Once considered to be a problem only in well-developed countries, obesity, at the moment, is attaining a dramatic increase even in developing and underdeveloped countries. Obesity is defined as having abnormal or excessive fat buildup, causing tremendous risk to one’s health. It is usually characterized as having a body mass index (BMI) of more than…
What is Fissured Tongue Fissured tongue can be defined as tongue with cracks and grooves. Medically, fissured tongue is described as multiple small furrows or grooves on the dorsal surface of the tongue. The grooves or fissures could be deep or shallow, one or more and may occur on any side of the tongue. Nevertheless,…
Swollen eyelid is also known as puffy eye lid and is quite common condition that most of us come across sometimes in our lives. This symptom could be mild or severe and can happen for some days to even months. Most of the times, swollen eye lid appears all of sudden, but in other cases,…
What is Acute Fever ? The simplest definition of acute fever is it a sudden onset of an illness that attests with fever. It is a symptom and not disease. The body’s mechanism to respond to an infection causes fever. The infection could be viral or bacterial, and as a response, body increases the temperature…
What is a Brown Recluse Spider Bite The brown recluse spider is also known as violin spider or fiddle back spider. It habitats in the south central part of the US and prefer hot, abandoned and dry place such as rock pile or wood. While most of the spices of spiders are harmless to humans, the…
Definition : Swollen Uvula (Uvulitis) The uvula is an extension of soft palate and is small-elongated portion hanging structure in the back of the throat. It is made up of highly vascular soft connective tissues surrounded by an epithelial layer. Swollen uvula, in medical term, is referred to as uvulitis. The function of this organ…
Definition: What is Lipoma? The human skin is made up of different layers. Just beneath the skin lies the subcutaneous adipose tissue. A lipoma is a growth of these tissues in a capsule form. It grows slowly between the skin and the muscle layer. Lipoma is a noncancerous (benign) tumor does not grow larger. It…