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The urinary tract and kidneys have several functions. Its main function is the excess water and wastes from the blood. In addition, the kidneys also a gland activity. They consistently produce hormones necessary for the production of red blood cells, regulating blood pressure and bone formation … .. The complex system that urinary tract and [...]

Signs and symptoms: – A painful red eye. – Blurred vision. – Tearing eyes. – Seeing black spots or streaks in the image. – Hypersensitivity to light. – Reduction of vision in one or both eyes. What is uveitis? Uveitis literally means inflammation choroid (uvea and choroid has been itis inflammation) is the collective name [...]

Signs and symptoms:  - Red, sensitive eyes. – The skin around the eye is affected. – Unusual position of the eye. – The swelling is often so large that the eye is still limited move. – Decreased vision. – Usually the one eye. – Spontaneous fever. – General malaise. What is orbital cellulitis? Orbital cellulitis [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Strange discoloration of the eye or the pupil. – Strabismus of an eye. – Red, painful eye. – A reflective eye (cat). – A reduced vision. – Bleeding in the eye. – White spots on the iris. What is retinoblastoma? Retinal blastoma is a malignant, dangerous tumor (a tumor is an [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Vaguely look like. – Seeing spots or flashing lights. – The field is smaller. – A brown or black spot in the iris or conjunctiva. – A rainbow color difference between the membranes of both eyes. What is melanoma? A melanoma is a cancer that arises from the cells that make [...]

The cornea (cornea) is the transparent part of the exterior of the eye where the light falls inside. The function of the cornea, in cooperation with the lens to ensure that the images we see, the focus on the retina appear to get. These images are then transmitted from the retina to the brains, where [...]

Signs and symptoms Shortness of breath. Chronic, mild cough sometimes with sputum. Weight loss. The term used interchangeably with emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Emphysema is very common and in most cases due to prolonged smoking, heredity and even earlier on asthma may also have some influence. Cigarette Smokers have the greatest chance of getting [...]

Signs and symptoms Attacks of shortness of breath. Cough. Tightness of the chest. Wheezing Asthma is characterized by spasms of the muscles in the lining of the airways. Under normal circumstances the muscles in the wall of the bronchi only together as a protective response to prevent harmful substances into the lungs. In asthma, these [...]

Signs and symptoms Cough. Physical activity is not tolerated. Repeated pneumonia. Chronic diarrhea. Shortness of breath. Loss of appetite. Shortage of salt and heat exhaustion in hot weather. Cystic fibrosis or CF is a hereditary disease that affects both the airways and affects the digestive tract. It is the most common, fatal, inherited disease and [...]

Signs and symptoms There are often no symptoms. Generally unwell. Fever. Shortness of breath especially on exertion. Emaciation. The cause of sarcoidosis, also called Besnier-Boeck disease, is unknown. The disease can be almost any part of the body damage, including skin, eyes, peripheral nerves, liver, lymph nodes and heart, but 90 percent of cases the [...]

Signs and symptoms Shortness of breath. Feeling fatigue and weakness. Loss of appetite and weight loss. Cough. Interstitial lung diseases are a group of more than one hundred eighty chronic diseases, non-malignant and non-infectious. These diseases are characterized by the infiltration of inflammatory cells in the walls of the alveoli, leading to abnormal scar tissue [...]

Signs and symptoms Shortness of breath. Fever. Decreased blood pressure and rapid pulse. Cough. Pain on the side of the atelectasis. Shock. Atelectasis is the overlap (collapse) of a portion of the lung, or sometimes an entire lung (collapse). The cause blockage or obstruction of a bronchus, in most cases by a mucus plug, but [...]

Signs and symptoms Often not. Sometimes chest pain. Shortness of breath sometimes. When a pneumothorax (collapsed lung) is present in the pleural air outside the lung, but within the chest. The medical term for this is pneumothorax. When a spontaneous pneumothorax occurs, it is usually the result of the bursting of a bubble on the [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Severe pain in the eye (especially the flash). – Red eyes. – Tearing eyes. – Photophobia. – For large wounds, may also face reduced field. – Eyelids are swollen. A superficial corneal damage is frequent, this injury to the cornea (cornea) is also called corneal erosion. With this injury, the wound [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Painful eye. – Redness of the mucosa. – Lacrimation. – Photophobia (photophobia). – A visible white spot on the cornea. – Reduction of vision. Normally the cornea protects against infection by various mechanisms, such as by blinking the eyes, the tears that waste products washed away in tears contain substances with [...]

Visual disturbances, visual disturbances sometimes referred to in various parts of the eye can occur. In some cases, the disorder caused by a change in refractive power (refraction), for example when there is an abnormal shape of the cornea (cornea) or muscle disorders. Also, a visual defect caused by an injury, this injury can occur, [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Colors can not fully perceive. Sometimes different colors observed. – Do not distinguish between certain colors. – In very rare cases, all in shades of gray observed Color vision disorders, color blindness also called green-blindness. This eye condition can not be completely normal color perception. Although most people speak of color, [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Increased pressure in the eyeball. – Damage to the optic nerve and nerve fibers. – Loss of vision (blind spots). – Decreased in the worst case can lead to blindness. The eye disease glaucoma, also known as glaucoma is a disease of the eye, damage to the optic nerve and nerve [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Blurred vision. – Red eyes. – Tearing eyes. – Violent pain in and around the eye. – Sensitivity to bright light. – Light Wreaths around lights. – A hard and sensitive eyeball. – Quick visual loss. – Headache. – Nausea and vomiting. The narrow or closed angle glaucoma, can be divided [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Reduction of the visual field. – The edges of the phasing out of vision (peripheral vision). As a result, you can call into things. – Cloudy seeing objects straight ahead. Unlike the acute form, it takes the chronic form of a narrow or closed angle glaucoma is usually years before finally [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Decreased or blurred vision. – Blurred or distorted vision. – Color changes, objects appear reddish or yellowish. – Reduced visual acuity ‘s in the dark and very bright light. – Burden of blindness and glare. – A temporary improvement in visual acuity (without glasses to read again). This occurs quite often [...]

Signs and symptoms: – The central vision deteriorates .. From bad to look at old age is the most common cause of macular degeneration. The macula (the Latin word for “place”) is the central part of your retina. Central vision for sharp vision and makes it possible that you can observe fine details. In the [...]

The skin is an organ, the skin covering the body of an average adult with two square meters and is 15 percent of total body weight. Each piece of skin has many kinds of cells, each with their own function. There are nerve cells for the observation of cold, heat and pain. There are also [...]

The epidermis consists of a lower, basal layer of cells that continuously multiply and which becomes a layer of flat squamous cells. After the cells lost their nucleus and cornification process undergone by the formation of keratin, they form after a while the human eye visible outer layer of skin, the stratum corneum.Het gehele proces [...]

The dermis (corium), which lies below the epidermis, is 90 percent of the total mass of our skin. The dermis consists of a dense network of strong, white fibers (collagen) and yellow elastic fibers (elastin), which are blood vessels, muscle cells, nerve fibers, lymphatic vessels, hair follicles and glands include. The dermis determines the firmness [...]

Below the dermis lies the subcutaneous tissue (subcutis), which mainly consists of fatty cells that are embedded between blood vessels and nerves. This layer is specialized in making fat, which is unevenly distributed over the whole body. The sebaceous glands and sweat glands have their origins here. The subcutaneous tissue is thinner and partially disappear [...]

About body are sebaceous glands, however, the skull, face, the center of the chest and genital areas are most sebaceous glands. The sebaceous glands are connected to the hair follicles and oil which make the hair follicles on the surface of the skin achieved. Sebum is an oil or fatty substance which is composed of [...]

There are two types of sweat glands: the eccrine glands, which are distributed throughout the body, but the closest on the palms, soles, forehead and forearms and apocrine glands, which are larger and a different kind of sweat. The production of apocrine glands is mainly affected by stress and emotions. They are mainly located in [...]

Man is a hairy creature, the lips, palms and soles are completely hairless. The hair on the scalp and the rest of the body provides protection against undue influence of the sun and the skull is also against injury. It gives us information about her age and in a sense of overall health. Each hair [...]

The nails of fingers and toes are also a product of the epidermis and consist of the protein keratin. Each nail grows outward from a nail bed, which is formed by a fold in the skin. A normal fingernail grows at a rate of 3 mm per month, about two to three times faster than [...]

Because the skin is a complex organ, and under the influence of external effects such as sun, wind and weather, various skin conditions. Good skin care can prevent many problems. The skin protects us from external influences. The skin is strong and resilient and usually recovers from injury itself but also, like eczema or dermatitis, [...]

Signs and symptoms None. Cough, sputum which specifies indent that sometimes contains blood. Shortness of breath. Pain in the chest. Hoarseness. Loss of appetite and weight loss. In the Western world, lung cancer is the most common of all cancers. Lung cancer is most common in men. A major cause of lung cancer is smoking. [...]

Materials in the workplace can make for lung disease. This can happen when hazardous substances are inhaled long. One of the most likely disease is asbestosis. This comes in different forms. Also a known lung disease is the miners. Also silicosis is well known. When working in agriculture or industry, one additional well to pay [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the chest. Shortness of breath. Less likely to tolerate physical activity. Cough (sometimes). Asbestos was once widely used as insulation. This was used until 1975. It was then replaced by other materials such as glass wool. Recently it has even forbidden to use or handle asbestos. Asbestos has four types [...]

