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Hypoactive sexual desire disorder – Here’s what you need to know

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder – Here’s what you need to know

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) is a condition limited to females in which they experience a low libido. It is now also commonly known as female sexual interest/arousal disorder (FSIAD). While it is normal and even healthy for a woman’s sexual desire to fluctuate, if a lowered sex drive lasts for six months or more and is starting to affect the relationship or self-esteem, it is advised that professional help be sought.
Do You Have These Hepatitis B Symptoms?

Do You Have These Hepatitis B Symptoms?

Known as a “silent infection”, you may not even know that you have hepatitis B. Watch out for these hepatitis B symptoms. Even though they have hepatitis B, more than 69 percent of the affected individuals face no hepatitis B symptoms at all. Moreover, another 30 percent may see hepatitis B symptoms but confuse it with symptoms of other common afflictions such as the flu.
Is your Body Telling You About these Leukaemia Symptoms?

Is your Body Telling You About these Leukaemia Symptoms?

There may be many more probable leukaemia symptoms apart from the ones that you know. Being aware of these changes in your body can be helpful in faster treatment of the disease. What is leukemia? Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood cells that starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissues inside most of our bones.
Common Signs And Symptoms Of Psoriatic Arthritis To Watch Out For

Common Signs And Symptoms Of Psoriatic Arthritis To Watch Out For

Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic condition which makes the immune system attack the body leading to joint pain and other symptoms. It mainly affects people who already have psoriasis. Psoriasis signs symptoms include small scaling spots, itching, soreness, burning, stiff and swollen joints, red patches on the skin with thick silvery scales, pitted, thickened, ridged nails and dry, cracked, bleeding skin.
Bladder Cancer- Stages, Symptoms, Treatment And Management

Bladder Cancer- Stages, Symptoms, Treatment And Management

When there is multiplication and uncontrolled, abnormal growth observed in the bladder cells, it can be considered as bladder cancer. Just like any other cancer, when invasive, bladder cancer can spread and affect other body parts as well such as the liver, bones, or the lungs. Bleeding during urination is considered to be the most common of bladder cancer symptoms.
Sleep apnea – Causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment

Sleep apnea – Causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment

Sleep apnea – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment Sleep apnea is a potentially life-threatening sleep disorder that affects about 22 million people in the country. This condition occurs when one’s breathing stops repeatedly while asleep, and this phenomenon leaves them tired and sleepy the next day. Those with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly while sleeping which implies that the brain and the rest of the body might be deprived of the required oxygen.  To ensure timely detection of the condition, it is essential to understand what causes sleep apnea, its warning signs and symptoms, how it’s diagnosed, and the various treatment methods available.
Neuropathy – Types, Causes, and Symptoms

Neuropathy – Types, Causes, and Symptoms

Neuropathy is a condition or a disease where the nerves are affected by either a disease or a malfunction. An injury or disease anywhere in the body can damage the nerves as they are present everywhere in the body taking the signals from central nervous system (that is located in the brain) and sending it to the end organ that has to act or react.
Best Foods For Managing Diabetes

Best Foods For Managing Diabetes

Diabetes is difficult to manage but not impossible. With the right medication, regular exercise, and the right diabetes diet plan, the health issues brought on by diabetes and even diabetes itself can be kept in check. There are several types of diabetes diet food, ranging from drinks for diabetics to healthy snack for diabetics, which make for a natural recovery diabetic diet plan.
Watch Out for These Osteoporosis Symptoms

Watch Out for These Osteoporosis Symptoms

Osteoporosis makes your bones fragile and brittle by reducing the quality of your bones. This health condition causes your bones to become so weak and brittle that sometimes, even activities like bending over or coughing can lead to a fracture. Some of the most common fractures associated with osteoporosis happen in your hip, wrist, and spine.
How to Identify the Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease

How to Identify the Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that affects a person’s brain. This disease is untreatable and fatal due to cell damage of the nerves in the brain. The damage is usually severe and causes the nerves to dysfunction. In most cases of Huntington’s disease, the onset of the disease happens when the patient is in their thirties or forties.
Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms And Treatment Courses

Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms And Treatment Courses

Ulcerative colitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the colon or the large intestine. This inflammation usually begins in the rectum, which is located towards the end of the large intestine, ending in the anus. It then spreads in the colon and causes multiple problems such as painful bowel movements, stomach ache, and severe diarrhea.
Different Ways to Treat MRSA

Different Ways to Treat MRSA

The methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which is more popularly known by its abbreviated form MRSA, refers to a skin infection caused by staph bacteria. Though it appears as a regular staph infection, it does not get cured using regular antibiotics used for this kind of treatment. As the bacteria causing MRSA are often listed under the category of the superbug, it is difficult to be cured without amoxicillin or penicillin.
Tips to Treat Knee Osteoarthritis

Tips to Treat Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritisis a condition that is a result of wear and tear of the natural cushioning between joints. In this case, bones of the joints closely rub against each other since the cartilage has become weary its shock absorbing capacity is reduced. This close rubbing without the cushioning results in stiffness, swelling, pain and bone spurs.
COPD – Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Stages

COPD – Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Stages

COPD is an acronym of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. COPD describes lung diseases like chronic bronchitis, emphysema, refractory or non-reversible asthma and some form of bronchiectasis. COPD is characterized by enhanced breathlessness. COPD takes time to develop and has several stages. In the early stages of the disease, the symptoms are not noticeable.

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