Myasthenia Gravis : It is chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease in which there is immense weakness in the muscles of arms, hands ,neck, legs & all other parts of the body. Myasthenia gravis is muscle weakness that increases during periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. Muscles that control eye and eyelid movements , facial expression , chewing , talking , breathing and swallowing are often affected but not always. This disease is caused by a defect in the transmission of nerve impulses to muscles. In myasthenia gravis the neuro-muscular junction of human body get blocked & the communication between the muscles & nerves are disturbed results in weakening of muscles. The first noticeable symptoms of myasthenia gravis may be weakness of the eye muscles and the eyelids tend to droop. Medical management : Myasthenia gravis can be controlled. Some medications improve neuromuscular transmission and increase muscle strength, and some suppress the produc...
In our day to day life we all have some small health problems. Some times there are symptoms we usually ignored regarding our health. But there are few or many unlikely symptoms which can pinpoint hidden health problems. If you have any health problem then your body began to tell you what food it needed because every outcome is caused by a specific set of circumstances. There is a reason for everything that happens, even if the reason is sometimes obscure. Jim a top forensic scientists analyzes other unusual signs of underlying health problems, using scientific research to try to work out why they were occurring. Jim has collected more than hundred of these in his new book , The Body Language Of Health. Here is extract of some of the baffling or seemingly innocuous body language signs and their possible meanings. 1. Nail Biting Possible Cause – lack of Calcium & other Minerals : Millions of people do it & unable to give up this habit. By biting nails it is considered that the...
A hermaphrodite is term uses for human being which is born with male & female organs simultaneously. They are born with ovary & testicular tissue & this could be taken as two gonads or it could be a combination of both the organ in one. Hermaphrodites have three labels which are True, Male Pseudo & Female Pseudo. [Photo Credit] The genitalia can differ from a male or female, either in combination or it couls also look ambiguous. The XX chromosome is referred as female, XY chromosome referred as male, XX/ XY as Mosaic or XO referred as extremely rare. The XX chromosomes which possess female genitalia are bought up as females & some have also given birth. Similarly, XY with male genitalia are bought up as males & few of them have children who have fathers. Infants who born with XX chromosomes have female genitalia & infants who are born with XY chromosomes have male genitalia. But the infants born with XO chromosomes have ambiguous genitalia have to undergo...
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