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General overview A chalazion (also called a meibomian cyst) is the medical term for a cyst in the eyelid which is caused by blockage of the meibomian gland and then results in...

General overview The medical term for the experience of burning urine is called dysuria. Dysuria is usually also associated with symptoms such as increased urinary frequency, urgency and sometimes also...

General overview regarding seafood and alcohol reactions Seafood Seafood allergies are caused by an adverse immune response by the body to food protein which is found in certain seafood. These...

Mid foot fusion surgery is something that is done in cases of pain and discomfort due to the presence of arthritic joints in the foot. The area in question is...

Doxycycline is a drug from the family of tetracycline drugs and is commonly prescribed in the treatment of urinary tract infections, recurrent bouts of acne, eye infections, sexually transmitted diseases...

Hiccups are involuntary in nature and are caused by contractions of the diaphragm, the muscle at the base of the lungs. These contractions are also accompanied by a sharp closure of the vocal...

A tonsillectomy, or the surgical removal of the tonsils, was performed much more commonly a few years back than it is now. In fact, a few episodes of inflammation or...

Agent Orange is one of the herbicides that was used during the Vietnam war by the American forces to clear away the thick vegetation they encountered during operations. This was...

Leukemia refers to an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells of the body. The normal role of white blood cells in the body is to help fight...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is chronic in nature. A disease being autoimmune basically means that the immune system of the body fails to properly distinguish between foreign agents...