Urinary tract obstruction or obstructive uropathy, is a condition where urine is unable to flow through the bladder, urethra, or…

Worms or Parasitic Infection (aka helminths) are a common parasite. There are several types of worms or parasitic infection that…

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (hee-mah-lit-ick yer-ee-mik sin-drohm) is a medical condition that blocks the small blood vessels in our kidneys. The…

Kidney failure may occur from an acute situation that injures the kidneys or from chronic diseases that gradually cause the…

Bubonic plague is an infection spread mostly to humans by infected fleas that travel on rodents. Called the Black Death,…

Everyone has an occasional case of bad body odor or foul-smelling breath. It’s embarrassing, but easily cured by a quick…

Coccidioidomycosis – its two species of fungi, Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, cause coccidioidomycosis also called Valley Fever. Both are dimorphic (having…

Pelvic Inflammation or PID is the infection and swelling of the female reproductive organs; in other words, Pelvic inflammatory disease…

Delirium is defined as a transient, usually reversible, cause of mental dysfunction and manifests clinically with a wide range of…

What should a doctor know about medical abbreviations? What do they mean? Doctors and other health care professionals commonly use…