoimmune background, usually characterized by unpredictable exacerbations and remissions with protean clinical manifestations.

Half a million people every year are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a kind of irregular heartbeat that greatly increases risk of stroke. A new "clot catcher" may make physical activity safer for them.

For over 20 years,doctors have been telling their patients to take a "baby" Aspirin a day for heart health. Recent research has found that this common advice is not always good advice.

Atrial fibrillation is a very common heart rhythm disorder which is caused by a rhythm disturbance of the atria and results in irregular, chaotic, ventricular waveforms varying from slow to extremely rapid heart beating.

Oral Care during cancer treatment is very important and can differ greatly from routine oral care. We outline the things that patients must look out for as well as the practices they must follow to prevent dental problems from cropping up.