PORPHYRIA: The vampire disease

Have you ever admired of those vampires of Twilight and Vampire Diary? Yes, of course you would have. You might even have thought whether they exist today. Yes vampires are real. But as you think they are not such blood sucking creatures as you see in movies and serials. It is a disease called PORPHYRIA. It is a rare inheritable genetic disorder. This disease is preset for about many years but only few know about it. Porphyrins are chemicals...

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The Secret Of SLEEP WALKING

Sleep walking is an arousal disorder in which the afflicted person walks and does many things  during as sleep, but looks like he is awake. Somnambulism is the alternate name for sleep walking. This disorder falls under Parasomnia group. It generally occurs in nonrapid eye movement sleep. Your most likely to suffer from somnambulism in childhood as well as in adulthood , if u have a family history of somnambulism. Because it is a genetic...

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Alien Hand Syndrome ! ! ! (AHS)

It is a very rare and interesting neurological disorder. I don’t know whether you would love to read about it, but I really love to write about it. So, lets go to the topic. The affected individual would have full sensation of his hands , but their hand would not be in their control. Moreover, they won’t feel their hand as a part of their body. na Their hand will have it’s own mind, as it will work on it’s own, the owner do not have any ownership...

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Can DIABETICS be a cause of death ???

 Diabetics is one of the most common disease in the world. Today, i am going to discuss about diabetics in detail. Diabetics is also called as diabetes mellitus. It is a metabolic disorder.The affected individuals would have high level of blood sugar level. It is either because pancreases fail to produce insulin or the cells fail to respond to the insulin produced. There are about three types of diabetics. Type 1 diabetics: This type...

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STROKE ! ! ! The Brain Attack ! ! !

Stroke can also be called as “Brain Attack” or  Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). Stroke is a condition in which the blood flow to the brain is blocked due to ruptured blood vessels or blood clot. Stroke can also be caused due to a serious injury in head. There are two types of stokes Ischemic Stroke and Hemorrhagic Stroke. Ischemic Stroke is caused due to blood clot in an artery or due to a blood clot formed somewhere else and bursts to become...

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The great cure for MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (MD)

Till yesterday , there was no cure for MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. But today  the mystery of MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY is solved.On May 4th 2012 , the researchers from the university of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have efficiently found a cure for MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. MD is generally a genetic disorder , which causes weakening of bones that help the body to move. The affected individuals would be missing certain important genes , which has the information...

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Progeria : The old aged Children

Do you know what is Progeria? Have you ever seen some children , who look very old like a 80-yrs old person. They look like this because they have a disorder called Progeria. Progeria is also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Progeria is a rare genetic disorder.It is caused due to the occurrence of a  small defect i.e., mutation in the gene of a child, which results in rapid aging in the child. It is not inherited. Progeria...

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Can we defeat BONE CANCER?

Our bones are very important structure of our body , without bones our body would be unstructured pile of soft tissues and we would loose the ability to stand, walk and move. Our body is made-up of 206 bones. Each bone has it’s own function . First, let’s know what’s BONE CANCER? Development of cancerous cells in any part of bone is known as Bone Cancer. When cancer is identified in bones , it is  important to differentiate  whether...

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The terror of AMNESIA (Memory loss)

Amnesia , we always hear this in every movie, serials and etc. As we all know what it is?Yes, it's a type disorder in which the individual looses all his past memory. According to Stedman’s Medical Dictionary amnesia is defined as "a disturbance in the memory of information stored in long-term memory, in contrast to short-term memory, manifested by total or partial inability to recall past experiences." But some people with amnesia will loose...

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Is Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Syndrome (EHS) real or fake?

It’s not possible at for any of us, to have heard this disorder before. Many of us would hear it for the first time . Those who have heard would think think whether such a syndrome exists or not. Yes, they do exist. It’s one of the rare disorder in which the affected person would get some medical symptoms if he/she is exposed to ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS. The individuals are sensitive to very low intensity of electro magnetic radiations. EMF’s from...

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Stiff Person’s Syndrome (SPS)

Just now I came across this name and thought of writing and article on it. SPS is such a rare neurological disorder. You wouldn’t have heard about it. It is also called as Moersch-Woltman condition. The person having SPS , would experience random muscle spams, which can be so strong that the person may fall which would lead to bone fracture. SPS is characterized by fluctuating muscle rigidity in the trunk and limbs. And the bones are highly sensitive...

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Split Personality Disorder (SPD)

We all would have heard these names only in movies, serials . But do you know what it is? It’s a psychiatric disorder in which , a single person will have two or more personalities (also called as alters) within him, his/her personality would switch according to the situations and the behavior of such personality would be totally different from the individuals real personality. In such cases the unity of consciousness with which we identify our selves...

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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Have you ever heard of this disease ??? Of course you won’t have heard of it. It’s very rare disease.Lets discuss about it in detail. As per this disease , it causes sudden death of an infant less than 1 yrs. old. Death takes place mostly during the infants sleep. SIDS is also called as Cot death or Crib death. If the forensic investigation done after the death of infant , couldn't state a reason , then it is considers as SIDS. Over years , many...

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Ban SMOKING ! ! ! The TOBACCO life killer ! ! !

Smoking is a most common addiction. Do you know , why many people smoke. They fell like smoking relieves them from stress , tension etc., some do that for style, and I can go on giving you plenty of reasons why people smoke. But have you all thought just for one second, the aftereffect of smoking. Where is it going to leave you at last ? Surely, I will answer you , at last . They Cigarette which you people use , is made up of tobacco. This tobacco...

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Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Have you all heard about this disease. It’s not common . And many of us wouldn’t have known about it. Even I came to know about this disease only from a real story . So let’s know about this unique disease. Alzheimer is a type of dementia i.e., it is a disease related to brain function , in which memory, thinking and behavior of the patient is affected and altered. It is not always caused due to aging even if most people  above 65 yrs old...

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The Introduction of ARTIFICIAL HEART

I guess my title sounds very different for some of you. And it may be familiar to others. In this modern world, we know many have lost their life due to lack of availability of heart for transplantation. Now Doctors have brought a new solution for this life loss. I will give you some interesting details about this artificial heart. Doctors of TEXAS on march 23, 2011 in the hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) have introduced this...

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