Involuntary loss of urine (urinary incontinence) in women
What is urinary incontinence? Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine. This guide talks about urinary incontinence in women. Urinary incontinence in women can be caused by: normal age-related…
Blood loss after childbirth (postpartum hemorrhage) and inflammation of the lining of the womb (endometritis)
What is it about ? After childbirth (postpartum), vaginal discharge lasts an average of 4 to 8 weeks. The discharge lasts for more than 6 weeks in about 1 in…
Unintended weight loss
What is it about ? Unintended (unintentional) weight loss is a reduction of at least 5-10% in body weight in less than 6 months. So if you weigh 80 kilos,…
Hair loss (alopecia)
What is it about ? The abnormal hair loss is called alopecia. Hair grows from hair follicles. The amount of hair follicles is hereditary, and so is your hair. With…
Sudden hearing loss (deafness)
What is it about ? Sudden hearing loss with no apparent cause (sudden idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss) is always a medical emergency. It is a sudden hearing loss of more…
Noise-induced hearing loss (acute acoustic trauma)
What is it about ? Acute acoustic trauma is an injury to the inner ear caused by exposure to loud noises near the ear (explosion, gunshot, fireworks or extremely loud…
Elderly people with dementia living at home and their informal caregivers
What is it about ? Most older people prefer to stay in their familiar surroundings for as long as possible. As long as they don’t have too big of a…
Person with intellectual disability in consultation
What is it about ? An intellectual disability or deficit is characterized by an interruption in development or by an incomplete development of intellectual capacities. This deficit is seen over…
Trembling eyelids (myokymia)
What is it about ? Myokymia is a condition where one or more muscles in the eyelid involuntarily contract (s). Often only one muscle in the lower eyelid is affected.…
Drooping eyelid (blepharoptosis)
What is it about ? When one or both upper eyelids fall (s) and hide (s) part of the white of the eye, it is called blepharoptosis. It indicates that…
Violent patient
What is it about ? A person who clearly needs medical assistance may at the same time exhibit violent behavior, either towards himself or towards those around him. In such…
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
What is it about ? These are a group of viruses that can infect the skin and walls around the anus and genitals of both men and women and cause…
Chronic pancreatitis
What is it about ? The pancreas is a digestive gland that is located in the upper abdomen, behind the stomach. It has two functions: Produce and secrete hormones in…
Acute pancreatitis
What is it about ? The pancreas is a digestive gland that is located in the upper abdomen, behind the stomach. It has two functions: Produce and secrete hormones in…
Pinworms and pinworms
What is it about ? Pinworm is a small, round, filamentous white worm up to 13 mm in length that lives in the human colon. Man is the only reservoir…
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
What is it about ? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used to treat decompression sickness and air embolism. Decompression sickness occurs when a person, after being in an environment where the…
Otosclerosis or otosclerosis
What is it about ? The human ear is made up of the external auditory canal, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The eardrum is located between the ear…
Serous otitis with fluid in the middle ear
What is it about ? Otitis media is inflammation of the part of the ear just behind the eardrum. The middle ear houses the ossicles (hammer, anvil and stirrup), which…
Chronic otitis media
What is it about ? Chronic otitis media is a persistent infection of the middle ear that lasts for more than two months. Sometimes the infection appears to be cured,…
Acute otitis media in children
What is it about ? Acute otitis media is an infection of the middle ear that occurs suddenly and is short-lived. The ear is made up of the outer ear…