Cough and cold is quite a common complaint everyone faces. Cold indicates an infection in the upper respiratory tract (it consist of nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx and the paranasal sinuses). Cough refers to an act of forcing air out of the lungs to get rid of mucus, fluids, germs (like bacteria, virus) and other matter like dust from the airways. Though cough and cold affect persons of all age groups but kids less than 6 years are more prone to it and get frequently affected as compared to adults. A young child may get several episodes of cough and cold in a year as his/ her immune system is ye ..read more

Chest pain can occur from several reasons and one among these could be gas. Chest pain due to gas is quite common. Gas in the chest feels like tightness in the chest and other symptoms that might occur include burping, passing gas, reduction in appetite, indigestion, pain in the abdomen in various parts and nausea. Chest pain from gas can occur from various causes. It can simply arise from swallowing air, intake of carbonated drinks like soda, intake of excessive fiber in diet, artificial sweeteners, and use of certain medicines or supplements. In other cases, it can result from some medi ..read more

Pain in the forehead may be due to different reasons. To begin with, one of the main cause behind forehead pain is sinusitis, more specifically frontal sinusitis. Sinusitis refers to inflammation of the paranasal sinuses (air-filled spaces in the skull). Frontal sinusitis refers to inflammation of the frontal sinuses located behind the brow ridges one on the either side. Secondly, it may arise in cases of cold, emotional stress and eyestrain(excessive use of computer screen/mobiles). Other reasons could be different types of headache like migraine, tension headache and cluster headache. Migrai ..read more

Gritty eyes refer to irritated, scratchy feeling in the eyes as if there is a particle of sand in the eye while nothing is present in the eye. Depending on the cause, some other signs and symptoms may attend gritty eyes. These include dryness in the eyes, itchy eyes, and eye redness, burning in the eyes, watering from the eyes, pain in the eyes and blurred vision. Gritty eyes may be due to numerous causes. First among these is dry eyes which is the most common cause. Dry eyes mean when tears are not produced in adequate amount. Not just reduced quantity but low quality of tears as well could r ..read more

Exercise-induced headache or exertion headache refers to headache that occurs during or after some physical exertion like running, exercise, weightlifting, swimming. Doing exercise in hot weather increases the risk of such headache. Some other activities that may trigger such headache are rowing, playing sports like tennis, football, aerobics and also sexual intercourse. While exercising or carrying out any physical exertion, blood demand to the head, neck and scalp is increased. Due to this, blood vessels dilate to receive more blood flow which can result in exertion headache. Dehydrati ..read more

Bladder Outlet Obstruction (BOO) or Obstructive Uropathy refers to a urinary condition resulting from blockage of the neck at the bottom of the urinary bladder. Here the neck is the area where the urinary bladder joins the urethra. In this condition, urine flow is blocked either partially or completely varying on a case-to-case basis. Bladder Outlet Obstruction is more common in men as compared to women. Persons aged above 65 years are at greater risk of developing this condition though it can also occur in developing fetuses, babies, and children. Bladder Outlet Obstruction can arise fro ..read more

The fear of failure is medically known as atychiphobia. It is something that everyone might have experienced in their lives. It may be mild to severe. But persons who have extreme fear of failure in doing every task so much so that it strongly impacts their routine life, then it is referred to as atychiphobia. It refrains the sufferer from doing tasks and avoiding certain situations that become a hindrance in achieving goals and leads to intense anxiety.  The symptoms that can occur in these cases can be emotional or physical. The emotional symptoms include anxiety, panic attacks in ..read more

Flat warts are flat or slightly raised, smooth, non-cancerous (benign) growths that appear on the skin. These are small in size compared to other types of warts. The size of these warts varies from 1 mm to 3 mm in diameter. One may confuse flat warts with acne or age spots. Flat warts are also known as plane warts. These usually occur in big clusters (multiple numbers) so ensure to notice them. The number of these warts vary from about a dozen to 200 varying from case to case. These may develop on different body parts, such as on the face, back of the hands, neck, wrists, forearms, arms, legs ..read more

Diabetes can lead to many health issues and one important among them is fatigue. Fatigue means a feeling of exhaustion, tiredness, and lack of energy all the time. People having diabetes can have intense fatigue that hinders day-to-day life activities. Fatigue is different from tiredness as it is persistent and does not get better from rest, unlike tiredness. The tiredness in diabetes results from an increase in blood glucose levels either due to lack of insulin or inability of insulin to work effectively to use sugar for energy. Insulin is required to transport glucose from blood into cells t ..read more

Liver spots, also called sun spots, refer to small, flat spots of relatively dark color on the skin. These mainly form on the skin area exposed to sun like face, arms and hands. These may have dark brown, gray, black or tan color. These are harmless but one may seek their treatment for cosmetic reasons. Though named liver spots, they have no link or association with liver. Liver spots do in no way mean that there are any issues in the normal functioning of the liver. Liver spots are also known by other names like age spots and solar lentigines. These are non-cancerous. Skin pigmentation result ..read more