Signs and symptoms Shortness of breath. Cough, sputum that is specified (in some cases). Below, two types of black lung are discussed. We’ll talk about the miners and black lung lung silicosis. Both have black lung as a cause inhalation of dust particles, these particles are broken without cough. The miners lung is caused when [...]

Approximately 2% of people who have asthma, the cause has to do with the work one does or the environment where one lives. Some substances have side effect because they can cause asthma, wood dust, grain dust, tobacco, pollen (pollen types), synthetic dyes, and WD-gum arabic. For them there is a chance that asthma is, [...]

The lung disease is an allergic alveolitis due to exposure to organic dusts. The names of these fabric types are derived from the profession in which they occur. The most famous is probably the farmer’s lung. When the dust grain farmer’s lung that causes the disease. You also have the bevochtigerslong, this is caused by [...]

This, like asthma, disease is not uncommon for people working in the production of cotton, or jute and hemp rope. The disease is sometimes called brown lung fever and Monday. Byssinose is caused by substances inhaled from bales of raw panels do. People who work with cotton and other fibers during the time they are [...]

The disease that miners and workers who are exposed to cotton, flax or hemp dust bronchitis who have called industrial bronchitis. Also, ammonia, strong acids, organic solvents, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and bromine bronchitis. It is not known whether the bronchitis is caused by substances which employees come into contact. Also possible that bronchitis [...]

Where persistent dust from moldy hay is opgeademd, a farmer may cause lung. The people who get this disease after opademen is fortunately very low. The people who have suffered from a farmer’s lung, the dust from moldy hay opgeademd also quite long. Asthma has no chance of this ailment. People who already suffer from [...]

Shiloh Work Disease is an acute disease caused by inhaling fumes from wet silage. The gas thus created is nitrogen. Nitrogen dioxide was irritating to bronchi and lungs when inhaled. It depends on how long the farmers already working in the silo, how severe the disease. Thus it is possible that the farmer dies in [...]

The functioning of the heart and the lungs is closely interconnected. Every time the blood through the heart, it will also stop by there to the lungs to absorb oxygen. Where there is a blood clot forms in one of the arteries and then come off (we can speak of an embolus) and blood through [...]

Signs and symptoms Sudden shortness of breath. Pain in the chest. Feeling fear. Cough, with bloody sputum (phlegm) is specified. Sweating heavily. Alarming phenomenon Sudden loss of consciousness. An embolus is a foreign material. It is a small knob that usually occurs when a blood clot. It can also prevent a fat bubble, a bubble, [...]

Signs and symptoms Chronic cough with sputum specified. Shortness of breath on exertion. Wheezing. Weakness and rapidly developing fatigue. Swollen veins in the neck. Edema (swelling due to fluid retention) of feet and legs. Enlargement and tenderness of the liver. Cor pulmonale means that an enlargement of the right ventricle is a lung disease. This [...]

Signs and symptoms Redness and itching. In severe cases, blisters and weeping sores. The skin changes strictly limited to the area in contact with the material that caused this exception. Contact dermatitis or contact dermatitis is a form of dermatitis that often occurs through contact with the skin and some substance. A good example of [...]

Signs and symptoms Itching that increases with stress. Sharply defined, thickened areas of skin. Visible effects of the crab (excoriations). Although neurodermatitis and lichen simplex chronicler not exactly the same, the names are often used interchangeably. In simple words this, these common skin disorders of flat growths (plaques) of different sizes (2 to 25 cm [...]

Some people in hot weather heat bumps. This deviation is characterized by the formation of nodules that are approximately the size of a pinhead on the skin and surrounded by a red court. This condition is very itchy and is often accompanied by a tingling, burning sensation. Heat bumps remarkably often in the neck, the [...]

Signs and symptoms Itchy, thickened skin full of gaps, mostly localized in the elbow creases and knees. Atopic eczema, including atopic dermatitis, eczema or acne toddler named is often associated with allergic symptoms such as asthma, nasal congestion and hives. It is common in more family members. It usually starts at preschool age, when in [...]

Signs and symptoms Thickening of the skin around the ankles with itching. Varicose veins and other abnormalities of the blood vessels, but the arteries can lead to fluid retention (edema) under the skin. As a result, these areas are poorly supplied with blood and become vulnerable. Since the ankles little support tissue, they are often [...]

Signs and symptoms Greasy-looking, scaly patches on both sides of the nose, between eyebrows, behind the ears and above the sternum. A persistent itching associated with dandruff. Characteristic of the seborrheic dermatitis is some red-looking skin with a greasy flaking mainly in the folds at the bottom of the nostrils, the nostrils, the sternum, below [...]

Signs and symptoms Redness and skin sensitivity in areas that are too powerful treatment for another skin disorder. Excessive handling of the skin is a common problem. Skin Doctors often see people with inflammation of the skin (dermatitis) which exists for several weeks or months, or even worse, despite repeated application of different ointments or [...]

Signs and symptoms Black and white pimples (comedones or blackheads) on the face, neck, shoulders and back. Pimples. Cysts. Acne occurs when the hair follicles (follicles) in the skin get clogged. Each follicle contains a sebaceous gland that an oily substance (sebum or sebum) produced to lubricate hair and skin. When sebum and sloughed skin [...]

Signs and symptomsRedness in the face. An inflammation of the cheeks, nose, forehead and chin. A red, bulbous nose. Rosacea is a chronic inflammation of the cheeks, nose, chin, forehead and eyelids. The cause is unknown. The symptoms are the result of a dilation of blood vessels just under the skin. It occurs mainly in [...]

Signs and symptoms Dry, red patches of skin covered with silvery scales. Small scaling dots (usually seen in children). Alarming signs The entire skin is red and covered with scales. Psoriasis is a skin disease which are fairly widespread. Periods of reduced symptoms of psoriasis are alternated with periods in which the disease progresses. The [...]

Signs and symptoms Itchy spots on the wrists, legs, torso, genitals, mouth and lips. Lichen planus is a rare, recurrent, itchy rash consisting of red-purple spots on the skin and gray-white patches in the mouth. It usually occurs around middle age. The first attack lasts several weeks or months, after repeated attacks may occur many [...]

Signs and symptoms Slightly itchy red spots on the trunk, upper arms, neck and thighs. Pityriasis (scaling) rosea (pink) is a common skin rash that usually affects young people. A single red spot on the trunk is often the first symptom. After a few days and offer more spots. Presumably the cause is a viral [...]

Signs and symptoms: – The sudden sight of flashing lights. – Clouding (The sight of dark particulate matter in the form of strings, dots or spots). – Blurred vision. – Loss of vision. – Reduced visibility The retina (retinal) forms the inner lining of the eye. The retina is a thin, transparent membrane which include [...]

Signs and symptoms: – Sudden blurred vision to see if it falls completely or in part in the total field of an eye. You can use the retina (retinal) is actually like a film in a camera, the images of the outside world that the cornea and lens onto the retina project, if it were [...]

Signs and symptoms: – The sudden blurred to see in one eye and sometimes in both eyes. – The vision is in a period of one to two weeks to gradually deteriorate. – The colors are softer and the contrast is less. – Pain when moving the eye. – Some minor flickering or seeing stars. [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen: (afhankelijk van de plaats en omvang van de coloboom). -         Een defect in de iris, de lens, het netvlies, het ooglid of de oogzenuw. -         Alleen nog maar grote voorwerpen of fel licht kunnen waarnemen. -         Gedeeltelijk of geheel verloren gezichtsvermogen in één of beide ogen. -         Scheelheid. -         Onwillige oogbewegingen. -         [...]

Signs and symptoms: – A painful red eye. – Blurred vision. – Reduction of vision in one or both eyes. – Seeing black spots or streaks in the image. The choroid (choroidal) is a dense network of blood vessels that mainly exists between himself and the retina (retinal) and the hard sclera (sclera) is. The [...]

Healthy artery seem awful lot like healthy muscle. Because they are elastic, strong and flexible. Because the inside of the artery smooth blood can flow through it easily. If there is atherosclerosis, a buildup of vetneerslag in the wall of the arteries. In medicine this is called atherosclerosis. This comes from the Greek is Atheer [...]

Atherosclerosis is caused by several factors. These factors can be influenced, that help to prevent hardening of the arteries occurs. These factors can be influenced over the years. Thus, high blood pressure increase the damage that high cholesterol causes damage. When the right drugs are taken, and less salt is used, less arteriosclerosis entail. Also [...]

Because cholesterol has a strong influence on our health, it is important to regularly measured. This fact has great influence or atherosclerosis will occur later. The coronary disease with angina pectoris / heart attack, stroke and arteriosclerosis obliterans hear this. If you know someone in the family with high cholesterol, heart attack or stroke at [...]

Officially, anyone overweight when the weight of the person 20% above ideal weight. This money is not for someone who is muscular, or someone who is very large. Someone who is muscular, it can weigh a lot, but have little fat. Obesity are not very bad, unless it is accompanied by high cholesterol. In this [...]

Diabetes is a disease where there is a lack of insulin, thus the body can not be fully processed sugars from the diet. By insulin and other medicines, it is possible to treat diabetes. Still, diabetes is a significant risk that needs to be taken to heart disease. If there is an increased blood sugar, [...]

