Another aspect omitted from all these models is the illness perceptions of the health professional and the interplay between these and the patient’s own ideas.
Epilepsy is a cerebral nerve disease characterized by internal sensations leading to loss of consciousness as well as convulsions and muscular movements.
Every year there are approximately 100,000 cases of Lyme disease and while death is rare, this can be a disease that has serious complications that you do not want your children to experience.
Although fibromyalgia isn’t life-threatening and it doesn’t cause permanent damage, these facts are of little comfort to the 5% of the population who suffer from this disorder.
There are numerous rare congenital or inherited diseases of the immune system and these are frequently referred to as primary immune deficiency diseases.
Although we typically think of those who suffer from HIV/AIDS and congenital diseases that affect the immune system first, anyone can run the risk of an improperly functioning immune system.
People who have lots of colds, get the flu every year or suffer from a suppressed immune system for other reasons often ask, "How do I improve immune system function?"
There are occasional reports of a toenail not growing; however, in most instances, the nail is growing, it is just doing so so very slowly that it's difficult to tell.
A discolored toenail usually means that something is wrong, and unless you have another obvious explanation, you should consider the possibility that you have a fungal nail infection.
The word onychomycosis simply refers to fungal infection of the nail: "onycho" is Greek for "claw" and mycosis is the medical term for fungal infection of any kind.
Most people know about fungal nail infections, those slow infections that turn the nail black and cause it to crumble, but the idea of a yeast nail infection is less familiar.
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