Lichen simplex chronicus is a skin condition where the skin becomes thickened and leathery. This is caused due to excessive scratching of the skin. Lichen simplex chronicus is not a serious problem; it is a response by the skin to constant...
Lichen planus is a skin disorder that forms like a rash anywhere on the body. It can even form on the mouth, on the sides of the tongue, or on the insides of the cheeks and on the gums. Lichen planus is not a serious disorder or disease and very...
Lichen planus is an autoimmune disease. It can occur on the skin or inside the mouth, and nobody knows why it occurs. Another problem of a similar name, called lichen simplex, causes thickened skin on the body caused due to scratching. Lichen...
Erosive Lichen Planus is quite a rare condition, which can be painful as well as chronic. It mainly affects mucosal surfaces such as the mouth and the genitals. This disease manifests itself in the form of persistently painful and unsightly...
Coughing is essentially a spontaneous reaction of the bronchial tubes when they become inflamed and irritated. It is also the body’s natural way of expelling irritants (or allergens) that may have entered the respiratory tract. Coughing can...
In cases where (ARF) Acute Renal Failure is neither caused by problems in the circulation of the blood nor obstructions in the excretion, the cause is considered to be renal or intrinsic, which means damage or injury within both kidneys. Some 40%...
The Postrenal Acute Renal Failure, or Postrenal ARF, is a result of an acute blockage that distresses the normal flow of the urine out of the kidneys. The obstruction causes a legitimate amount of pressure to build up in the renal nephrons, the...
The case of Prerenal Acute Renal Failure, or Prerenal ARF, is distinguished by an insufficient circulation of blood, or perfusion, to the kidneys, which makes them unable to clean the blood in a proper way. Many patients with this condition are...
Stills disease is a form of systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It is named after the English physician Sir George F. Still. Stills disease affects more than thirty thousand children in the United States alone. In some rare cases, it may even...
Squamous cell carcinoma in the lungs is a type of small cell lung cancer. The cancer starts in the squamous cells; these cells are thin flat and look like fish scales. The most common cause of this type of cancer is due to smoking. There are...
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