What Are Ortho-K Lenses (Night Vision Correction Lenses), Who Can Wear Them, And Are They Safe?
What Are Orthokeratology Lenses And Who Is A Candidate? Ortho what? Unless you are already using ortho-k lenses, there's a good chance you have never heard of them, so let's take a...
Discolored and Painful Toes: Diagnosing and Treating Pernio and Chilblains
Here's a not-atypical case that might find its way to a doctor's office and then a dermatology clinic: A middle-aged individual started noticing redness and itching at the tips of...
Different Kinds of Skin Rashes And What to Do About Them
It's not possible even for doctors to give a definitive diagnosis to a skin rash without actually seeing the patient. It's certainly not possible for non-doctors to give useful medical...
Alternative Therapies for Retinitis Pigmentosa: Do They Work?
Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic condition in which the rods in the retina die. The rods are the cells in your eye that distinguish outlines and depth; the cones distinguish...
Scheuermann's Disease aka Kyphosis: What You Need To Know If Your Child Was Just Diagnosed
What Is Scheuermann's Kyphosis? The thoracic spine — the middle and upper back — typically has a curvature of 20 to 40 degrees. People who have more severely curved middle and upper...
Odd Complications of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as GERD, is a condition in which the base of esophagus allows an unusually large amount of stomach acid to move up into the throat. Nearly...
Painful Bumps on Skin: Could You Have Hidradenitis Suppurativa?
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a painful, progressive, poorly understood skin condition that affects the skin where the apocrine sweat glands are found. The apocrine glands originate where the skin meets subcutaneous fatty...
How Unusual Are Asymmetrical or Large Labia? What Can Be Done About Them?
Many women of all ages have concerns about the appearance of their labia. Sometimes one labia is much larger than the other. One may be longer than the other. Sometimes...
How to Relieve Gallbladder Pain
The first step in relieving the pain of an inflamed gallbladder, cholecystitis, is making sure the pain is really from your gallbladder. Gallbladder pain originates on the right side of your...
What Causes Bloated Stomach? How to Treat Abdominal Distention
There are many different conditions that can cause abdominal distention, more commonly described as bloated stomach or belly bloat. These conditions have different causes and different treatments: Irritable bowel syndrome...