Archive for January, 2012

Lymphatic Cancer

Jan 23 2012 Published by under L

Lymphatic Cancer: This type of cancer is also known as Hodgkin’s disease as well as lymphoma. This is a type of cancer of the lymph tissues originating in the lymph nodes, liver, bone marrow as well as spleen. The first indication of this type of cancer is usually an enlarged lymph node. The disease may then spread to lymph nodes nearby. Then it can spread to the bone marrow, lungs or liver. What causes this condition is not known.

The type of disease is very rare. Symptoms consist of: fever and chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, itchy skin, and weight loss, swelling of lymph nodes in the armpits, neck or groin that is painless.

Physicians usually can diagnose this type of cancer by performing a biopsy. This consists of removal and examination of a tissue piece under the microscope. Treatment can vary dependent on how far the disease has spread as well as often includes chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

The sooner this disease is diagnosed, the more any treatment is effective. In the majority of cases, this cancer can be cured.

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Carditis

Jan 23 2012 Published by under C

Carditis: This is the disorder causing heart irritation or inflammation of the heart’s environment. It’s normally studied as well as treated by identifying as: Pericarditis being the irritation of the pericardium; Myocarditis being the irritation of the heart muscle itself; Endocarditis being the irritation of the endocardium.

“Reflux carditis” denotes an outcome that is possible because of acid reflux – referred to as GERD – Pancarditis being the irritation of the entire heart – including epicardium, myocardium and endocardium.

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Floating Rib

Jan 23 2012 Published by under F

Floating Ribs are 4 ribs that are atypical – located lowermost in the ribcage of most humans, and are numbered XI-XII. They are referred to as “floating ribs” since they are fastened to the vertebrae alone and not to the sternum or any cartilage attached to the sternum. Some individuals are missing one of the 2 pairs. Others have a 3rd pair. Most individuals have only the 2 pairs.

Their position may be altered permanently by a type of body alteration called “tightlacing”, which uses a corset type device to compress and then move the ribs.

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Swollen Belly Button

Jan 23 2012 Published by under S

Swollen Belly Button: In most cases of a swollen belly button the problem is actually a “belly button hernia” – or more correctly referred to as an “umbilical hernia”. This is kind of hernia of the abdomen occurring in the area of the umbilicus. Whenever this kind of hernia develops, intestines push thru the wall of the abdomen in back of the belly button causing a bulge to advance. Numerous belly button hernias are hereditary and are particularly common in boys of African heritage. This kind of hernia may also develop in adults.

The region of the navel is prone to herniation especially in infants due to the way in which the body grows and because of the umbilicus nature. In certain cases, the wall of the abdominal area in back of navel does not completely close during development of the fetus, which allows for intestines to come thru, creating a hernia. Belly button hernias may be seen only when a baby strains or cries, descending back into the abdomen after the baby relaxes. It is normally identified fairly soon after birth, since newborns tend to strongly object to entering a new world, making their belly button hernias very noticeable.

Unlike other types of hernia, the belly button hernia normally will resolve itself. In babies, the hernia normally disappears by the age of one and certainly by the age of 4 in the majority of cases. If it continues to be existent after that time, it might require surgery for correction. This hernia is also predisposed to difficulties such as strangling, where the supply of blood to the intestines that are herniated is cut off causing death of the tissue. If a baby has a belly button hernia, a physician might recommend monitoring it closely for any signs of early problems.

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Uvula

Jan 23 2012 Published by under U

Uvula: This is a fleshy small projection which hangs from the palate that is soft in the mouth at the back. Its function includes filtering microorganisms such as bacteria from being able to enter the digestive system. It also has a function of stopping particles of food from entrance into the nasal cavity, during swallowing. Uvula is believed to pay an even larger more important part in sound articulation. In cases that are normal, muscles called dilator stop the uvula from sagging. But there are cases where the sagging of the uvula occurs because of poor muscle tone. A sagging uvula that is partial might cause snoring, since it partially blocks the airways. In certain individuals, the uvula can totally block the airway, causing a disorder called “obstructive sleep apnea”. Aside from poor muscle tone, anomalies of the structure of the uvula can also be a cause of blockage of the airway. In the above mentioned conditions, physicians normally advise removing the uvula, which is a treatment option in the majority of cases. Many individuals mistake these problems as swollen uvula but the swollen uvula is a totally different problem. Swollen uvula causes may be fixed with treatment that is proper.

