A keloid is a scar growing beyond what is needed in healing a broken skin. Generally, it is characterized by a large, shiny and raised bump that develops or lines the skin. It forms as injuries in the skin starts to heal but they can become large than the original wound or cut. It is […]
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Bruised buttock causes bleeding in the muscles due to direct impact on the area by a blunt object such as a hard ball and from a fall. It will cause breaking of tiny vessels of blood found in the substance of the buttock and result to bleeding under the skin of the buttock area. People
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Retrocalcaneal bursitis in a condition that causes swelling of the retrocalcaneal bursa found at the back of the heel bone or the calcaneal bone. The retrocalcaneal bursa is a slippery sac that is filled with fluid that cushions and lubricates the area amidst the heel bone and the Achilles tendon. Irritation of the bursa causes
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Fibrositis is an inflammation of the tough, muscular nodules found between the shoulder blades. When this area becomes tensed and stressed, tiny buds of tissue will protrude on weak areas in the muscles, membranous capsule becomes pinched and low supply of blood. The nodules cause pain and press on the nerves and cause severe pain
Student’s elbow is also known as the olecranon bursitis. This condition causes swelling and inflammation of the bursa which function in protecting the end of the ulna bone found at the back of the elbow. This can be caused by frequent leaning on the elbows while studying and common on students. In addition, traumatic injury
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Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of your stomach’s contents caused by something that irritated the stomach. It can be a one-time event caused by something bad in your stomach but if it regularly occurs then it is a sign of an underlying medical condition. In addition, it can be lethal if left untreated as it
A jellyfish sting is a common injury that people get while swimming or diving in seawater. Generally, the sting is due to the long tentacles that trail from the jellyfish’s body which contains venom from the thousands of microscopic stingers embedded on the tentacles. A jellyfish sting comes in various severity, mostly they result in
A stingray sting is one common beach injury caused by a stingray. Generally, these are aquatic animals that have a flat body with long, slender tails with serrated spines which contains the venom. In addition, the serrated spines of the stingray’s tail can cause lacerations and/or puncture wounds which may result in bleeding. The size
An incision is a type of skin injury due to scalpel during surgery. Surgical wounds come in various sizes and can occur in different parts of the body, specifically where the surgery was done to repair an injury or prevent an infection. With this type of skin injury, the doctor uses sutures but sometimes are
A middle ear infection is a type of infection that causes inflammation and a build-up of fluid in the area behind the eardrum. Generally, the infections are more common in infants between the age of six (6) to fifteen (15) months old. Signs and symptoms of a middle ear infection At first, ear pain occurs Hearing
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