Bone Marrow is sponge like material found particularly inside the pelvic bones. Bone marrow produces the cells which develop into the three different types of blood cells namely, RBC, WBC and Platelets. Function of RBC is to reach oxygen to all the parts of body. WBC helps to fight infection and platelets helps prevent clots and bleeding.
Bone marrow transplants is a type of treatment for many different types of cancer, but they are most frequently used for leukaemias or lymphomas. Bone marrow transplants can happen int wo ways, either the patinet’s own bone marrow may be used or there may be a donor, medical term for it is Allogeneic transplants. In case of Allogeneic transplants the donor involved is a close and blood relative like a brother or sister whose bone marrow matches with the patients. Occasionally aan exact math can also be found in someone unrelated also. Read the rest of this entry »
The number of deaths due to breast cancer is decreasing, and more and more women are surviving it. This could be because of screening procedures, which help the disease to be diagnosed earlier, or due to an improvement in treatment. However, there are some risk factors that determine why you may get breast cancer. The most important one is your sex. That you are a woman puts you half way there to developing cancer because you have breast tissue. If a close woman relative such as your mother or aunt has had breast cancer then you are at higher, perhaps double, the risk of developing breast cancer. So, family medical history plays an important part in determining if you are at risk.
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Squamous Cells is where most Oral Cavity and Lip Cancer start. These are thin and flat cells lining oral cavity and lips. When cancer cells affect this area it is very likely that they will affect the nearby areas also. In majority of the cases it shows its affect on the lining of the inside of the cheeks, 2/3
rd of the front part of the tongue, gums, under the tongue, roof of mouth, behind wisdom tooth etc.
Risk Factors of Oral Cavity and Lip Cancer: Use of alcohol or tobacco is a definite risk that increases the chances of one getting affected with Oral Cavity and Lip Cancer. If you are a male, affected with HPV and use alcohol and tobacco beyond a certain point can be a major risk. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a delightful game parents play—whose nose the child has got, whose hair and eyes. This links the child to the family and creates a bond. But there is another more serious side to heredity and that is a family’s medical history. Knowing which aunt had breast cancer and which uncle or grandparent had Alzheimer’s would help a person far more. You are likely to have inherited anything from diabetes and alcoholism to heart disease along with the brown hair and green eyes. So nowadays doctors make it a point to ask you to research your family medical background so they can find out what disease you are at genetic risk for.
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The Problem of dental cavities affects over 90% of the population. Smaller cavities or holes in the two outer layers of a tooth may not be painful, and may also go unnoticed by the patient until some time. The bigger cavities are problematic as they collect food and the inner pulp of the tooth, which has cavity, can cause irritation due to such toxins formed by bacteria that form due to collection of food. Cold, hot, sour, or sweet foods thus cause toothache. Bigger cavities, which cause toothache, is the first reason people visit dentists. Read the rest of this entry »
Friedrich’s Ataxia (FA) is a rare genetic disease that affects and damages the neurological system and causes problems with coordination and balance. Ataxia can affect the eyes, speech, fingers, limbs, and the whole body. It is not considered fatal but it does progressively affect the body and can eventually affect the heart and lungs. (It is named after Nikolaus Friedrich who first diagnosed and described it.
It is the first kind of inherited ataxia that was differentiated from other kinds of ataxia.) People with FA will sooner or later need the help of a wheelchair or walker as they will not be able to walk without support. FA strikes men and women equally. Read the rest of this entry »
People or the family members and caregivers of cancer patient often want to know if alternative cancer treatments are safe and can be combined with the regular cancer treatments or not. The research shows that alternative cancer treatments are much more popular than people perceive it to be. Most of the cancer patients do take to one or more such treatment if it can be combined properly with standard treatment, without one coming in the way of the other and it has resulted in better quality of life for most. Read the rest of this entry »
Otalgia or earache is a persistent kind of pain in the ear that is caused by an infection in the outer or middle ear. Pain can also arise as a result of infection in the area surrounding the ear such as dental problems or jaw infections, the throat or spinal area. This is called referred pain. So ear pain can be caused by any number of things so symptoms must be referred promptly to an ear specialist for a medical opinion. Read the rest of this entry »
Brain Cells are fashioned to develop in a certain order but when such an order is disrupted or starts to grow out of turn then possibility of formation of lump in the brain increases which could be benign or malignant. Benign growth is not likely to spread on to other parts where as in the malignant lump the chance of it spreading to other parts is likely.The acoustic neuroma develops from schwann cells. These cells cover the nerve and is therfore this type of tumor is sometimes referred to as schwannoma. This benign tumour grows at a slow pace and does not spread from its place of origination within the brain. An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumour that develops from the lining of the auditory nerve. This nerve is responsible for balance. Read the rest of this entry »
Contrary to popular perception, no, they are not. Leukemia is classified by the rate at which it progresses. Leukemia afflicts the cells that form blood, starting in the bone marrow. This cancer is determined by an excess of white blood cells in the body. Any blood-forming cell in the bone marrow can turn into a cancer cell. Once this happens, the leukemia cell does not progress to the usual maturing process. The cells do not die and keep building up, ultimately getting into the bloodstream and then spreading to other parts of the body. Read the rest of this entry »
