July 30th, 2010 | Medicine |
Reactive Airway Disease: Conditions based around wheezing and/or allergic reactions are often referred to by the term reactive airway disease. It is often used to label asthma-like conditions in infants that are too young to undergo typical diagnostic procedures. Some use the term interchangeably with asthma. This is not an accurate use of the term.
Treatment: Infants diagnosed with reactive airway disease should later be tested for asthma. The bronchial challenge test is an appropriate diagnostic procedure that will ascertain whether or not
May 12th, 2010 | Allergies |
On the average, a person could experience several allergic reactions to one or more things. This happens when we breathe in something that is usually harmless and our immune system (the body’s barrier against viruses and bacteria) classifies it as harmful and attacks. These are the allergens that we need to avoid exposure to. The hard part is, it is difficult to avoid allergens if we don’t know specifically what we are allergic to. Much harder still, allergens are everywhere. They can be in the form of plant pollens from trees, grasses,
April 13th, 2010 | Cancer |
Have you ever heard of mesothelioma? If you are not aware of what exactly is mesothelioma, in this article we will tell you about this type of disease. Basically this is a rare kind of cancer which generally arises from the cells lining the sacs of the chest or the abdomen.
There are two major cell types of mesothelioma. These are the epithelial and the sarcomatoid. In some cases there is only one type of cell while in the other there can be combination of both the types of cells. The occurrence of sarcomatoid is rare. In some cases, the
