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Syringoma – Types, Causes and Treatment

Syringoma

You are suffering from Yellow Papules on the Cheeks or near Eyelids then you must be having Syringoma disorder.

What is Synringoma?

It is a non- Cancerous form of Tumor that may develop in the Sweat Glands. The term Syringoma is derived from Greek word “Syrinx”, which means tube. This refers to the Tube shaped Sweat Glands that leads to the growth of Tumor.

Occurrence of Syringoma

This condition may occur accidently due to Somatic or Germline Mutations. In many cases, this mutation is found to be inherited as a dominant trait. About 10 cases are reported in English people.

This disorder may affect the Adolescent and the Preadolescent people of both sexes. This disorder mostly affects the Facial area.

Syringoma

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Insomnia – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Many adults suffer from Insomnia and sleeplessness at some time in their life. It is estimated that 30-50% of people are affected by this disease and 10% have severe Insomnia.

Insomnia is a disorder, in which it is very difficult to maintain or initiate sleep. The sleep is of poor quality and not peaceful.  Insomnia is therefore caused due to insufficient sleep. Insomnia is not characterized by the number of hours of sleep but it varies in the needs and practices.

Classification of Insomnia

Insomnia is classified as follows

  1. Transient Insomnia

    The symptoms of Insomnia lasting less than 1 week are known as Transient Insomnia.

  2. Short-term Insomnia

    The symptoms between 1-3 weeks are known as Short-term Insomnia.

  3. Chronic Insomnia

    Symptoms longer than 3 weeks are known as Chronic Insomnia.

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What are Kidney Cysts? Causes,Symptoms and Treatment

Our Body is like an unsolved mystery. It is so complex yet well structured. It is very important to know about our anatomy and its function. In fact man is still learning about the Human Anatomy. Among all these different organ which form the human body we would like to discuss on one of the most crucial part of our anatomy the Kidney. This bean shaped vital organ has a very important duty. The main duty is to remove the waste from our blood. They do this by purifying and filtering our blood and making urine, which is finally the waste thrown out from our body. In short they are sophisticated machines of our body that help in reprocessing.

If there is any dysfunction or problem related to our kidney it is a cause of concern and we should ensure and take proper precaution to keep our kidney function properly and keep it healthy. The most common we have heard being the kidney cyst.

Kidney Cysts

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What Causes Chronic Kidney Disease?

Kidney being one of the most vital organs in our body is a reprocessing machine. It filters the blood and sends the waste from our body in the form of urine. And it is very important for this waste to be processed and rightly thrown out of the body This bean shaped organs have over one million filtering units called neutrons. Any abnormalities in their function can cause harm the kidney.

Today we particularly would like to discuss Chronic Kidney Disease. (CKD).

What is Chronic Kidney Disease?

The slow progressively loss of functions of the kidney over a period is called Chronic Kidney Disease. It is also known by the name Chronic Renal Disease. This disease is like a slow poison growing gradually and if undetected or undiagnosed earlier then ends in Kidney Failure.

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Anisocoria – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention

Definition of Anisocoria

It is a condition in which the Pupils of Eyes become unequal in size.

Iris

The part of Eye that is colored is known as Iris. It is a circular muscle, which is just like a donut. It has an empty hole in the center, which allows the light to enter into the Eye.

Pupil

The empty hole that allows the light to come in is known as Pupil.

Normal Reaction of Pupil to Light

When a person in bright light or in outdoors, the Pupil contracts. The opposite happens, when a person comes to a dark room. The Pupil dilates to allow the light to come into the Eye.

Brown iris

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