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Urinary retention is the medical disorder of inability to empty the bladder completely.Acute urinary retention (AUR) happens suddenly and lasts only a short time.People with acute urinary retention cannot pass urine at all, even though they have a full bladder.Acute urinary retention, a potentially...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the medical disorder in which there is intermittent and repeated upper airway collapse during sleep.There is the absence of respiratory airflow (for 10 seconds or more) during sleep in spite of respiratory effort due to upper airway obstruction.It is typically featured...

Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is when a child after age 5 or 6 wets the bed at night, more than twice a week.It affects boys more than girls and has a prevalence of 15%.There are 2 types of Nocturnal enuresis:1. Primary enuresis.Children who have never been consistently dry at night for more than 6 months.This...

Sacroiliitis is a medical disorder of any inflammation in the sacroiliac joint located where the lower spine and pelvis are connected.Sacroiliitis is often found as part of a feature of inflammatory disorders of the spinal column.Considered as a group, these disorders are termed a "spondyloarthropathy"...

Muscle Dystrophy Disease What is Muscle Dystrophy Disease? Muscular dystrophy (MD) disease is a group of more than 30 inherited diseases that cause muscle weakness and muscle loss. Some Muscular dystrophy disease can occur in infancy or childhood Other Muscular dystrophy...

Klinefelter Syndrome is an inherited disorder of the sex chromosome in which an extra X chromosome is present (XXY)Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder that happens in males with an extra X chromosome.It happens in males and is linked with hypo-gonads and infertility.Klinefelter syndrome happens...

Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders (TMJ disorders) are medical disorders that involve the chewing muscles and joints that connect the lower jaw to the skull.Temporomandibular joint disorders involve the jaw joint.The jaw joint is sited just in front of the ear and it connects the jaw bone...

Writer’s cramp (a form of forearm and hand dystonia) is a medical disorder resulting from a focal dystonia that produces difficulty in writing.A focal dystonia involves one area of the body (in this case the hand).Hand dystonia (writer's cramp) may cause dystonia of the fingers, hand, and forearm.Symptoms...

Lowe syndrome (oculocerebrorenal syndrome) is characterized by:1. Vision disorders such as clouding of the lenses of the eyes (cataracts) that are present at birth,2. Kidney disorders that normally develop in the first year of life, and3. Brain abnormalities that are linked with intellectual disabilities.Lowe...

Recently I have some patients who went on a tour of Malaysia coming back with very bad symptoms of motion sickness such as giddiness and vomiting.Any patient who has ever been sick to the stomach on a rocking boat or a bumpy airplane ride will know the discomfort of motion sickness.It does not produce...

Palliative means relieving pain or symptoms without dealing with the cause of the disorder.Palliative medicine is such a large and important treatment that it is impossible to deal with every aspect of it.This is only a simple guide of what palliative care involves.Palliative medicine consists of...

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a medical group of related diseases which occur in children before the age of 16 years.It is a chronic disorder which results in joint pain and swelling.The cause is believed to be the result of an autoimmune illness.This suggests that the body cells attacks...

My name is Macrophage the macrophage. I was named Macrophage by my friends who feel there is no other name for me. Some of them even wanted to call me Super Phage or Big Eater. We are white blood cells within tissues produced by the division of monocytes. Our cells are...

Pseudobulbar Palsy (PBP) is a medical disorder in which a person loses control of facial muscles and has trouble chewing or speakingThis can be caused by a range of neurological disorders.Patients with Pseudobulbar Palsy have:1. Difficulty chewing and swallowing;2. Spasticity in the tongue and bulbar...