If you are suffering from Pink, light Brown or White spots on the Skin, it can be a sign of any Fungal infection.

What is Tinea Versicolor?

Tinea Veriscolor is a Fungal Infection of Skin, which is identified by the occurrence of rashes on the back and the limbs.

This condition is for a long term but is gentle in nature. It is also known as

• Pityriasis Versicolor
• Tinea Flava
• Dermatomycosis Furfuracea

Symptoms of Tinea Versicolor

This condition is caused by the emergence of small rashes on the surface of Skin. These spots may be small, oval or round in shape. These spots occur on the Oily parts of Skin including back, upper part of Chest and Arms. It may also occur on the face, neck and upper thighs of an individual. The color of these rashes may change depending on the texture of Skin.

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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.

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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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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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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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