A health condition that happens rarely and causes inflammation of the blood vessels throughout the body is called Behcet’s disease (also known as Behcet’s syndrome). It may cause multiple symptoms that can seem unrelated to this syndrome at first. The most common symptoms include eye inflammation, skin rashes and lesions, genital sores, and eye inflammation. […]
There are some tumors that develop on the peripheral nerves. These tumors are not cancerous (benign) and are called benign peripheral nerve tumors. The spinal cord and brain are connected to the other body parts through peripheral nerves. The muscles that allow you to blink, swallow, pick things up, walk, and do other activities are […]
When the acid produced in the liver goes back into the stomach and sometimes into the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach) is called bile reflux. In some cases, the gastric acid that is produced in the stomach may go backward into the esophagus along with bile. However, people […]
A rare type of blood and bone marrow cancer is called acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Bone marrow is a spongy tissue inside the bones that produces blood cells. This condition is called acute because it progresses quite fast and makes immature blood cells instead of mature ones. Moreover, the word lymphocytic in the name of […]
This is a cancer type that starts in the bladder cells, and it is called bladder cancer. A muscular organ that holds the urine and is located in the lower abdomen (belly) is called the bladder. In most cases, bladder cancer begins in the urothelial cells (specific cells inside of the bladder). However, these cells […]
This is a cancer type that begins in the bones and is called bone cancer. It may start in any bone, but in most cases, it negatively affects the thighbone. Furthermore, bone cancer does not include cancer that begins in other body parts and spreads to the bones. However, when the cancer spreads to the […]
This is a cancer type that occurs rarely, and it starts in the breast tissue of males. It is called breast male breast cancer, and it mostly occurs in women. However, both men and women are born with a certain breast tissue, which makes them susceptible to breast cancer. While male breast cancer happens mostly […]
A serious and even life-threatening condition that causes Calcium buildup in the small blood vessels of fat tissues and skin is called calciphylaxis. The most common symptoms include painful open sores (ulcers) on the skin, lumps under the skin, and blood clots. Nowadays, it is not possible to determine the exact cause of this condition. […]
Increased levels of carbon monoxide in the blood, also known as carbon monoxide poisoning, happen when in the air is too much of this gas. Lack of oxygen causes the body to replace it in the red blood cells with carbon monoxide, which may lead to damage to the tissues and even death. A gas […]
A type of slow-growing cancerous cell that may develop anywhere in the body is called a carcinoid tumor. Furthermore, carcinoid tumors are one subset of the neuroendocrine tumors that usually start to develop in the digestive tract (including the stomach, small bowel, colon, rectum, and appendix) or the lungs. In most cases, people with these […]
Dr. Paul K. Huddleston is an urologist in Newark, Delaware and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, Newark Health Methodist Hospital Alliance. He received his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Lubbock and has been in practice between 12-16 years.
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