20 Most Serious Health Problems

  What is Neuralgia?  What are the causes of Neuralgia?  What are the symptoms of Neuralgia?  What is the Treatment? Add caption What is Neuralgia:- Severe or mild pain in any part of the body caused by the damaged or irritated nerve is known as Neuralgia. In mild Neuralgia cases affected body parts function normally but in case of severe neuralgia, a patient may not be able to perform his or her routine everyday task. Causes of Neuralgia:- Main causes of Neuralgia include the following - 1.  Pressure on nerves from bones, vessels, or tumours. 2.  Infections like shingles, HIV, Lyme disease. 3.  A kidney or diabetes patient may develop symptoms of  Neuralgia. 4.  Old age Types of Neuralgia:- Neuralgia can affect any part of the body therefore doctors categorise the Neuralgia according to the parts of the body it affects. Some of them are as follows- Trigeminal Neuralgia:- Trigeminal nerves in the brain send signals to the face, mouth, teeth, ...

What is prostate cancer? What are the causes of prostate cancer? What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? What is the treatment of prostate cancer? What is prostate cancer:- It is the cancer of the prostate gland found mainly among men of above 60 years of age. The prostate gland is located under the bladder and surrounding the urethra. A hormone called testosterone regulates the prostate. The prostate produces the semen that contains sperms. The abnormal and malignant growth of cells better known as a tumour in the prostate is called prostate cancer. The cancerous cells can travel to other parts of the body causing cancer there.  Types of prostate cancer:- Cancer that grows in the tissues of the prostate gland is called adenocarcinoma. The prostate cancers are also classified on the basis of how fast it grows. There are two types of it. 1.  Fast growing or aggressive. 2.  Slow-growing or non-aggressive. In fast-growing prostate cancer, the tumour grows very fast and has...

Blood  :-  Blood plays one of the most important parts of the functioning of the body. It is about 8% of the body weight in a person having normal health. Blood circulates throughout the vascular system of the body and carries with it oxygen, nutrients, hormones,, antibodies, etc to various organs of our body.  Red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma together make the blood. Red blood cells carry oxygen to tissues and organs, white blood cells fight infections, platelets help in blood  clotting to stop bleeding  and plasma transports cells, waste, and nutrients.   The body is made up of an  uncountable  number of tiny cells that make up every part of our body including blood.    In the normal process the cells of the blood die out in due course and they are replaced by new  cells thus a balance is always maintained in a healthy body. This is how the body grows and repairs itsel f. Blood Cancer and it's Causes:- ...