Current Health Articles 2009

Low Thyroid Test Levels

Dr. Chris — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:51:01 +0000

Hypothyroidism is a prevalent condition and may be the result of underlying conditions, like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In order to diagnose an underactive thyroid and isolate the possible cause, a thyroid profile blood test may be requested by your doctor. Apart from confirming diagnosis and providing valuable information as to the possible cause, the thyroid test [...]

Prostate Enlargement Treatment – Drugs, Surgery for BPH

Dr. Chris — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:48 +0000

Treatment for an enlarged prostate depends upon the severity of the symptoms, and if the symptoms are mild or absent (asymptomatic), active treatment may not be necessary. Prostate treatment may include Medication or drug therapy Non-surgical therapies Surgical procedures Medication Drug therapy is the most commonly used method to treat moderate symptoms of prostate gland enlargement and various drugs are [...]

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) – Enlarged Prostate Gland

Dr. Chris — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:44 +0000

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or an enlarged prostate gland is a very common condition in older men with estimates indicating that up to one in every two men suffers with this condition. The prostate gland, which is normally about the size of a walnut, starts to enlarge quite often after the age of forty, but [...]

Urgency to Have a Bowel Movement, Urge Fecal Incontinence

Jan Modric — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:31:53 +0000

What Is a Bowel or Fecal Urgency? Bowel or fecal urgency is a sudden, irresistible need to have a bowel movement. Urge fecal incontinence is inability to hold stool during bowel urgency. Bowel incontinence is complete inability to control bowel movements. Tenesmus (Greek tens = strain) is a repeating painful urge to defecate without excreting any stool. Causes of [...]

Pinched Nerve Lower Back – Lumbar Nerve Compression

Dr. Chris — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:29:28 +0000

Pressure on the nerve roots as they leave the spine produce symptoms of nerve compression, and the nerve roots in the lumbar region of the spine are most liable to be pinched or compressed as a result of maximum movement of the vertebrae in this region. Lumbar nerve compression is commonly known as sciatica, which [...]

Peritoneal Cavity, Diseases of Parietal and Visceral Peritoneum, Video

Jan Modric — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:28:08 +0000

What Is Peritoneum? The peritoneum (Greek peritonaion = stretched across) is an abdominal membrane consisting of two sheets: the parietal peritoneum (Latin parietalis = belonging to walls) that covers the inner side of the abdominal wall and the visceral peritoneum (Latin viscera = internal organs) that covers certain abdominal organs. Picture of peritoneal cavity, parietal and visceral [...]

Pinched Thoracic Nerve – Radiculopathy, Compression

Dr. Chris — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:18:07 +0000

Nerve compression at the level of the thoracic vertebrae, or thoracic radiculopathy, is less common than in the cervical radiculopathy or lumbar nerve compression because of the lower amount of pressure and movement that the thoracic vertebrae are subjected to. However a pinched nerve at the thoracic level may cause symptoms that just as severe, [...]

Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis – Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Dr. Chris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:41 +0000

What is Hashimoto’s Thyroid Disease? Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is an autoimmune thyroid disease, which is one of the leading causes of hypothyroidism or underactive thyroid functioning. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis causes primary hypothyroidism, where the underactivity is due directly to poor thyroid functioning, rather than an interference with thyroid-pituitary regulating mechanism. Since Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is one of the organ [...]

Adhesions: Abdominal, Bowel, Pelvic – Symptoms, Treatment, Pictures

Jan Modric — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:09:18 +0000

What Are Adhesions? This article describes abdominal adhesions, bowel (intestinal) adhesions and pelvic adhesions. Adhesions (Latin adhere= to stick, to hold tight) are abnormal bands of scar tissue that form between internal organs and glue them together. Normally, scar tissue is formed only within an injured area, as part of a healing process, but in case of [...]

Pinched Neck Nerve – Cervical Radiculopathy, Compression

Dr. Chris — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:15:26 +0000

A cervical pinched nerve or nerve compression occurs as it leaves the spine in the neck and produces a condition known as cervical radiculopathy. The nerve may be compressed or irritated due to a herniated intervertebral disc, bone spurs, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, and may produce symptoms such as pain, numbness or tingling [...]