If you have little physical exercise, for example because you sit a lot, this poor condition of the heart failure. The heart is a muscle that needs exercise too, have a good condition. So trains the heart, resilience and stamina. To prevent diseases of coronary arteries is determined that it is good to have exercise. [...]

Dingen die u niet kan voorkomen als leeftijd, afkomst en het geslacht kunt u niet meer veranderen. Toch is het goed om te weten welke risico’s het met zich meebrengt, zodat u zich erop voor kan bereiden. Leeftijd. De kans op ziektes van kransslagaders wordt niet groter met de tijd dat u ouder wordt, wel [...]

Most people who suffer from a (too) high blood pressure have no symptoms. Even if you’re the doctor, he can not immediately tell whether there is a high blood pressure. This can be determined using a measuring device. Sometimes referred to headache and dizziness are symptoms of high blood pressure. This is just wrong. High [...]

When someone has a normal blood pressure is of course positive. There will be a value of 120/80 mm Hg. This means simply that the pressure of 120mm Hg, a heart while pumping output. Between the battles themselves, the blood pressure 80 mm Hg. Blood pressure is determined by two different factors. The amount of [...]

By increased resistance in the bloodstream is quite possible that high blood pressure occurs. This may be because the vessels are smaller, and therefore the heart must work harder to get enough blood through the body to get. When a repeated 160/95 mm Hg is measured, often by high blood pressure. Allowing the pressure above [...]

Signs and symptoms Itchy and scaly skin. Dry skin, also known under the name of asteatose or chapped skin is a common problem especially in older people. It is especially annoying in the winter when cold air outside and heated air inside both too little moisture. Asteatose in the Nordic countries, a common ailment. The [...]

Signs and symptoms A dry, scaly skin that already exists from childhood. Ichthyosis is sometimes called fish skin, because the typical appearance of the rash. It is the most common form of inherited skin disorder. The exception usually occurs first in childhood between the first and fourth year. It can sometimes disappear completely in adulthood, [...]

Signs and symptoms Red or pink bumps on the skin. Swelling of the skin. Nettle Rose, also called urticaria, are commonplace. It is a response to internal or external allergens.

Signs and symptoms White patches on the skin that slowly expand. Dark brown spots on the skin. The color of the skin is determined by the melanin pigment in the skin is formed. Sometimes something changes in the color mechanism and in a certain part of the skin too much melanin is formed, making it [...]

Signs and symptoms Skin changes, including redness, hives, blisters and bleeding skin. Itching. You are allergic to commonly available drugs or agents by a doctor. When you get a skin rash while taking a medicine at that time, then that means most likely the cause. The GP can help to identify the cause. Drug reactions [...]

Signs and symptoms A red, swollen and sensitive skin. Fluid-containing blisters. Alarming signs Fever, chills, nausea and sometimes complete confusion. Sunburn is due to prolonged exposure to the ultraviolet rays of sunlight. Sunburn is a major cause of the increase in the incidence of malignant (malignant) melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The chances [...]

Signs and symptoms Redness. A rash. Blisters or swelling of the skin. Photosensitivity is an enhanced response of skin to sunlight or light from artificial light sources, usually in combination with a drug or something that you have eaten. Certain drugs are known to some people fotosensibele reactions. These include cancer agents, drainage pills, tranquilizers, [...]

Signs and symptoms A limp, sagging, wrinkled skin. A dry, tough, leathery skin. Elastosis is a degenerative disorder of the connective tissue of the skin, which gradually begins with anyone older. Repeated exposure to ultraviolet radiation accelerates this process dramatically, however. You would be called sunlight aging. The result is a loss of elasticity of [...]

Signs and symptoms Discoloration of the skin, including liver spots, freckles, red, yellow or brown spots. Changes in the connective tissue of the skin consisting of coarse wrinkles, sagging skin folds of gray-yellow discoloration, roughness, extreme dehydration and a leathery toughness. Neoplasms of the skin with scaly patches. The effects of aging of the skin, [...]

Signs and symptoms Soft fatty lumps under the surface of the skin. Both xanthelasma like xanthomen elevations are yellow under the skin that sharply limited. Xanthelasma are flat and occur under the skin of the eyelids on the side of the nose. They do not hurt and are also harmless, but it is necessary that [...]

Benign skin tumors are quite often and are usually harmless. They are common in people who get older. With the exception of actinic keratosis and certain types of moles is not necessary that these growths are removed unless they cause irritation or cosmetic problems. As a precaution it is wise to any tumor growth or [...]

Signs and symptoms Small growths on the skin in the neck, armpits, upper portion of the hull and in the folds of the skin. Stalked warts, or skin appendages acrochordonen sometimes called, are small benign gezwelletjes of unknown origin, on a stalk protruding above the skin. They feel soft, have a normal skin color or [...]

Signs and symptoms Yellow, brown or black skin growths on the face, chest, shoulders and back. People with fair skin and older than 40 years are suffering most seborrheic keratoses. Seborrheic keratoses, which come from is not known but it is about benign skin tumors. The tumors are oval in shape and have a surface [...]

Signs and symptoms Grained, scaly, dark spots on the face, the scalp and the backs of the hands. People with fair skin that sun damage are the most affected by actinic keratoses. An actinic keratosis is not a normal cornification by best Arling. After the creation of an Actinic keratoses will first be flat and [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Een tekening op de huid die ontstaat voor of kort na de geboorte. Verschillende soorten van gewone geboortevlekken worden hemangiomen genoemd. Het zijn goedaardige, gewoonlijk pijnloze tekeningen op de huid zonder oorzaak. Ze ontstaan door een plaatselijke woekering van bloedvaten. Voor een uitgebreide bespreking van geboortevlekken, zie het stuk in hoofdstuk 1.1; [...]

Signs and symptoms Small, smooth, cherry red lumps on the skin. A cherry hemangioma is a benign skin tumor that is. The cause of a cherry hemangioma is not known, but are known to occur usually after the age of 40. Cherry hemangiomas are ubiquitous on the skin, but mostly they sit on the trunk. [...]

Signs and symptoms Flat, light brown to black spots on the face and the backs of the hands. Senilos lentigo or liver spots are not dangerous spots and increased pigmentation. They may have the size of a freckle, but can also be larger with a diameter of one inch. People over 55 years have regularly [...]

Signs and symptoms Flesh-colored, brown, blue or black spots on the skin. Most people have one or more moles. Moles are generally benign gezwelletjes which consist of an accumulation of pigment cells. You have them with hair, they can even enter the skin and wrinkling. In old age they may even just fall off. As [...]

Signs and symptoms Flesh-colored or lighter colored, wrinkled or knobby growths on the skin. An excessive development of scar tissue or keloid is also known as hypertrophic scars. It occurs in places where the skin has been damaged. This may be by surgery, vaccination, severe acne, skin burns or even a simple scratch. People with [...]

Signs and symptoms Small, hard, flesh-colored, white or pink, grainy bumps on the skin. A wart, verruca vulgaris, also known, is a benign gezwelletje which is caused by a virus which skin cells turn into a multiplication which is not inhibited. Warts are contagious when touched someone else can also have problems with. Usually there [...]

If you suffer from overgrowth of skin and you see that it changes or does not swear that it heals itself again it is advisable to consult a doctor. It can then decide to place a medical examination. There can in such case be skin cancer. When skin cancer is detected early and treated, the [...]

Signs and symptoms Pearl or waxy bumps on the skin of the face, ears or neck. Flat flesh-colored or brown scar-like abnormalities on chest or back. Basal cell cancer is a form of skin cancer which is most prevalent. In about 75 percent of cases of skin cancer or basal cell carcinoma involves basal cell cancer. [...]

Signs and symptoms Fixed-touch red nodules or flat disks with a scaly or crusty surface on the face, ears, neck, hands or arms. Another name for epitheelcelcarcinoom’s epithelioma or spin cellular carcinoma. Epitheelcelcarcinoom It arises from the middle portion of the epidermis and is a malignant tumor. Epitheelcelcarcinoom it may spread to internal organs or [...]

Signs and symptoms Superficial spreading melanoma, small disks with irregular borders and red, white, blue or blue-black spots on the trunk and limbs. Nodular melanoma: shiny, solid feeling, pearl gray to black bulges or disks that can occur anywhere on the skin. Acro lentigineus melanoma: acro means at the top or at the end standing. [...]

Signs and symptoms Aggressive form: purple-red lumps in every conceivable place. Dormant forms: dark blue or purple bumps on a toe or leg. The Kaposi’s sarcoma is a malignant disease. It is sometimes combined with other cancers such as lymphoma or leukemia. At first, the deviation red to purple, it seems quite a birthmark (hemangioma). [...]

The skin protects us from external dangers and therefore display the first line of defense when it comes to attacks from viruses, fungi, bacteria and poison. If bacteria have found a place in a wound because they may be some deviations occur. Invaders such as bacteria, for example, hair follicles are going to infect or [...]

Signs and symptoms Itchy, red sores with yellow, gray crusts on the face, arms or legs. Impetigo is quite common, this is a superficial skin condition which is caused by bacteria. The bacteria that cause impetigo usually penetrate the skin through a scratch, scrape, insect bite or a pre-existing skin condition. Impetigo can also be [...]

