Hyposexual desire disorder (HSDD) or inhibited sexual desire (ISD) is considered a sexual dysfunction and is characterized as a lack or absence of sexual fantasies and desire for sexual activity, as judged by a clinician. For this to be regarded as a disorder, it must cause marked distress Read More …
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Sexual Health; 50 Best Men’s Health Sex Tips
Sexual health implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safer sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. One interpretation of this implies that men Read More …
Spinal Cord Injury; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, sensation, or autonomic function in the parts of the body served by the spinal cord below the level of the Read More …
Brown-Séquard Syndrome; Cause, Symptom, Treatment
Brown-Séquard syndrome is characterized by anatomical disruption of nerve fiber tracts in one half of the spinal cord. Disruption of descending lateral corticospinal tracts, ascending dorsal column and ascending spinothalamic tracts leads to ipsilateral hemiplegia and loss of proprioception and Read More …
Rheumatoid Arthritis – Cause, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder in the human body that primarily affects multiple joints. It typically results in warm, swollen, tenderness, and painful joints. Pain and stiffness often worsen following rest or a special night. The most Read More …
Gout; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Gout is a form of acute arthritis that causes severe pain and swelling in the joints. It most commonly affects the big toe, but may also affect the heel, ankle, hand, wrist, or elbow. It affects the spine often enough Read More …
Trigger Finger; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Trigger finger is a disorder characterized by catching or locking of the involved finger. Pain may occur in the palm of the hand or knuckles.The name is due to the popping sound made by the affected finger when moved. Most commonly the index finger or thumb is affected Trigger Read More …
Dry Skin; Causes, Symptoms, Health Tips, Prevention
Dry skin /xeroderma or xerodermia (also known as xerosis cutis), derived from the Greek words for “dry skin”, is a condition involving the integumentary system, which in most cases can safely be treated with emollients or moisturizers. Xeroderma occurs most commonly on the scalp, lower legs, arms, hands, the knuckles, the sides of Read More …
Sever’s Disease; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Sever’s Disease another name known as calcaneal apophysitis is an inflammation of the growth plate in the heel of growing children, typically adolescents. The condition presents as pain in the heel and is caused by repetitive stress to the heel Read More …
Psoriatic Arthritis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Psoriatic arthritis (also arthritis psoriatic, arthropathic psoriasis, or psoriatic arthropathy) is a chronic, progressive, heterogeneous inflammatory arthritis that may affect peripheral and axial joints, entheses, skin and nails, and other organs and may develop in between 6 and 42% of Read More …
Osteoarthritis; Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Osteoarthritis (OA), which is also known as osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease (DJD), is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss of cartilage and resulting in the development of bony spurs and cysts at the margins of Read More …
Spondylolisthesis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebra slips forward over the one below it. It is a slipping of vertebra that occurs, in most cases, at the base of the spine. Spondylolysis, which is a defect or fracture of one Read More …