Osteoporosis means “porous bone.” Viewed under a microscope, healthy bone looks like a honeycomb. When osteoporosis occurs, the holes and spaces in the ...
Sleeping disorder or somnipathy is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with ...
Coccydynia means the inflammation of the tailbone (coccyx or bony area located deep between the buttocks above the anus) is referred to as coccydynia. ...
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. Symptoms may include loss of muscle function, ...
Brown-Séquard syndrome is characterized by anatomical disruption of nerve fiber tracts in one half of the spinal cord. Disruption of descending lateral ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disorder in the human body that primarily affects multiple joints. It typically results in warm, swollen, ...
Gout is a form of acute arthritis that causes severe pain and swelling in the joints. It most commonly affects the big toe, but may also affect the heel, ...
Abdominal pain is one of the more common problems that may affect more than 90% of the population. The intensity of the pain may often scare us, but it is not ...
Back pain is one of the most common painful and non-life-threatening neuromuscular conditions involving the muscles, nerves, and bones of the back. Pain can ...
Sever's Disease another name known as calcaneal apophysitis is an inflammation of the growth plate in the heel of growing children, typically adolescents. The ...
Osteoarthritis (OA), which is also known as osteoarthrosis or degenerative joint disease (DJD), is a progressive disorder of the joints caused by gradual loss ...
Complete blood count (CBC) also known as a complete blood cell count, full blood count (FBC), or full blood exam(FBE), is a blood panel requested by ...
Spondylolisthesis is a condition in which one vertebra slips forward over the one below it. It is a slipping of vertebra that occurs, in most cases, at the ...
Ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterew's disease or Marie Struempell disease as it is also known) (AS) is a chronic progressive inflammatory arthropathy ...
Lumbago is a common disorder involving the muscles, nerves, and bones of the back. Pain can vary from a dull constant ache to a sudden sharp feeling. Low back ...
Sciatica is a disorder characterized by radiating leg pain that follows a dermatomal pattern, accompanied at times by sensory symptoms. In about 90% of cases, ...
Piriformis syndrome is a neuromuscular condition characterized by hip and buttock pain. This syndrome is often overlooked in clinical settings because its ...
Adrenal glands also known as suprarenal glands are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the ...
Cervical spondylosis is a generalized disease process affecting all levels of the cervical spine. Cervical spondylosis encompasses a sequence of degenerative ...
Lumbar disc herniation is a common condition that frequently affects the spine in young and middle-aged patients.1,5,11 The lumbar intervertebral disc is a ...