Signs and symptoms Small pimples with a white head around hair follicles. Folliculitis is an infection of the hair follicles. It is common and in nine out of ten cases are caused by fungi or staphylococci. The infection can occur anywhere on the skin caused by abrasive clothing, clogged hair follicles or trauma. For example, [...]

The average person has normal blood pressure, which is 120/80 mm Hg. This value means that a maximum pressure of 120 mm when pumped by the heart, and between the two layers at a pressure of 80 mm Hg. Two factors determine the blood pressure in a person’s body. The amount of blood pumped by [...]

High blood pressure is in most cases caused by increased resistance in the bloodstream. This is possible because the blood vessels, in terms of diameter, have narrowed. The heart will have to work harder for the same amount of blood throughout the body to pump water. High blood pressure is often only made ​​when a [...]

When over a period of years, high blood pressure is measured can cause damage throughout the body. This happens only when the hypertension is not treated. For example, a heart attack occur. Also, there is kidney damage, vision loss and stroke occur. Damage to blood vessels. When blood vessels long to work with high blood [...]

By making changes in lifestyle, more exercise and extra attention to food. Often this treatment is most effective medication for high blood pressure to address. Because hypertension can be caused by various reasons, there are a lot of drugs. The doctor will decide for you which medicine is best for your type of high blood [...]

The coronary artery is the leading cause of death in the Netherlands. There are about 30,000 people die annually from diseases of the coronary arteries. The disease will never be right, but will develop in years. The effect is very effective. Over 30 percent of all cases without a death warning. The blood vessels that [...]

If an artery is narrowed or closed may prevent a chest pain occurs when there is an effort. This can cause a heart attack. For the physician it is a challenge for coronary artery disease to detect, and reduce the consequences. Unfortunately it is not possible to use a stethoscope to detect a coronary artery [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain from the heart (a tight, band-shaped, tightness, sharp and often suffocating, usually at the breastbone (sternum) and often radiates to the throat or arm). A feeling of heaviness in the chest or cords together. Attacks are usually triggered by exertion or emotional stress. Anxiety. Angina pectoris derives its name from the [...]

Signs and symptoms Swelling (edema) of the ankles, bed rest with swelling of the back. Shortness of breath. Weakness and fatigue. Only the term heart failure occurs in most cases not much good in people. They think like a heart attack, while the weakened heart rarely stops pumping. There is loss of efficacy in heart. [...]

Alarming signs and symptoms Severe shortness of breath. Restlessness and fear, fear of suffocation. Pink, frothy sputum. Sweating. Paleness. When the pressure in the pulmonary veins to high pulmonary edema will occur. This pressure will be large amounts of fluid from the veins are compressed, and air sacs of the lungs. This causes the edema [...]

Alarming signs and symptoms Severe, persistent chest pain, often described as a heavy, oppressive feeling. The pain may radiate to the chest from the left shoulder and arm, back, and even teeth and jaws. Persistent pain in the upper abdomen. Shortness of breath. Episodes of fainting. Nausea, vomiting, fainting and sweating may occur. Quick succession [...]

The heart must always pumping. With good or bad weather. When this process gets interrupted, the heart will not be able to pump blood around the body, causing vital organs of oxygen can get stuck. The easiest is to the heart as two pumps. Both of these two pumps are empty spaces which are surrounded [...]

Signs and symptoms None. Palpitations or skipped heart. Attack-wise light-headedness. Discomfort in the chest. Shortness of breath. When the rhythm of your heart is not right, this is called palpitations. Also, this is called an arrhythmia. It depends which tachycardia originated, only then can the correct signs are given. It may be that you know [...]

Signs and symptoms None. Shortness of breath and fatigue. Alarming signs Extremely short of breath and weakness. Loss of consciousness, convulsions. Electrical pulses from the sinus node controlling heart rate. The pacemaker cells will continue to send electrical pulses through the two atria. The muscular walls of the atria will be pulling them together. From [...]

Signs and symptoms Immediately bewus thinner loss without demonstrable cause. There is no pulse to feel. Most people are terrified to have a heart attack. It is the biggest killer of middle-aged men. It is also five times more common in women than moons. Medicine today is not how it is possible how the heart [...]

Signs and symptoms A swollen and painful thickening of the skin, usually pink or red. The swelling and redness of the skin expands and becomes very painful. Fever or a feeling of exhaustion. A furuncle is an infection or steempuist in a place or a measurement of hair follicles. This infection is in most cases [...]

Signs and symptoms A very painful and hot to the touch area of ​​the skin in the face, arm or leg, that looks red and swollen with stripes and blisters. Cellulite occurs when connective tissues beneath the skin is inflamed. This inflammation is often caused by a bacterial infection. A skin infection, fungal infection or [...]

The definition of the term mental health is difficult. It is not surprising that many generations under discussion. For us, mental health, at least not the absence of emotion or conflict. It could be described as the ability to cope with unpleasant periods in your life as a traumatic experience or loss. This should take [...]

Signs and symptoms Certain portions of the skin may be red and swollen and painful. Lymfadenitis is caused by an infection of the lymph nodes. This infection can be followed by bacteria, viruses, fungi or other pathogenic microorganisms. Lymphangitis is similar to lymdadentitis but concerns the lymphatic system. It coexists with abscesses and cellulitis with pus. [...]

Signs and symptoms Alone or together in a group portrait, small, fluid-filled blisters on a somewhat elevated, red, painful area of ​​skin. Small painful ulcers in the mouth with a white or yellow center and a red border. Rash Fever is very common. Fever Rash or fever blisters can occur on the body size mostly [...]

The heart of man has four bedrooms, four valves. Two of these valves allow blood from the upper chambers to the other ventricle is pumped. The other two valves allow the blood to other parts of the body is brindle. The valves ensure that blood can eat only one side, and not against the current [...]

Signs and symptoms Primary (two of the following signs must be present for the diagnosis): Heart inflammation (carditis), sometimes noticeably by weakness and breathlessness. Arthritis from one to another joint about. Involuntary movements of limbs and face (chorea). Swollen red spots on the skin. Bumps under the skin (subcutaneous nodules). Secondary (the presence of a [...]

Signs and symptoms Fever. Unusual tiredness and loss of appetite. Heart murmur. Night sweats, chills. On the inside of the four bedrooms, sitting endocardium. This is a membrane that covers the room. An infection of the endocardium can occur when the heart has a soft place, so that bacteria can reproduce. If you have a [...]

Signs and symptoms None. Shortness of breath, especially after exertion. Rapid fatigue. Frequent episodes of bronchitis. Discomfort in the chest or heart palpitations. The left side of the chamber is connected to the ventricle below it through the mitral valve. When the opening of the mitral valve narrows, the passage of the blood go stiffer. [...]

Signs and symptoms None. Short periods of rapid heartbeat (palpitations). Chest pain. Shortness of breath. Easily fatigued. On the left side of the heart, the upper cavity, also called the atrium, the ventricle below it connected by the mitral valve. The mitral valve consists of two slip. The valves allow the passage of blood from [...]

Signs and symptoms None. No physical exertion as possible. Shortness of breath. Chest pain (angina). Fainting. The aortic valve allows blood to is off the main pumping chamber (left ventricle) into the main artery, the aorta, to flow, which in turn the oxygenated blood to smaller and smaller arteries and the tissues of the body [...]

The blood flows from the four areas of the heart valves. In the section above are the most common valve abnormalities discussed the aortic and mitral concerned on the left side of the heart. Rarely also develop abnormalities of the pulmonary and tricuspid valve. The blood flows from the upper chamber, the right atrium through [...]

There are three layers of heart tissue: the epicardium, a thin, very slick coating on the outside, the myocardium, the muscle itself in the middle, and the endocardium, the inner boundary, a very smooth surface that makes contact with the blood into the ventricles . The whole body is on the outside protected by the [...]

Signs and symptoms Short periods of rapid heartbeat (palpitations). Shortness of breath. Weakness. Chest pain. Fainting. Fluid retention (edema). When the heart muscle is damaged or partially damaged, this is called in the medical world cardiomyopathy. This is loosely translated muscle disease. Cardiomyopathy may occur in several forms. Forms of cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy. In dilated [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain or tingling in one area on one side of the body or face, preceded by a rash consisting of tiny, fluid-filled blisters. Shingles is an infection caused by the same virus as chickenpox. After you have had chickenpox, the virus still present in your body. Years later it may come up [...]

Signs and symptoms Small, pearly nodules on the skin with a core consisting of white, cheesy material. Molluscum contagiosum is caused by a relatively common viral infection of the skin. Typical of any small, round bumps on navel is a small black top. In children they appear nodules usually in the face, trunk or limbs. [...]

Signs and symptoms An itchy, red, wet, scaly and cracked skin between the toes. Itchy, fluid-filled lumps on the side or bottom of the foot. Strong dry areas with little white flakes on the side of the foot, the soles or palms. Itchy, red or gray, scaly patches on the scalp with partial baldness or [...]

Signs and symptoms Itchy, red bumps. Red, painful open sores. A local numbness or a feeling just like someone pricking needles into your skin. Alarming signs Swelling of the face, severe paralysis, muscle cramps, difficulty breathing, headache, nausea or fever. Unconsciousness. The symptoms of an insect bite caused by poison and other products in the [...]

