Herpes is the most common sexually transmitted contagious viral disease caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), which resides in the nerve ganglia after initial exposure to the herpes virus. It is common in both males and females. There are two strains of this virus, HSV-1 causes oral Herpes and HSV-2 causes genital herpes.
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Parkinson’s disease is a disease that causes disorder in movement. It is chronic and very progressive in nature, which means that the symptoms remain and worsens as time passes by. This disease occurs when a group of cells in brain begins to malfunction and then eventually die. These cells are responsible for sending information to [...]
Crohn’s disease is a chronic disorder causing inflammation in the deeper layers of intestine walls. This disease may recur many times in the life of any individual. It generally affects the ileum area of the small intestine and at times may affect various portions like mouth, stomach, esophagus and appendix.
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Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects certain parts of body causing malignant tumor at those areas. Occurrence of this disease is visible at three parts. The first and the most common one is the outer membrane of lungs or pleura, the second is the peritoneum or the outer part of abdominal cavity and [...]
Most of the medical personnel know Hodgkin’s disease as Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It has been named after Thomas Hodgkin, who studied this particular type of lymphoma. The disease spreads over from one lymph node to the other. If detected in the early stages, the disease is curable through chemotherapy. The disease takes an incurable form in [...]
Excessive accumulation of plaque is the primary cause of gum disease on your teeth. Plaque, when constantly accumulates on the teeth, hardens into a substance called tartar. The tartar forms a layer over the teeth, which gradually begins affecting the gums and eventually destroys them.
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