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Mercury poisoning (also known as hydrargyria or mercurialism) is a disease caused by exposure to mercury or its compounds. Mercury (chemical symbol Hg) is a heavy metal occurring in several […]

Cushing’s disease (also known as Cushing disease tertiary or secondary hypercortisolism tertiary or secondary hypercorticism Itsenko-Cushing disease) is a cause of Cushing’s syndrome characterised by increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone […]

An ovarian cyst is any collection of fluid surrounded by a very thin wall within an ovary. Any ovarian follicle that is larger than about two centimeters is termed an […]

Addison’s disease (also Addison disease chronic adrenal insufficiency hypocortisolism and hypoadrenalism) is a rare chronic endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce sufficient steroid hormones (glucocorticoids and […]

A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn cut or punctured (an open wound) or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In […]

The long-term effects of alcohol (ethanol) consumption range from cardioprotective health benefits for low to moderate alcohol consumption in industrialized societies with higher rates of cardiovascular disease to severe detrimental […]

In the human male reproductive system retrograde ejaculation occurs when semen which would normally be ejaculated via the urethra is redirected to the urinary bladder. Normally the sphincter of the […]

Not to be confused with Ganglion (nervous tissue structure).A ganglion cyst or synovial cyst or myxoid cyst also known as Gideon’s Disease a Bible Cyst or Bible Bump is a […]

Filariasis (or philariasis) is a parasitic disease that is caused by thread-like roundworms belonging to the Filarioidea type. These are spread from by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes.Eight known filarial […]

Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with Babesia a genus of protozoal piroplasms. After trypanosomes Babesia is thought to be the second most common blood parasite of […]