A hair is made of keratin, the same protein product to the nails and the outer layer of skin is formed. The portion of the skin, the hair shaft or sheath called her. An average man has one hundred thousand hairs on his head. The root of a hair found under the skin and is [...]

Signs and symptoms An overall reduction in the amount of hair on the head. A moderate reduction in hair growth on the crown and the hairline. It is common in women the hair becomes thinner, as they age. A person may at the age of 80 years just as much as her when she was [...]

Signs and symptoms A receding hairline. Moderate to extensive loss of hair, especially on the crown. The image of male baldness is well known. It usually starts the first time at the hairline, which gradually withdraw in the form of a capital M. It is also possible that the hair thinning and not as long [...]

Signs and symptoms Small bald patches on the scalp. The hair over the skull is thinner. Complete hair loss over the body. Gradual loss of hair can have various causes, including excessive styling hair, a hairstyle where the hair too much tension, compulsive damaging her (turning, rubbing or pulling), diseases or infections of the skin, [...]

Nails occur at the ends of our fingers and toes and are made of thin layers of a certain type of protein called keratin. Each nail grows into the end of the finger or toe nail from a root, which is located in a fold of skin. Just before the root is a piece of [...]

Signs and symptoms A red and swollen areas of skin around the nail. A paronychia is an infection of the skin around the nail, usually caused by staphylococcus (bacteria) and fungi. It is usually due to an injury or stripping skin of a sheet or a torn nail bed of the nail pushing back the [...]

Signs and symptoms Thickened and lusterless nails of fingers and toes with discoloration and crumbling edges. Spores can adhere to the compact layer of keratin cells, which is the nail. These microscopic organisms can digest keratin and to reproduce it. The result is an infection known as onychomycosis (fungal nail) and can last indefinitely. You [...]

Fear and lack of self esteem in our society, perhaps the greatest obstacle to mental health. Anxiety may be due to a collision or an unresolved situation that causes stress. Anxiety can manifest itself in physical symptoms such as poor sleep and bad food. A lack of self-esteem may be because it fails to meet [...]

Conflicts will always occur in life. The ability to process these we identify as mental health. Most people in their lives too predictable patterns of conflict to come. It can be a great comfort to know that we are able to recognize this and are good to deal with than to think that only we [...]

In the development of a teenager’s growing interest in sexuality is a key feature. In this period also changes the body of a child to that of an adult. In addition to these physical changes there are many changes in the life of a teenager in other areas of life. The question “Who am I” [...]

In the early adult years, both men and women to make important choices and decisions made​​. Business as a career, choosing a partner and start a family ensure that the free time they had as children and adolescents is becoming less. A necessary evil to get ahead in life. For most people this is a [...]

The deterioration of their physical health that most people in older age feel has a strong influence on emotional adjustment. At least 75 percent of people over 65 years suffer from at least one chronic physical condition. One in ten find it difficult to leave his skin. Severe losses, such as the death of the [...]

Despite the image of carefree youth, this time far from easy. Quite a few children find it emotionally difficult to deal with a wide range of topics. Think of self-control, dealing or coping with peers and for example the separation of the parents. The result is that parents often become easily alarmed and wonder if [...]

Signs and symptoms Involuntary voiding at least twice a month by a child older than 5 years. Almost every parent should be the words “Mommy, I wet the bed”. Many children are thus at an early age suffered from an accident. When we talk about bedwetting, or enuresis, but that’s about it at least twice [...]

Signs and symptoms Repeated production of feces in the wrong places (other than toilet or chamber pot) by a child at least 4 years old. Encopresis is frequently produce relief in places where it does not belong like the pants or on the gravel. Encopresis is only found in children over 4 years and which [...]

A child with learning disabilitiesis a child that insufficient action has a specific learning area. This is not the result of a demonstrable physical or neurological disorder, mental retardation or insufficient opportunity to be trained. Usually there is a disturbance on a specific intellectual maturation area – reading, math, language or speech.

Signs and symptoms Body weight at least 25 percent higher than the average. We are talking about obesity or obesity when a person is overweight or that fourth more than the average. It is often caused by more calories into the body than the body can handle. The excess calories are stored as fat than [...]

Signs and symptoms A score of 70 or less at a reduced individual intelligence test. Slowly reaching developmental milestones (moving, speaking) and social and emotional immaturity. Poor performance in school (almost) all subjects. People with mental retardation have limited mental abilities. The disorder is most noticeable during the school year. Mild mental retardation is sometimes [...]

Signs and symptoms Seems to live in his own world. Exhibits bizarre reactions to people and small things in the environment. Very difficult communication. Can not cuddle, sometimes even hatred of physical contact. Almost complete lack of any social contact. Infantile autism is one of the most serious mental disorders of childhood. The autistic child [...]

Adolescence is a time for a child of extensive psychological and physical changes. Some have labeled the adolescent as a child in the body of an adult. A classic situation is where the adolescent unreasonably critical in terms of his appearance. “I hate my nose!” “Do I look fat in these pants do not?” Almost [...]

Signs and symptoms Most of the day or the day a depressed or irritable mood. Apparent loss of interest in almost all activities. Changes in appetite and weight (usually loss of appetite leading to weight loss, increased appetite sometimes). At night, difficulty sleeping or excessive sleeping during the day. Every day tired and lack energy. [...]

It is tragic that every day some young people‘s life takes away. Although for most of the twentieth century the percentage of suicides increased with age and reached a maximum in middle age, this pattern began to change in the sixties. Suicide is now one of the three leading causes of death among people between [...]

Signs and symptoms The girl is sexually active. Late menstruation or stayed away. Swelling or soreness of the breasts. Nausea, especially in the mornings. Weight gain, especially around the waist. Suddenly not like certain foods. Because some teenagers are sexually active, it is important to ensure that every teenager is fully aware how pregnancy occurs [...]

Signs and symptoms An irrational fear of becoming fat. Excessive dieting and exercise take. Significant weight loss or gain weight during a period of growth. Refusing a normal body weight. Absence of menstrual periods. Exaggerated concern about food, calories and food preparation. Many teens begin a diet, but give it a few days or weeks [...]

Signs and symptoms Repeated periods of great food. Self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse. The weight is approximately within normal limits. Fear of getting fat Bulimia, eating enormous amounts of food – usually very high-calorie sweets – in short time. This stuff can go on until it is interrupted by a feeling of saturation or pain [...]

Signs and symptoms Numerous bruises. Several old fractures. Unexplained injuries. Pain in the region of the genitals. Sudden changes in behavior. Loss of appetite. Problems at school. Abdominal pain. It is often difficult for teens than for adults to endure violence, because they react emotionally intense life, low self-esteem and sometimes do not have parents [...]

Like children and young people often find it difficult to adapt to the changes in their bodies and their lives, is also the case in the elderly. The changes in the elderly are physically and can lead to decreased mobility, sexual problems or a feeling of life that can not. Changes in living conditions can [...]

Signs and symptoms Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities. Being sad feeling. Loss of appetite and weight loss. Sleep disorders. Loss of energy, fatigue. Lack of concentration, memory loss. In older people depression can be difficult to identify. Often shows an elderly with depression are not the typical image of a depression. It [...]

Signs and symptoms Delusions that can last months or even longer, and relate to real life situations, such as the idea should be followed, poisoned, or have a disease to be deceived by the partner. Paranoid symptoms and hallucinations are occasionally in older people, sometimes people who are deaf. When paranoid symptoms, it is often [...]

Signs and symptoms Confusion about day and night (reversal of day and night). Lie awake before falling asleep. Often at night, wake up. Sleep disorders are a common problem in older people, especially those with mental disorders. Many people have trouble sleeping advanced age. The sleep lasts longer than in young people, older people sleep [...]

Although there are many types of personality disorders exist, they all reflect the inability of the requirements and limitations of the outside world to accept. These defects may disturb someone’s behavior, but also his contacts with family and people at work. Before the diagnosis of personality disorder can be accepted, doctors must rule out physical [...]

Signs and symptoms (at least five of those listed) Things are sliding. Grumpy and irritable behavior, arguing. Tend to work slowly and deliberately to function poorly at work that they do not really want to do. Protests (unreasonable) because he believed that everyone unreasonable demands. ‘Forget’ obligations. Believes he is doing his job better than [...]

Signs and symptoms Disrespect for the rules and demands placed by society. Repeated violations of the rights of others. Unlawful, improper conduct. Disregard for the truth. For parents, neglect or mistreatment of their child or children. Physical violence, abuse of partner. No permanent job. No fixed address. Someone who is very anti-social behavior, shows disrespect [...]

Signs and symptoms Relationships that seem very intimate, but in reality very superficial. Highly theatrical and engaging demeanor, emotions are shown in an exaggerated manner. Egocentric. Seek constant attention and praise. Sexualization of relationships. Tolerates frustration difficult. This behavior often leads to stormy and unsatisfactory relationships with others. It is much more common in women [...]

Signs and symptoms Suspicious and very sensitive to whether or not actual insults, hurts and deceptions by others. Often gives the blame to others. Does often mysterious. No sense of humor. Exaggerated sense of self-importance. People who are overly paranoid behavior that worried others “are out to take their bite. Because they spend much energy [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Afstandelijkheid en kil gedrag. Gebrek aan hechte vriendschappen. Isolement. Gebrek aan energie. Onverschillig voor lof of kritiek van anderen. Mensen met een schizoïd gedrag blijken anderen niet of nauwelijks nodig te hebben en gaan meestal hun eigen gang. Soms leven ze vrijwel volledig geïsoleerd, zonder vriendschappen, en blijven op een afstand van [...]

