Paediatrics Archives - Page 222 of 226

Feet on a bathroom scale with the word help! on the screen

Obesity

Being obese is different from being overweight. Obesity is an important condition which causes significant morbidity and mortality through increased rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart disease, amongst other conditions. It can also cause sleep disturbances and lead to...

Botulism

Botulism disease is the condition which refers to the syndrome produced by infection with the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is a common environmental micro-organism, and produces bacterial spores which can survive heating to 100 C.

Neck pain

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Neck pain and stiff neck by professional health specialists.

Supraspinatus tendinitis (painful arc syndrome)

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Supraspinatus tendinitis by professional health specialists.

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of tennis elbow information by professional health specialists.

Osgood-Schlatter (OS) disease

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Osgood-Schlatter by professional health specialists.

Congenital hypothyroidism (cretinism)

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of Congenital hypothyroidism written by professional medical specialists.

doctor showing a model of the spine to a patient

Scoliosis (spinal curvature; kyphoscoliosis)

Scoliosis is the term given to a lateral (away from the middle) or sideways curvature of the spine. Scoliosis has a rate of 2:1 girls to boys. The statistics suggest a rate of about 3-5 out of 1,000 people are affected.

Urinary tract infection (UTI)

[Anim 62] [Anim 61] A urinary tract infection (UTI) occurs in the urinary tract, this includes those parts of the urinary system between the kidneys and the external environment. These include the ureters, (connecting each kidney to the bladder) the urinary bladder, and the...