Warts - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionWarts (verrucae) are small, benign, usually painless, and sometimes self-limiting growths on the skin caused by human papillomaviruses (HPV). * Common warts (Verruca vulgare) * Flat warts (Verruca plana) * Genital warts (Co...
Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionThe temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a synovial joint that involves the masseter, medial pterygoid, and temporalis muscles of the lower jaw movement. TMJ dysfunction, often simply but inaccurately referred to as TMJ, characteristica...
Tendinitis - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionTendinitis is the painful inflammation of a tendon and its attachments to bone. It is most often the result of the stress from a particular occupation (e.g., drywall hangers, musicians, painters) or sport (e.g., baseball, basketball...
Vaginitis - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionVaginitis is the inflammation of the femal vagina, of which there are various types. Some are caused by an increase in abnormal organisms (e.g., trichomonads) and others by an increase in normal flora (e.g., Candida, Gardnerella vag...
Urinary Incontinence - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionUrinary incontinence (inability to control urination or the involuntary loss of urine from the bladder) afflicts more than 13 million people in the United States of both sexes and all age groups. Incidence is higher in the elderly a...
Transient Ischemic Attack - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionTransient ischemic attacks (TIAs), defined as neurologic deficits with complete clinical resolution within 24 hours, usually last only 10 to 15 minutes. The deficits generally occur when platelet aggregates form on atheromatous plaq...
Thyroiditis - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionThyroiditis is an inflammatory condition of the thyroid gland. Patient may present with clinical features of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism. There are several types, both common (Hashimoto's, subacute, silent) and rare (suppurati
Urolithiasis - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionAlso called nephrolithiasis or kidney stones, urolithiasis is the presence of calculi in the urinary tract. The male-to-female incidence ratio is 4:1, with 240,000 to 720,000 Americans affected yearly. Eighty percent of calculi are...
Varicose Veins - home health advice on Oct 23, 2007OverviewDefinitionVaricose veins are large, dilated, tortuous, elongated superficial veins exhibiting reflux or retrograde flow as a result of valvular incompetence, weakness of the venous walls, or increased intraluminal pressure. They occur in 10%...