Signs and symptoms Disorderly or magical thinking. Strange way of speaking (or vague imagery). Misconceptions about the relationship between things (knowing unusual meaning to normal events); Suspiciousness. People with schizophrenia symptoms are similar to schizophrenics in their peculiar way of thinking and speaking, and their strange worldview, but their symptoms are not severe enough to [...]

Signs and symptoms Chronic difficulties in maintaining a positive self-image. Mood swings. Problems in relationships with other people. Impulsive, often destructive behavior (such as suicide attempts). People with borderline personality can be regarded as having a “stable instability“. They have chronic problems such as mood swings, are suddenly angry, sad or anxious, or feel “empty [...]

Signs and symptoms Exaggerated sense of importance, and mighty talented. Looking admiration. Is indifferent to emotions and needs of others. Rejection can be hard to handle. Someone with narcissistic personality have an exaggerated idea of ​​his own uniqueness, importance and gifts. When he is rejected, he exhibits excessive anger or shame. He finds it difficult [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Overdreven angst afgewezen of vernederd te worden, die leidt tot het vermijden van nauwe banden met andere mensen. Lage dunk van zichzelf. Vluchtgedrag wordt zo genoemd, omdat mensen met een dergelijk gedrag zich zoveel zorgen maken over hun eigen tekortkomingen dat de daaruit voortvloeiende angst voor afwijzing tot gevolg heeft dat ze [...]

Signs and symptoms Fever. Vague chest pain. Joint pain. Abnormally rapid heartbeat. Shortness of breath. Fluid retention. The heart consists of three layers of heart tissue. The middle of this hot myocardium. The myocardium is the heart muscle. This can distract you from the name. It is Greek for heart muscle. When there is acute [...]

Signs and symptoms Chest pain that radiates to the left of the neck, shoulder, back or upper abdomen. Shortness of breath. Setting up the abdomen. The pericardium is nothing more than the bag where the heart is in it. The inside of the pericardium is very smooth, and the exterior is very sturdy material. Acute [...]

When talking about the vascular system, blood vessels, which meant all the blood flowing. The name is derived from the Latin word vasculum. This means keg. The vascular system consists of two divisions. The first division is small, and starts on the right side of the heart and brings blood to the lungs, and then [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the legs, especially calves and feet that occurs when walking and disappears shortly after stopping the activity (intermittent claudication). At rest, numbness or pain in feet or toes. Ulcers or gangrene of the feet or toes. Arteriosclerosis is that the arteries will change. In most cases this is the first [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the affected area. Pale, cold skin. Numbness. An embolus is a clot or perhaps some fragments of an atherosclerotic plaque that has accumulated losgesloten the place where he belongs. Then he will sit in the way of a blood vessel. A thrombus and an embolus, as many people think, not [...]

Signs and symptoms Often not. Throbbing sensation in the abdomen. When a patient has aneurysm, the artery dilates be. This is not normal, and the weakened wall will be stretched when the blood flows through them. This will create an egg-shaped bulge. An aneurysm can occur in any blood vessel. Similarly, the large vessels of [...]

Signs and symptoms Tenderness and pain in the affected area. Redness and swelling. When a clot in a vein, inflammation associated with this deviation is called thrombophlebitis. The name is derived entirely from Greek. For clot (thrombosis), venous (phleps) and inflammation (itis). Often the name conveniently shortened to phlebitis, as the inflammatory component is small, [...]

Signs and symptoms Dilated veins easily visible under the skin of the legs. Brownish-gray skin discoloration at the ankles. ‘Open leg’ around the ankles. Varicose veins are enlarged veins that are very close to the surface of the housing. Each vein has the potential to be varicose. In the legs and feet are most varicose [...]

Signs and symptoms Fingers and toes turn white when exposed to cold, including a stabbing pain, the skin may be red or blue before it returns to normal. Reinout’s disease, named after the French physician who this disease, more than a century ago, discovered the following changes which occur in the circulation in hands and [...]

Buerger’s disease, named after the American physician Leo Buerger, the symptoms of this disease described in 1908, is a rare disorder where the blood vessels of the hands and feet ill. The skin of hands and feet become brittle and eventually develop pain and ulcers, and possibly amputation. This happens because the blood vessels that [...]

When the skin, including the tissues under it, freeze it mentions freezing. It happens most often at the hands, feet, cheeks, nose and ears. Anyone can suffer from frostbite. This often happens only when someone has a longer period of cold exposure. People who have an abnormality in the blood are more at risk. How [...]

In the male genital sexuality play an important role. These play an important role in sexual relationships. The genitalia of the people most important biological functions. This is because the production of sperm. It is also important that this sperm to the female sex organs is transported. As with women, there is an overlap with [...]

The testicles should ensure that sperm are produced, which are necessary for reproduction, and hormones that are produced. These hormones have a very large part in maintaining the masculine appearance. The testicles are well placed for the temperature. It is necessary that a cold temperature for sperm production. Because the testicles in the scrotum temperature [...]

Signs and symptoms Sudden and often severe pain in one testicle. A testicle in the scrotum is pulled to high. Nausea and vomiting. Feeling dizzy. Swollen testicle. Fever. Alarming signs Severe pain in one testicle, which suddenly or after a major exercise begins. In the scrotum, both testicles suspended from the spermatic cord. This ensures [...]

Signs and symptoms Infertility. Loss of sexual desire. Delayed puberty or delays in the development of male characteristics. If someone has aspermie, this means that no sperm cells are produced. It is also possible that testosterone is not produced. This disease can arise from chromosomal abnormalities, which are present from birth. Problems of sexual maturation [...]

Signs and symptoms Usually severe pain in the scrotum that gradually worsens over several hours or days. Fever. Swelling of the testicle or epididymis. On each testicle is a tube that will carry the sperm into the vas deferens. This is called the epididymis. When there is an inflammation of the epididymis is called epididymitis [...]

Signs and symptoms Swelling or a lump in the scrotum. Pain or tenderness at the site. Swelling of the scrotum can occur for various reasons. It is by tumors, cysts, an accident, caused by inflammation and inguinal hernia. Causing the tumors to malignant, but benign. The tumors from the testicle itself operate in most cases [...]

Signs and symptoms Soft-touch swelling in the scrotum, usually not painful. The word comes from the Greek words hydrokèle Hydro, water, and that Kele, which means tumor. Hydrokèle of a testicle, a quantity of fluid within the membrane that surrounds the testicle. Normally, this space between this membrane and a small amount of testicular fluid. [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Zwelling in het scrotum, meestal aan de linkerkant. De zwelling is niet pijnlijk en voelt aan als een zakje met wormen. Dit gevoel kan in liggende houding bijna geheel verdwijnen. Wanneer iemand last heeft van een varicokèle, dan betekent dit dat er een zwelling in het scrotum is en dat dit de [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the scrotum. Swelling in the scrotum, usually on one side. Heaviness in the scrotum. When there is inflammation of the testicle or testicles is sometimes called a called orchitis. This inflammation occurs in most cases by a bacterial infection or the mumps. The orchitis may also occur after an infection [...]

Signs and symptoms The scrotum contains one instead of two testicles. In the abdomen, the testicles or testes develop, when the boy still in his mother’s. The testicles will descend into their normal position in the scrotum. In general, this is four weeks before birth. For some boys this does not happen, and they simply [...]

Signs and symptoms Lump or swelling in the scrotum. Local pain or tenderness. Heavy feeling in one testicle. Cancer of the testicle or testicular cancer often begins in the cells that produce sperm. First symptom is a hard lump on the testicle to feel the size of a pea. This lump is usually not painful [...]

The penis is not just a sexual organ, but it also causes the transport of urine. These two functions can be affected by an infection or another condition transverse lie. The urethra is located right in the middle of the penis and runs along the length of the penis. Urine comes from the kidneys through [...]

Signs and symptoms Painful urination (burning or itching). Frequent urination, or severe urgency. Muddy, smelly and bloody urine (sometimes). Pain in the lower abdomen (sometimes). Fever (sometimes in slightly). Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder, usually caused by an infection. The name comes from the Greek word bladder cyst that means. In exceptional cases, [...]

Signs and symptoms Warts that occur on the penis or his dick just like warts elsewhere on the body.    They are caused by a virus. This is the warts are also contagious. Warts on the genitals are, can also be easily transmitted during sexual intercourse to their partner   Diagnosis. The diagnosis of penile [...]

Signs and symptoms Burning and painful sensation during urination or ejaculation. Frequent urge to urinate. Discharge from the tip of the penis. An inflammation of the urethra is called urethritis one. The urethra is the tube through which urine and semen through. In most cases, the disease caused by a sexual organ. Eg gonorrhea or [...]

Signs and symptoms Difficult urination. Painful urination. When a constriction occurs in the urethra can be so bad that it is less easy to pass urine. It is not often. There are several reasons for this narrowing. It might occur when the penis is injured, or that after an illness caused scar tissue. This scar [...]

