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 chest pain? What are the causes of chest pain? Chest pain is the sudden reminder of a heart attack but there are many ot her medical conditions which also cause chest pain. Some causes of chest pain are dangerous or life-threatening but not all of them. From sharp stabbing pain to dull ache chest pain has many forms. Sometimes it has a crushing or burning sensation. Chest pain can be triggered by many organs or tissues of the body like heart, lungs, oesophagus, muscles, ribs, tendons, nerves etc. The pain can travel to the chest from other organs like the neck, back, abdomen etc. Finding the real cause of chest pain requires conducting of certain tests mainly like a blood test, X-rays, CT scans and others. The doctor also requires the medical history of the patient to ascertain the cause of chest pain. Initially, it is difficult to differentiate between a heart attack or non- life-threatening issues like heartburn .   ...