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Diminished or loss of sensation around the knee is a common clinical finding and can be caused by a number of different factors. Trauma and nerve injury are the most...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks our joints and causes inflammation, pain, stiffness and swelling and slowly damages the joints. Like many other...

An anal fissure is a small defect of the skin on the inside of the anal canal, which can be caused by several factors. The most important issue with this...

Opioid drug abuse (derivates of morphine, primarily heroin) is a great challenge even for modern medicine. Opioid dependence develops after continuous use of increasing doses of opioid drugs in order...

Epidemiological data from the US suggest that many parents and even pediatricians make mistakes when it comes to maintaining hygiene in boys with intact penises — so boys who have...

One of the odd things about depression is that you can be depressed and not know it. Your brain can slow down so much you feel bad, even suicidal, but...

The Mantoux test, also known as the tuberculin skin test (TST), is carried out to detect exposure to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for causing tuberculosis. This test is performed...

Bronchitis Acute bronchitis is a common respiratory disorder, characterized by inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, known as the trachea-bronchial tree. It affects both adults and children, and...

Emphysema is a disease of the respiratory system, arising from a slow, progressive damage of the walls of air passages of the lungs. It is part of a disease entity...

Cough is a very common symptom in young children. It can be acute (short-term), and chronic (long-term), as well as productive or dry, nonproductive cough. Cough is usually a sign of...