Signs and symptoms Irritation and redness at the tip of the penis. When the glans or tip of the penis, this is an inflammation called balanitis. Balanitis is more common in men who are not circumcised. This is because the foreskin is easy to move. There are different types of disease balanitis. The causes of [...]

Signs and symptoms Sometimes painful curvature of the penis during erection, which intercourse difficult or even impossible. Peyronie’s disease is a disease named after the French physician. Peyronie’s disease is a disease in which scar tissue around the cylindrical structures is formed. Why this scar tissue is created, is contemporary yet known. After a while [...]

Signs and symptoms Pimple-like, painless ulcer on the penis, especially on top. Other forms of painless sores or warts on the penis. It is (fortunately) rare for a cancer of the penis is seen. When this occurs mainly in men who are uncircumcised, and poor cleaning. Over time, things that grow on the penis penis [...]

Signs and symptoms Painful swelling of the glans of an uncircumcised penis. Retracted skin, lacking the glans of the penis can be drawn so as to cover the glans. Alarming phenomenon Great swelling of the glans of an uncircumcised penis. When the foreskin over the glans can not be drawn, one speaks of a Spanish [...]

Signs and symptoms Inability to hold urine. Involuntary urination when coughing, sneezing, laughing, running or other physical activities where the abdominal muscles are involved (this is called stress incontinence). When people do not stop their urine until they decide they are going to pee, this is called urinary incontinence. Urinary incontinence can occur for various [...]

In the pelvis below the bladder is the prostate gland. The prostate gland is wrapped around the urethra. The prostate gland has a major role in the production of additional fluids are added to the sperm. These fluids are needed for the sperm to survive classification acidic environment of the vagina. The older a man [...]

Signs and symptoms Frequent urination. Peeing is hard going. Less powerful beam when passing urine. Often at night to urinate. Dripping. Alarming phenomenon Urination is no longer possible In the pelvis below the bladder is the prostate gland. The prostate gland is wrapped around the urethra. The prostate gland has a major role in the [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Plotseling een matige tot hoge koorts. Koude rillingen. Hevige aandrang om te plassen. Pijn onder in de rug en in het gebied tussen de anus en de testikels. Pijnlijk of branderig gevoel bij het plassen. Bloed in de urine (soms). Wanneer er een infectie van de prostaat optreedt welke acuut optreedt, noemt [...]

Signs and symptoms Frequent and difficult urination. Intense urge to urinate. Pelvic pain and genital areas. Fever, chills, painful ejaculation, and sometimes blood in the urine. If someone has a chronic infection of the prostate is sometimes called a called chronic prostatitis. Chronic prostatitis may result from an acute prostatitis. In most cases, the symptoms [...]

Signs and symptoms Less powerful beam when passing urine. Dripping. Difficult to get going in symptoms. Pain in the back or hips. Painful urination or ejaculation. Blood or pus in the urine. Prostate cancer occurs in about one in every hundred men. The symptoms of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia, a common disease in [...]

Signs and symptoms See themselves as incompetent or helpless. Avoid personal responsibility and leave it to others, even for important decisions in life. Is chronically incapable of the normal requirements of life to meet, but is not mentally retarded. People who suffer from a pathological dependence let other people take charge of their lives. They [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Perfectionist in all areas and rigid. Symptoms begin early in childhood.  At least five of the following characteristics are present: Is such a perfectionist that he is struggling to finish a task. Cares about details – rules, regulations, lists and schedules – and often loses sight of the main. Shows a strong [...]

Emotions and feelings on to do after a bereavement has occurred is called mourning. This process of the grief process is what is called bereavement.

Symptoms The tightness of the chest or the feeling that the throat is constricted. Sleeping problems ranging from insomnia to the desire to constantly sleep. Weight loss or gain. Difficulty concentrating. Confusion. Headaches or other physical complaints. Shy away from social contacts. Lack of interest in daily activities such as cooking, shopping or personal hygiene. [...]

Denial. At first you can hardly believe that the beloved person is really dead or gone. You will be confused by your thoughts, and you can barely concentrate. You can not listen, the performance of you will be less. Despair. The loss could hurt so much that the pain in the body is feeling. His [...]

Sleep disorders are among the most frequently mentioned problems of life. It is important to remember that our sleep pattern changes over the course of life. Not all sleep is the same. By measuring the electrical waves that are emitted by the brains, researchers have found that different stages of sleep. These stages times in [...]

Signs and symptoms At night, unable to sleep. Difficulty falling asleep. At night, waking up with an adult. Daytime fatigue. When there is a lack of sleep is called insomnia this. Patients who have often sleep a little but not enough to assuage their fatigue. When you sleep, you do not realize how long this [...]

Signs and symptoms Abnormal daytime sleepiness. Extremely loud snoring. Observed episodes of breathing during sleep. Headache in the morning hours. Bedwetting in children. When someone suffers from a defect in which there are repeated periods of apnea occurrence lists with this sleep apnea. This is because the air is also shut in the upper airways. [...]

Signs and symptoms Abnormal tendency to sleep during the day. Desire to sleep longer than the usual seven to eight hours. Attacks of daytime REM sleep attacks that can cause muscle paralysis. Amnesia. Dream-like hallucinations. A feeling of paralysis at bedtime and awakening. Narcolepsy is better known as sleeping sickness. This is a disease where [...]

Signs and symptoms Unpleasant tingling sensation in the calves and sometimes in the feet, thighs or arms when someone is awake, especially when he lies. Irresistible urge to move the legs. Sometimes worsening in times of stress. Restless legs is an English term that content: restless legs. With this exception, the legs feel irritable, if [...]

Signs and symptoms Nightmares: unpleasant or frightening dreams that usually occur in the second half of the night. Night terrors (pavor nocturnus): waking up screaming from a deep sleep, with no memory of a frightening dream, except perhaps a frightening picture. When someone is awakened a fearful nightmare called. Once a nightmare, says this is [...]

Signs and symptoms Walking or other activities (opening closet doors, going to the toilet, driving) during sleep. Sleepwalking usually occurs in the first third of the night. In most cases, the duration of several minutes to half hour. Typically disorientation and confusion on awakening. Sleepwalking does not just walking in sleep. There may be other [...]

Signs and symptoms Teeth grinding during sleep. During sleep bruxism is also known as bruxism. No less than 15 percent of all (healthy) people here have problems with. This may be so serious that damage teeth and even choose. Teeth grinding gives more noise at night than during the day. It is often the first [...]

We live at the moment in time of fear. Fear is an emotion that is common, and does so in various forms. Fear is a lot of them, but it is not easy to explain. Often the word fear is often described as anxiety. In medicine is specifically described in the form of: a state [...]

Signs and symptoms Stress or distress at a danger whose source is often not known. Rapid heartbeat and breathing. Tremors (shaking). Digestive disturbances. Motor tension (trembling, muscle pain, restlessness, inability to relax). Sweating. Dry mouth. Dizziness. Impatience and irritability, insomnia, or it difficult to concentrate. With generalized anxiety disorder or anxiety neurosis is persistent fear [...]

Signs and symptoms Feelings of anxiety or extreme excitement and a sense of impending doom. Shortness of breath. Palpitations, pain or discomfort in the chest or feeling would suffocate. Dizziness or unsteadiness. Unreality. Tingling in hands or feet, seizures of heat or cold, unexplained sweating heavily. Trembling. Fear of going crazy, dying or losing control. [...]

Signs and symptoms Persistent, unrealistic fear of an object, animal, activity or situation. Compelling desire to avoid the dreaded. The person can see that the fear is excessive or unrealistic, but the avoidance behavior persists. Inability to perform normal activities. A persistent fear of an object, animal place, situation is called a phobia. This fear [...]

Signs and symptoms Recurrent obsessions and impulses that are experienced as unwanted and appear to be meaningless. The regular performance of rituals, even if they seem completely pointless. People who have a recurring compulsion thoughts or compulsions are suffering from OCD. Obsessions are thoughts of fear, violence, or may be dirty, doors must be closed, [...]

Signs and symptoms The constant reliving of a traumatic event in intrusive memories, distressing dreams, hallucinations, sadness at the annual commemorations of the trauma, and avoidance of thoughts, feelings and activities associated with the trauma. A feeling of loss or estrangement from others, inability to love. Greatly diminished interest in important matters. In young children [...]

Signs and symptoms – The compulsion to repeat certain actions. – Fear of contagion fears of contamination which is being developed. – Fear of losing control over things like the fear of fire, burglary and fraud, this is called coercive control. – The fear of throwing things away or losing, collected cheek. – The fear [...]

Signs and symptoms – Fear of becoming ill. – Fear of doctors or doctors overlook something. – Upset stomach, heart palpitations, dizziness, difficulty sleeping through the fear. Hypochondria is a mental disorder where the patient is afraid to be ill. The patient here is not often afraid of simple diseases, but often serious illnesses. Patients [...]

Signs and symptoms – Anxiety – Cooling – Clammy hands – Hyperactivity – Difficulty swallowing – Muscle Tension – Nausea – Sleep problems – Strained feeling Generalized anxiety disorder is a psychiatric condition where patients mainly suffering from anxiety. This anxiety can be different things for the patient encounter in daily life. A patient with [...]

There is no one type of depression. There are many different types of depression but there are many common symptoms. Often the symptoms: insomnia, loss of appetite, difficulty concentrating, not good decisions, less energy, ultimately suicidal, guilt, can occur in depression. For mild depression, it is possible that changes occurring in the environment can lead [...]

