Description
Balanitis is inflammation of the head of the penis (the cone shape at the end of the penis). Posthitis is inflammation of the foreskin. In general, fungal or bacterial infection beneath the foreskin causes posthitis. Inflammation of the head of the penis and foreskin (balanoposthitis) may also occur. Inflammation causes pain, itching, redness, swelling and can ultimately lead to constriction (stricture) in the urethra. Men who have experienced an increased risk balanoposthitis develop balanitis xerotica obliterans, phimosis, paraphimosis, and cancer later in life. Read the rest of this entry »
Herpes Zoster
Disease September 26th, 2009
Description
The cause of shingles is the varicella-zoster virus, the virus that also causes chickenpox. Initial infection varicella-zoster virus (which can include chicken pox) ended with the entry of virus into the ganglia (nerve loss) on spinal nerves and cranial nerves and the virus permanently reside there in a state of inactivity. Herpes zoster is always limited to the distribution of nerve roots involved in the skin (dermatome).
Herpes zoster virus may never cause symptoms or be more active again a few years later. Herpes zoster occurred if the virus is active again. Sometimes this virus pengaktivan back when there interference in the immune system due to an illness (such as AIDS or Hodgkin’s disease) or drugs that affect the immune system. Usually, the cause of this virus back activation unknown.
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Chicken Pox
Disease September 26th, 2009
Description
Chicken pox is caused by Varicella Zoster virus is contagious. In the skin the patient will find a collection of small spots, edged liquid, or scab. These spots make the patient feel itchy.
Symptoms
New symptoms appear 10-21 days after infection. Patients often feel headache, fever, and fever. Read the rest of this entry »
Baby Tuberculosis
Disease September 26th, 2009
Description
Not only attacking adults, TB can also attack the baby. The cause of this bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis that diidap mother during pregnancy is contagious to her baby. Like tuberculosis in adults, mycobacterium tuberculosis also attack various organs, especially the baby’s lungs.
Symptoms
If the baby is found symptoms such as fever, sleepy, not strong sucking, breathing problems, no weight gain occurred, enlarged liver and spleen, the possibility that the baby suffered from tuberkolosisi. Read the rest of this entry »
Description
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. The disease is not common of skin cancer, but melanoma is a serious disease. Melanoma does not only affect the skin, more than it can spread to other organs and bones. Yet these diseases can be cured if treated early as soon as possible. The cause of this cancer is, one of them, bask too long in the sun. Sunlight causes the skin cells become abnormal. Skin cells grow abnormally and eventually form a network of cancer cause.
Symptoms
The main sign of melanoma is the skin changes in a mole or skin growth, such as a birthmark. Some changes in the size or color of moles allows a sign of melanoma. Melanoma may also grow in a mole or a birthmark. But melanoma can be grown anywhere in the body. Read the rest of this entry »
