Tonsillitis refers to inflammation of the tonsils, and is part of the spectrum of upper respiratory tract infections in children.
Cause
Tonsillitis is caused most often by one of the common viruses, but sometimes it can be caused by a germ (bacterium). It is often impossible to distinguish between viral and bacterial infection. For this reason, many [...]
A baby born before 37 weeks of pregnancy is called a pre-term infant.
Cause
The causes of most premature deliveries are unknown but certain conditions are associated with early labour. Malformations of the womb, an incompetent cervix, early breaking of the waters (premature rupture of membranes), multiple pregnancy (e.g. twins), and maternal diabetes or an acute illness [...]
“I can’t help feeling that I am doing something wrong when I have sex. Years of upbringing can’t be overcome. I’m still a Catholic boy at heart.”
ANSWER: There is no need to overcome those important years. The idea is to incorporate your feelings and memories and values from those years into your sexual life. If [...]
We have discovered the ultimate reason for all diseases: poisoning of our body beyond its capacity to purify itself.
Nearly 100% of such poisoning comes from our diet. We basically poison ourselves, simply because we do not care about what we eat.
In view of the above, our diet requires a basic revision
The wisdom of many civilisations [...]
Most are related to the gastro-intestinal tract, but the cause may be apart from this. It may occur from other areas of the abdomen such as the gallbladder or the pancreas or the liver or it may be due to a rise in blood pressure.
It could even be due to the presence of circulating toxins, [...]
These drugs are bacteriostatic — that is, they do not kill the germ but inhibit its growth, and the body’s own defence mechanism can then overcome the infection.
They still have some advantages in that they readily cross from the blood into the fluid inside the brain and spinal cord, which many newer antibiotics don’t. They [...]
Other studies examined lymphocyte activity among sufferers of endometriosis. In one such study, it was postulated that if an immune system misfunction were entirely the cause, women with endometriosis would show a higher incidence of infectious diseases and cancer. Increased illness, however, seems net to be a factor among the women who participated in this [...]
The four major types of skin infection are bacterial viral fungal and parasitic. These groups will be considered in turn and examples of the most common forms of infection described Bacteria live permanently on the skin surface, and are known as the permanent bacterial flora. In addition, transient organisms are constantly arriving at the skin [...]
Starches, because of their more compound nature, have been thought to be more slowly digested and therefore to offer great benefits in the treatment of disease such as diabetes and for fat loss. However, recently it has been shown that digestion and metabolism are not that simple. The speed with which carbohydrates are broken down [...]
It is usual for the partner to have a sperm test before the woman undergoes any testing.
The reason for this is that a sperm test is a simple procedure and certainly the most convenient of all fertility tests.
A sperm analysis is carried out to see if sperm are present, how many there are, how many [...]