Signs and symptoms A feeling of helplessness and sadness. Sadness. Loss of self esteem. A feeling that life has no meaning. Anxiety or disturbed. Irritability. Withdrawing from relationships with others. When a middle-aged disappointment, there may be a reactive depression may occur. This gives the feeling of sitting in the pit. Reactive depression will not [...]

Signs and symptoms Change in appearance – and a remarkable inertia, whereby the person as it were, or drags a remarkable state of agitation or excitement. A typical sort of depressed mood (which is different from the feeling one has after the death of a loved one). No response to changes in the environment (day [...]

Signs and symptoms Alternating pattern of emotional highs (manic periods, characterized by a very agitated behavior) and emotional lows, or depressions. The manic periods and periods of severe depression alternating each other very quickly, sometimes within days. The depression symptoms are very pronounced and lasting a full day or longer. In the case of bipolar [...]

Signs and symptoms Depression caused by a special season of the year, usually winter. Headache, irritability, low energy. Crying. People can in a long dark winter ever get a seasonal depression. This is not a real depression. It often involves the idea that they should help in the dark to work, and the evening darkness [...]

All bodies that deal with reproduction, are sometimes called the gynecological organs. The word literally means gyneaecologie in the study of women, because the Greek word for female gyne and logos is Greek for study. You can use the female sex hormones (like the male), divided into internal and external organs. The external genital organs [...]

When most girls begin puberty around the age between 9 and 14 years. At puberty begins the pituitary gland (brain Appendix) with the creation of two important hormones: follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). These two hormones flowing through the blood to the ovaries and then ensure that growth and other changes to thrive. [...]

The menstrual cycle is a periodic change in the body of the mature woman takes place every month and an average of 25 to 35 days. This periodic change occurs between puberty and menopause. The menstrual cycle is related to the fertility of women and ensure that eggs are matured and makes the body ready [...]

Signs and symptoms Dizziness, weakness, fainting, disorientation. Rash that looks like a sunburn, especially on the palms and soles. Sudden high fever exceeding 39 ° C. Vomiting and / or diarrhea. The toxic shock syndrome, commonly abbreviated as TSS is a rare but very serious form of infection. It is also called the “tampon disease” [...]

Signs and symptoms A predictable pattern of physical and emotional changes that occur just before menstruation. Premenstrual syndrome, also known as PMS, is a group of signs and symptoms that some women just before menstruation. The signs and symptoms of premenstrual syndrome can be divided into physical and mental symptoms. Signs and symptoms: The following [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the abdomen at the time of ovulation. Sometimes light vaginal bleeding during the pain. Middle pain is the medical term for a condition in which ovulation (ovulation), which is halfway through the menstrual cycle pain. Complaints here were aching and painful feeling pain in terms of time can vary, but [...]

Signs and symptoms Pain in the abdomen during menstruation, sometimes extending to the hips, thighs or lower back. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and general malaise during menstruation. The medical term for painful periods is dysmenorrhea. (The word dysmenorrhea comes from Greek, where dys difficult means, one for month refers and rhoia power means. It is quite [...]

Signs and symptoms In young girls: menstruation has not yet begun for the sixteenth year (primary amenorrhea). For adult women who are not pregnant: no menses for six months or longer (secondary amenorrhea). When a girl of 16 years and still not have had her first menstruation, it is in most cases so that further [...]

By normal fusion of the sperm and the egg will be a regular breeding place. Both cells have the genetic modification together will be. This fused cell is an embryo to be, and nine months after the amalgamation will have a baby to be born. It is very important to know what all is involved [...]

In relationships, infertility is more common than previously thought. Fortunately for these people investigated in recent years. This is very good progress so in most cases, infertility can be remedied. Here we describe a few methods of methods with the possibility that the infertility is resolved. By abnormalities in the egg, the sperm or the [...]

Over 10 percent of all relationships suffer from infertility. Nearly 35 percent of these cases, the male side. Part is the man responsible for 20 percent, but the woman, as much as 50 percent, is often the main cause of infertility. There are several factors which infertility occurs. In less than 85 percent known cause.

If within a period no pregnancy occurs normally, while the couple would like to do, and also works for, it is wise to seek professional help. For example, the GP may refer you to a gynecologist or a urologist. Then determines whether it is a case of fertility problems. The cause infertility in both partners [...]

To see how the situation with the male fertility, there must be enough sperm are produced in the testicles. It is possible that this production is therefore no obstacles to successful ejaculation may occur in the vagina of the woman. The investigations are carried out with the guy there to see if something goes wrong [...]

If the man does not become abnormal results, and the diagnosis is made that it is not barren, the woman’s turn. It is necessary that a woman healthy eggs regularly and leave the ovaries, and there are no obstacles for a sperm to the egg to go. These barriers may occur in the reproductive tract [...]

The reasons why a couple is infertile, may lie with the man, the woman but it can also be both. The tests and investigations above, the doctor enough information to make a potential cause. Sometimes it is not that either, or both is infertile, but play along on such additional things sexually. It is possible [...]

When someone is infertile, there are many types of treatments. What treatment is applied is the cause of infertility. There have been rapid developments in recent times many different therapies. As a result, many infertile couples now mom and dad. There are still causes for the infertility can not be remedied. There are always other [...]

For most couples, there is a very simple way that infertility can be treated. When the doctor gives advice on the timing of intercourse and the frequency thereof, the chance of a successful pregnancy increases. This treatment is perfect for people who suffer from low fertility. The doctor may have other advice, like the woman [...]

Other techniques have been developed to enable couples to develop a biological child together. These are called assisted reproductive methods. It will be cooperation between doctors, psychologists, embryologists, laboratory technicians, nurses and allied health care workers to the pregnancy as possible for you One of the most common method of reproduction is in vitro fertilization. [...]

When problems or barriers during intercourse, this sexual disorder. These problems can occur in men and women. It is often the case that both partners are affected. Eg premature ejaculation. The woman is not satisfied.

Signs and symptoms Reduced or no sexual desire. Inadequate sexual desires to the interest in sex alive. If someone feel like sex with a partner called this sexual desire. During sexual intercourse, multiple orgasms occur, with no sexual desires. What too much and too little, obviously depends on the person and will vary from woman [...]

Signs and symptoms Decreased or absent sexual arousal during sexual intercourse. A dry rather than moist vagina during sex, despite potential for sexual arousal by an extended foreplay. Sometimes pain during sex. There is a small but important difference between disorders of sexual desires and the feelings of women. With sensory disturbances is the meaning [...]

Signs and symptoms Inability to achieve an orgasm during sexual intercourse. Some women who enjoy sexual activity never have an orgasm have an orgasm the same or always have an orgasm. When a change in this pattern occurs in a woman, the woman will get the feeling that her sex life is unsatisfactory. It is [...]

Signs and symptoms The inability of the penis to become and remain stiff. When a man some time can get an erection or to maintain his erection making intercourse can occur, called impotence. It happens to every guy sometimes that he is impotent. It is therefore good to know the difference between transient and long-term [...]

Signs and symptoms The inability of the penis to become and remain stiff. A (sometimes) painful curvature during erection. A prolonged, painful erection. A man can express his sexual arousal through an erection. An erection is also required to have sexual intercourse, and is also required for most other ways to undergo sexual intercourse. Erectile [...]

Signs and symptoms Blood in the semen. Many men get scared when hemastospermie occurs. It is often frightening feeling not right. The color of the semen is often pink to red. If there are no other symptoms, while the sperm it is red, in most cases no problem. Often there is nothing wrong. Yet it [...]

Klachten en verschijnselen Ejaculatie (zaadlozing) gedurende het voorspel met een seksuele partner of tijdens de gemeenschap op een te vroeg tijdstip om de partner te bevredigen. Wanneer de man eerder een orgasme heeft dan dat er goed is genoten van de seksuele daad wordt dit een vroegtijdige ejaculatie genoemd. In sommige gevallen kan een man [...]

Signs and symptoms During orgasm is little or no semen discharged. A very rare and is harmless when semen enters the bladder instead of it disappears through the penis. This is called Retrograde ejaculation. The difference between a retrograde ejaculation and absent ejaculation can be easily demonstrated. When the stool absorbs in a cloth that [...]

The problems we have described so far were about sexuality and the burden and misery that sex can bring. It was found in nearly all cases for acute emergencies. The following articles will be emergencies, such as rape. The articles about rapes are meant for people who have been raped and for this help. It [...]

Signs and symptoms Forced sexual intercourse, oral sexual intercourse or anal intercourse. If no agreement of both sides during intercourse, there is a rape. When we have this agreement, this is described as a normal sexual wrong. A rape will occur under duress, and sometimes even under great threat or here. All women can be [...]

Signs and symptoms Intentional physical abuse by another. Intentional physical abuse by another during sexual intercourse or related to sexuality. When someone in the streets or getting hit, and another is beaten, there is a violent crime. The victim in most cases first to the police or go to the hospital. This is a good [...]

Signs and symptoms Forced sexual acts or sexual contact against your will. This product is designed for people who think they are sexually abused or have been. This article is meant for friends, brothers, sisters or parents who think their friend, brother, sister or child is sexually abused but do not know how well this [...]