If you feel the symptoms of heart disease, you should go for a number of medical tests. We will briefly discuss some of them here. Angiogram Coronary Angiogram During or after a heart attack or angina, the doctor may suggest a coronary angiogram. Cardiac catheterisation is another name of it. The doctor inserts a small tube [...]
A type of intestinal infection causing severe diarrhoea with blood is called dysentery. There may be mucus with stool in some cases. The duration of this condition is normally from 3 to 7 days. Vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps or pain, dehydration and fever are some other symptoms. The lack of hygiene is a major reason behind [...]
It often happens that your immune system thinks the skin is under attack when something touches it. However, anything touching the skin is not always harmful. In many cases, the immune system overreacts and immediately sends antibodies to help find the invader called an allergen. As a result, a red and itchy rash develops in the [...]
If you have experienced a sudden increase in thirst, hunger, dry mouth accompanied with weight loss and fatigue, chances are you have what is called ‘Prediabetes’. Usually, type 2 diabetes doesn’t occur suddenly. Prediabetes is basically the first step in the long road leading to it. Affecting more that 85 million citizens in India, it is [...]
