General Illness Information Medical Term: Plasmodium infection Common Name: Malaria Description: Malaria is a group of diseases caused by the introduction into human erythrocytes of various species of the single-cell plasmodium microorganism (Plasmodium). Causes: The disease is caused by one of four types of malarial parasites, called plasmodia. Plasmodium enters the bloodstream of a person with a bite of an infected mosquito. It is known that mosquitoes of the Anopheles…
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(Illness)Bladder Cancer
(Illness)General Illness Information Medical Term: Bladder carcinoma Common Name: Bladder cancer Description: Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor invasion of the mucosa or wall of the bladder. Causes: Until now, scientists can not find the exact cause of bladder cancer and can not fully define what provokes healthy cells to turn into malignant cells. But they highlight the most important and frequently occurring causes that trigger the onset of cancer….
Vaginitis
(Illness)General Illness Information Medical Term: Vaginitis Common Name: Vaginal inflammation Description: Vaginitis is an inflammation of the vaginal mucosa caused by the activity of pathogenic microorganisms. The most common types of vaginitis: Bacterial vaginitis, as a result of the excessively rapid growth of one of several organisms present in the vagina; Fungal infections, which are usually caused by a Candida albicans fungus; Trichomoniasis, which is caused by a parasite and…
Mumps
(Illness)General Illness Information Medical Term: Parotitis, epidemic parotitis Common Name: Mumps Description: Epidemic parotitis (mumps) is a highly contagious anthropo infection. The causative agent of the mumps is the mumps virus, which is very common among the human population, belongs to the family of paramyxoviruses, paramyxovirus parotitis, has a kinship with the influenza virus. Causes: The causative agent of the mumps relates to paramyxoviruses (family Paramyxoviridae, genus Paramyxovirus). The source…
Paget’s Disease
(Illness)General Illness Information Common Name: Paget’s disease Medical Term: Deforming osteitis, deforming osteoporosis, deforming osteodystrophy Description: Paget’s disease occurs when the mechanism of restoring the bones of the body is damaged. Bone is a living tissue that is constantly destroyed and restored, this process is called “bone remodeling.” In the bones affected by Paget’s disease, the process of remodeling is broken, which leads to a disruption in the structure of…
Adalat XL (Nifedipine)
(Pharmaceutical)General Information Brand Name: ADALAT® XL® Manufacturer: Bayer Scientific Name: Nifedipine Application: Antianginal – Antihypertensive System Components and Performance Adalat XL extended release tablets, while similar in appearance to a conventional tablet, nonetheless consist of a semipermeable membrane surrounding an osmotically active drug core. The core itself is divided into 2 layers: an active layer containing the drug, and a push layer containing pharmacologically inert, but osmotically active components. As…
Ginger
(Herbal)General Information Common Name: Ginger Latin Name: Zingiber Officinale Family: zingiberaceae Other Names: Based on its origin: African ginger; Black ginger; Chochin (Asian ginger); Gan Jiang (Jamaican ginger). Indications & Historical Uses For more than 25 centuries, ginger has been used as both a spice and an herbal remedy in the Far Eastern culture. Ginger is the mainstay of Far Eastern medicine, wherein it has long been used to treat…
Ginseng Panax
(Herbal)General Information Common Name: Ginseng Latin Name: Panax quinquefolium (American Ginseng) Panax ginseng (China, Korea, Japan and Russia) Panax pseudo-ginseng Family: Araliaceae Other Names: Korean Ginseng Panax Ginseng Indications & Historical Uses CNS depressant, tranquilizer; Sedative, relaxant; Treatment for Insomnia, anxiety, poor appetite; Agitation; Increase vitality in conditions of weakness, prolonged stress, poor immunity, or chronic disease; Hypotensive; Improves gastro-intestinal motility; Immune system stimulant; Increase synthesis of cholesterol in liver;…
Immunurix
(Herbal)Bionutrix Immunutrix Immunutrix is a premium designer organic herbal supplement specifically developed and rigorously tested by Bionutrix physicians for the express purpose of strengthening your immune system and aiding you to achieve and maintain a state of optimal health and wellness. For this exclusive specialty product, Bionutrix has used only the purest organic ingredients in a precisely dose-standardized format guaranteed to contain the purest, most potent organic blend of immune-strengthening…
Sarapin (Sarraceniaceae)
(Herbal)SARAPIN DESCRIPTION A sterile aqueous solution of soluble salts of the volatile bases from Sarraceniaceae (Pitcher Plant). Benzyl Alcohol 0.75%. ACTIONS The painful syndromes most commonly encountered in general practice which are relieved by SARAPIN® treatment are as follows: Sciatic Pain; Intercostal Neuralgia; Alcoholic Neuritis; Occipital Neuritis; Brachial Plexus Neuralgia; Meralgia Paresthetica; Lumbar Neuralgia; Trigeminal Neuralgia. ADMINISTRATION These and allied conditions may be treated with success in a majority of…