Category: Illness
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10 Early Signs and Symptoms of HIV You Must Pay Attention to
Signs and Symptoms of HIV: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HIV has infected more than 1.2 million people in the United States. It is also estimated that 1 in every 8 infected individuals is unaware that they have HIV. Once someone is infected, it is impossible to kill the virus…
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How to Relieve Upper Back Pain?; Home Remedies and Medical Treatments
We have already explained to you the condition of lower back pain; the causes, symptoms, treatments and even home remedies. What about upper back pain? When you experience pain from the base of your neck to the bottom of the rib cage, then you are most likely to be dealing with upper back pain(UBP). It…
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Top 10 Best Home Remedies For Cough That Really Work
Home Remedies For Cough : Many of us often feel irritated and burdened when we have a cough. But what we don’t realize is that it is actually a natural reflex that protects your lungs. Yes, it helps to clear up all the lung irritants, mucus and smoke in lungs thus preventing our lungs from infection.…
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High Blood Pressure – Causes, Symptoms And Treatments
What Is High Blood Pressure? What is considered high blood pressure(HBP)? Blood pressure is the force and pressure given by your blood towards the walls of your arteries when it is pumped from your heart to your body. If the pressure is too high, then your likeliness to suffer a stroke, heart attack and kidney…
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Leukemia Symptoms and Its Treatments Available
Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells or the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft tissues found inside your bones where blood cells are made. When one has leukemia, the bone marrow tends to make more white blood cells than it should. By time, Its cells start crowding out the normal blood cells which…
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Melanoma Symptoms, Causes, Stages and Treatments Available
What Is Melanoma? Melanoma is one of the most dangerous types of skin cancers. It is the development of malignant tumors on melanocytes. Melanocytes are the cells that produce the dark pigment named melanin, which is responsible for the color of your skin. These cells normally are found in the skin, but also occur in…
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Signs, Symptoms and Treatments for Hyperthyroidism
What is Hyperthyroidism? Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland becomes hyperactive and starts producing an excessive amount of hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and hormones thyroxine (T4). It is an opposite condition to the hypothyroidism, in which the thyroid gland produces lesser amount of the T3 and T4 hormones than its average range. It is…
