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ASTHMA Asthma is a disorder of respiratory systems characterized by narrowing of the airway which produce extra mucus. This lead...

PEDOPHILIA Pedophilia is a mental disorder characterized by sexual attraction to prepubescent children by adult or older adolescence.  It is...

DIARRHEA Diarrhea is loose, watery and more-frequent bowel movements which is a common problem. It may be present alone or...

What is testicular cancer? It is a disorder of the testicles, which is the second most common cancer among men,...

SEXUAL MASOCHISM DISORDER Sexual masochism is a paraphilic disorder involving the acts in which a person experiences sexual excitement from...

What is pregnancy? Pregnancy can be defined as a process by which sperm from a man fertilizes an egg after...

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Erection is the physiological process by which a penis becomes erect by being engorged with blood. Blood flow...

SNORING Snoring is a hoarse or harsh sound from nose or mouth that occurs when breathing is partially obstructed while...

What is angular stomatitis? Angular Stomatitis, also known as angular cheilitis can be defined as the inflammation, fissuring, and maceration...

CEREBRAL PALSY Cerebral palsy is a congenital disorder of movement, muscle tone or posture, due to abnormal brain development often...

What is halitosis?  Halitosis is an oral health condition in which the main symptom is bad breath, and it affects...

LOW BACK PAIN Low back pain is neurological disorders occur mostly as a result of injury to muscle or tendons...

What is a headache? Headache is a pain in any region of the head or face that is characterized by...

What is whitlow? Whitlow also known as herpetic whitlow can be defined as a painful and highly contagious infection of...

EPILEPSY Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system whereby the activity of the brain becomes abnormal, causing seizures,...

What is cervical cancer ? Cervical cancer often occurs mostly in women. Cervical cancer developed in a women cervix (the...

Ear infection, medically known as Acute Otitis media (AOM) is an infection of the middle ear (the space behind the ear...

Poliomyelitis (Polio) is a highly infectious viral disease of the Central Nervous System that destroys the anterior horn cells of...

What is Monkey pox? It is a rare zoonosis disease that is transmitted from animals to humans coming from the...

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that develops when an existing infection triggers an extreme immune system response in the...

What is Pulmonary Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis is a disorder of the lower respiratory system, which is a highly infectious disease that...

“Agbo” is a Yoruba name for local herbs for medication. Agbo is a concoction made from variety of herbs (plants...

Hepatitis is a viral infection of the liver marked by liver cell destruction, and necrosis (death of living cells). The...

This is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans. It is mostly referred to as “catarrh”. It is...

Peptic ulcers are open sores that develop on the inside lining (mucosal wall) of the esophagus, stomach and the upper...

HAEMORRHOIDS Hemorrhoids or piles are vascular masses or swollen veins in the anus or lower rectum that has become loosened...

DEHYDRATION Dehydration is the loss of fluid from the body resulting in increased serum sodium levels. Dehydration occurs when an...

WHAT IS UTERINE FIBROID? Uterine fibroid is an abnormal benign tumor growth on the muscular wall of the uterus, which...

WHAT IS COVID-19? Covid-19 is a disorder of the respiratory system caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection that affects the female reproductive organs. The Female reproductive organs include the Vagina,...

Floods are common type of natural disaster and it occurs when an overflow of water covers land that is usually...

OVERVIEW OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that occurs suddenly in which the immune system...

This is an acute disease induced by an exotoxin of the tetanus bacillus characterized by generalized spasm. Tetanus is a...

WHAT IS SLEEP PARALYSIS? Sleep paralysis, a disorder of the nervous system that affects individuals both young and old, which...

A vaginal yeast infection is a fungal infection. It is a self-diagnosable and common condition in women. It is also...

WHAT IS URETHRA? Urethra is a tube that carries out urine from the body of both male and female found...

OSTEOARTHRITIS OVERVIEW OF OSTEOARTHRITIS Osteoarthritis is an inflammatory degenerative joint disease that causes degeneration in the joints of the bone,...

Food hygiene involves all the safe and clean practices, operations or processes in making food suitable and fit for consumption...

OVERVIEW OF PREGNANCY What is pregnancy? Pregnancy also known as gestation is the normal physiologic process of the female body...

Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of the endocrine gland and it is a major or common condition that is characterized...

Hypertension, also known as High Blood Pressure is a serious medical and cardiovascular condition. Blood pressure is the force exerted...

ENURESIS OVERVIEW Enuresis also known as bedwetting as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) is...