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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a common chronic autoimmune skin disease that speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells, leading to a buildup of dead cells on the surface of the epidermis. The disease most commonly manifests on the skin of the elbows, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal clefts, and glans penis. In up to 30% of patients, the joints are also affected. Psoriasis can be confused with other skin diseases (like eczema).

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, also known as piles, are veins in the lower rectum that become swollen. Hemorrhoids are lumps that can be internal or external. Sometimes, the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated, especially when you pass stool.

Shingles

Shingles, also known as zoster or herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide stripe either on the left or right side of the body or face.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which cells similar to the endometrium, grow outside of the uterus like in the ovaries or fallopian tubes, or the tissue lining the pelvis. Endometriosis can affect women of any age. It's a long-term condition that can have a significant impact on your life, but there are treatments that can help.

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can infect both men and women. It can cause serious, permanent damage to a woman’s reproductive system. This can make it difficult or impossible for her to get pregnant later on. Chlamydia can also cause a potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that occurs outside the womb). It can spread by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue (plantar fascia) along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Omicron Variant

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case was identified in December 2019 and the disease has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic. The Omicron variant likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and how easily Omicron spreads compared to Delta remains unknown.

Scabies

Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. Untreated, these microscopic mites can live on your skin for months. They reproduce on the surface of your skin and then burrow into it and lay eggs. This causes an itchy, red rash to form on the skin.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain all over the body - also referred to as widespread pain-, sleep problems, fatigue, and often emotional and mental distress. People with fibromyalgia may be more sensitive to pain than people without fibromyalgia. This is called abnormal pain perception processing.

Tonsillopharyngitis

Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils one tonsil on each side. Tonsillitis can be caused by a virus, such as the common cold, or by a bacterial infection, such as strep throat.

Meningitis

Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges. Meningitis is typically caused by infection with microorganisms.

Anemia

Anemia is a condition in which there is a decrease in the number of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.

Impetigo

Impetigo is a common and highly contagious a bacterial skin infection that mainly affects infants and children. Impetigo usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child's nose and mouth, and on hands and feet. The sores burst and develop honey-colored crusts.

Sepsis

Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggered a chain reaction throughout your body.

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), better known as a heart attack, is a serious condition where a decrease or absence of blood supply to part of the heart causes damage to the heart muscle. The causes of myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, all involve some kind of blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries provide the heart with oxygenated blood, and if they become blocked, the heart will become oxygen-starved, killing heart tissue and causing a heart attack.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a common chronic autoimmune skin disease that speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells, leading to a buildup of dead cells on the surface of the epidermis. The disease most commonly manifests on the skin of the elbows, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal clefts, and glans penis. In up to 30% of patients, the joints are also affected. Psoriasis can be confused with other skin diseases (like eczema).

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, also known as piles, are veins in the lower rectum that become swollen. Hemorrhoids are lumps that can be internal or external. Sometimes, the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated, especially when you pass stool.

Shingles

Shingles, also known as zoster or herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide stripe either on the left or right side of the body or face.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which cells similar to the endometrium, grow outside of the uterus like in the ovaries or fallopian tubes, or the tissue lining the pelvis. Endometriosis can affect women of any age. It's a long-term condition that can have a significant impact on your life, but there are treatments that can help.

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can infect both men and women. It can cause serious, permanent damage to a woman’s reproductive system. This can make it difficult or impossible for her to get pregnant later on. Chlamydia can also cause a potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that occurs outside the womb). It can spread by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue (plantar fascia) along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Omicron Variant

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case was identified in December 2019 and the disease has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic. The Omicron variant likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and how easily Omicron spreads compared to Delta remains unknown.

Scabies

Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. Untreated, these microscopic mites can live on your skin for months. They reproduce on the surface of your skin and then burrow into it and lay eggs. This causes an itchy, red rash to form on the skin.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain all over the body - also referred to as widespread pain-, sleep problems, fatigue, and often emotional and mental distress. People with fibromyalgia may be more sensitive to pain than people without fibromyalgia. This is called abnormal pain perception processing.

Tonsillopharyngitis

Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils one tonsil on each side. Tonsillitis can be caused by a virus, such as the common cold, or by a bacterial infection, such as strep throat.

Meningitis

Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges. Meningitis is typically caused by infection with microorganisms.

Anemia

Anemia is a condition in which there is a decrease in the number of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.

Impetigo

Impetigo is a common and highly contagious a bacterial skin infection that mainly affects infants and children. Impetigo usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child's nose and mouth, and on hands and feet. The sores burst and develop honey-colored crusts.

Sepsis

Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggered a chain reaction throughout your body.

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), better known as a heart attack, is a serious condition where a decrease or absence of blood supply to part of the heart causes damage to the heart muscle. The causes of myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, all involve some kind of blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries provide the heart with oxygenated blood, and if they become blocked, the heart will become oxygen-starved, killing heart tissue and causing a heart attack.

Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a common chronic autoimmune skin disease that speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells, leading to a buildup of dead cells on the surface of the epidermis. The disease most commonly manifests on the skin of the elbows, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal clefts, and glans penis. In up to 30% of patients, the joints are also affected. Psoriasis can be confused with other skin diseases (like eczema).

Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, also known as piles, are veins in the lower rectum that become swollen. Hemorrhoids are lumps that can be internal or external. Sometimes, the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated, especially when you pass stool.

Shingles

Shingles, also known as zoster or herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide stripe either on the left or right side of the body or face.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which cells similar to the endometrium, grow outside of the uterus like in the ovaries or fallopian tubes, or the tissue lining the pelvis. Endometriosis can affect women of any age. It's a long-term condition that can have a significant impact on your life, but there are treatments that can help.

Chlamydia

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can infect both men and women. It can cause serious, permanent damage to a woman’s reproductive system. This can make it difficult or impossible for her to get pregnant later on. Chlamydia can also cause a potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that occurs outside the womb). It can spread by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has chlamydia.

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of the fibrous tissue (plantar fascia) along the bottom of your foot that connects your heel bone to your toes.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Omicron Variant

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case was identified in December 2019 and the disease has since spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic. The Omicron variant likely will spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and how easily Omicron spreads compared to Delta remains unknown.

Scabies

Scabies is a skin infestation caused by a mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. Untreated, these microscopic mites can live on your skin for months. They reproduce on the surface of your skin and then burrow into it and lay eggs. This causes an itchy, red rash to form on the skin.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain all over the body - also referred to as widespread pain-, sleep problems, fatigue, and often emotional and mental distress. People with fibromyalgia may be more sensitive to pain than people without fibromyalgia. This is called abnormal pain perception processing.

Tonsillopharyngitis

Tonsillitis

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils one tonsil on each side. Tonsillitis can be caused by a virus, such as the common cold, or by a bacterial infection, such as strep throat.

Meningitis

Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges. Meningitis is typically caused by infection with microorganisms.

Anemia

Anemia is a condition in which there is a decrease in the number of healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood.

Impetigo

Impetigo is a common and highly contagious a bacterial skin infection that mainly affects infants and children. Impetigo usually appears as red sores on the face, especially around a child's nose and mouth, and on hands and feet. The sores burst and develop honey-colored crusts.

Sepsis

Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. Infections that lead to sepsis most often start in the lung, urinary tract, skin, or gastrointestinal tract. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggered a chain reaction throughout your body.

Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), better known as a heart attack, is a serious condition where a decrease or absence of blood supply to part of the heart causes damage to the heart muscle. The causes of myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, all involve some kind of blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries provide the heart with oxygenated blood, and if they become blocked, the heart will become oxygen-starved, killing heart tissue and causing a heart attack.