A cough is a critical reflex action designed to promote clearing of the upper airways. The material being coughed up maybe as…

Whooping Cough or Pertussis is a bacterial upper respiratory infection that leads to episodes of violent coughing. The disease derives its name…

Chronic cough is a cough that persists over time. Chronic cough is not a disease in itself, but rather a symptom of an…

Primary biliary cirrhosis or PBC is a progressive disease of the liver caused by a buildup of bile within the liver (cholestasis)…

Heart Attack and Heart disease refers to conditions that involve the heart, its vessels, muscles, valves, or internal electric pathways…

Mitral valve stenosis or mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the heart’s mitral valve. Mitral valve is the only valve…

The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), discovered in 1956, is capable of causing a broad spectrum of illnesses. People develop antibodies…

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a sequela of a previous group A streptococcal infection, usually of the upper respiratory tract and…

Hemolytic anemia is a blood disorder that typically happens when our red blood cells break down or die faster than…

  Leukemia is actually a group of different cancers of the blood cells. Leukemias can be acute (develops rapidly) or…