Conditions
Common conditions
Asthma
Asthma is a common condition that affects breathing. With appropriate treatment, symptoms can usually be well controlled.
Lipedema
Lipedema is a chronic condition causing abnormal fat accumulation, mainly in the legs. It can lead to pain and easy bruising.
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a skin condition that causes red patches and scaling. Treatments help manage symptoms.
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Encephalitis is inflammation of the substance of the brain itself. It is uncommon, but it belongs to that group of conditions in which everything is decided…
In endometriosis, tissue resembling the lining of the womb turns up where it has no business being: on the peritoneum, on the ovaries, on the ligaments and…
The prostate grows with age in almost every man, and in itself that is not an illness. It turns into a problem when the extra tissue squeezes the urethra and…
This is not one illness but a group of inherited conditions with a single thing in common: the layers of the skin hold on to one another far too weakly.
The epididymis is a tightly coiled tube several metres long that lies behind the testicle; it is where sperm finish maturing and are stored.
The epiglottis is a small flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue. Every time you swallow it tips backwards and covers the entrance to the larynx so that…
Brain cells talk to one another in electrical discharges, and normally that conversation is orderly.
Every man has an off night — after no sleep, one drink too many, a hard week, or for no obvious reason at all. That is not an illness and needs no treatment.
Erythema multiforme is a skin reaction to a trigger, almost always an infection. Its lesions are highly characteristic: round patches with concentric rings…
Erythema nodosum is inflammation of the fatty tissue under the skin, producing firm, painful red lumps on the shins.