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White Poop

Jan 23 2012 Published by under Uncategorized

White Poop: Stools that are white are not customary and need to be seen quickly by a medical professional. White stools are due to no bile in the stool, which might indicate a fairly serious causal problem.

Bile is the digestive fluid that is created by the liver and the gallbladder is used for storage. Stools get the usually brownish color from bile, which is expelled from the gallbladder into the small intestine during the process of digestion. When the liver does not produce bile or if the bile is blocked from leaving the liver, the stool will be white or light colored.

Liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis may cause white stools. In some cases, the problem is not because of the liver but in the duct that delivers this bile to the intestines. This duct may be blocked or squeezed shut – for instance, by a tumor or gallstone – which prohibits any bile from flowing into the intestines. Some babies are born with bile ducts that are constricted.

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Transcriptomics

Jan 23 2012 Published by under T

Transcriptomics: This is a set of every RNA molecules, comprising rRNA, tRNA, mRNA as well as other RNA that is generated in a population of cells or in some cases only in one.

This term may be functional to the complete set of transcriptions in any specified organism or the precise sub-set of transcriptions existing in a precise kind of cell. Contrasting the genome that is unevenly secured for any cell lines – excluding mutations – the transcriptome may vary with environmental conditions externally. Since it includes all mRNA transcriptions in the cell, the transcriptome replicates the genes that are being aggressively articulated at any explicit time. This reading of transcriptomics, also recognized as profiling expression inspects the level of expression of mRNAs in any certain cell populace, using high-throughput methods based on DNA micro-array know-how. This use of sequencing using next-generation technology to read the transcriptome at the level of nucleotide is identified as RNA-Seq.

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Lower Right Back Pain

Jan 22 2012 Published by under Uncategorized

Lower Right Back Pain: This is also referred to as sacro-lliac pain and is a very common reason for pain in the lower back. The joint located there is used a lot and therefore usually abused, and that is a reason why pain happens in this area so often.

There can be many other reasons for pain near this region. The “Quadratus Lumborum” muscle that goes from the top of the pelvis to the base of the ribs can develop what are known as “trigger points”. “Trigger points” may transfer pain to the right lower part of the back.

But, it is the joint – sacro-lliac – which is usually the main cause of pain. And right lower back pain is typically a mixture of a sacro-lliac joint that is tight, several spinal joints that may tighten, the pelvic area being off its balance and “trigger points” along the Quadratus Lumborum.

It can be all of these or a combination. And here is the reason why: the sacro-lliac joint does not have a disc. This joint is referred to as “flat bone joint”; therefore any fortification around this joint is much less than the other spinal joints. If this joint gets tight, the ligaments and muscles around this area also tighten. This is the reason this pain can often radiate up the lower back as well as down into the area of the buttock.

This pain radiation is nothing to be concerned about. “Trigger points” usually send pain to other locations. The muscle fibers that are tight knotted become irritated when a person moves; when they are irritated this pattern pain occurs for that specific “trigger point.

This may sound complicated and complex – and it is. But basically all back pain comes from 4 main aspects – muscles that are tight, muscles that are weak, movement of the joint and pelvic balance.

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Coracobrachialis

Jan 22 2012 Published by under C

Coracobrachialis: This is the tiniest of 3 muscles involved with the “coracoid process” of the scapula. The other 2 muscles are “biceps brachii” and “pectoralis minor”. It is located at the medial and upper area of an arm. It is punctured by and nerves are provided by the “musculocutaneous nerve”.

It rises from the top of “coracoid process”, shared with the head that is short of the “Biceps brachii” and from the “intramuscular septum” in between the 2 muscles.

This muscle pulls the humerus forward – “shoulder flexion” – and to the chest – “shoulder adduction”.

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Epiphyseal Cartilage

Jan 22 2012 Published by under E

Epiphyseal Cartilage: This cartilage is located midway between the main shaft of long bone and the rounded end of the bone. This cartilage continues to grow since cartilage is needed for continuing bone growth. When bone growth stops this cartilage disappears. This is also referred to as the growth plate.

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