Kenneth Kee: 523 books

Deep Vein ThrombosisI had a patient who arrived from England 5 years ago to visit her relatives.She had breathing difficulty and chest tightness when the plane reached the Singapore airport and was rushed to see the airport’s private clinic doctor.However she had an ECG done...

Flat Foot (pes planus) is a common disorder of the foot characterized by the depression or loss of the medial longitudinal arch of the foot.It is usually associated with valgus of the foot or eversion of the heel and abduction of the forefoot.It is also associated with a tight Achilles tendon.Flat...

A deviated nose septum is a disorder in which the nasal septum (the bone and cartilage that divide the nasal cavity of the nose) is substantially off center, or crooked, making breathing difficult.Most people have some form of difference in the size of their right and left nasal passages.Only the...

Eosinophilia is a condition where there is an abnormally large amount of eosinophils in the blood or body tissues.Eosinophilia is a peripheral eosinophil count higher than the upper limit of normal range, usually around 0.45 x 109/L.In many cases the reason of the cause is obvious - e.g., atopic disease.1....

Urinary incontinence is a symptom and indicates the uncontrollable leakage of urine.This can produce a lot of discomfort to patients having this disorder or symptom.Elderly women are more susceptible to it than men.With a longer life span many elderly patients can be observed being brought to the...

Mouth breathing (also known as open-mouth breathing) is breathing through the mouth rather than the nose.Infants are basically nasal breathers from birth, but generally speaking all healthy humans may breathe through their nose, their mouth, or both.During rest, breathing through the nose is frequent...

Conn Syndrome is a medical disorder in which the adrenal gland secretes too much of the hormone aldosterone into the blood.Aldosterone is the hormone produced by the adrenal gland that helps regulate the blood pressure by changing the electrolytes levels such as potassium and sodium in the blood.Excess...

Clumsiness, a Developmental coordination disorder is a medical childhood disorder that produces poor coordination and clumsiness.About 6-8 % of children seem to be developing in the normal way but have difficulties with coordination and with learning new skills which involves their function and involvement...

Mycoplasma infection is the medical respiratory illness caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma Pneumoniae.This type of pneumonia is also called atypical pneumonia because the symptoms are different from those of pneumonia due to other common bacteria.Mycoplasmal organisms normally grows on mucosal surfaces...

What is Sex? Sex is defined as separate male masculinity and female feminity in a human being. What is Sexual Intercourse? Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, is commonly defined as the insertion of a male's penis into a female's vagina for the purposes of...

Clinical Depression is a medical mood disorder that produces persistent feelings of sadness, persistent loss, emptiness, sadness and loss of interest or frustration that may interfere with everyday life for at least 2 weeks or longer.Also called major depressive disorder or unipolar depression, it...

This book describes Amyloid Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases Amyloid Disease is a progressive disease affecting the tissue infiltrates of insoluble proteins or amyloid proteins leading to poor function of the organs involved. Amyloid Disease is a medical disorder produced by extra-cellular...

Sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD).SCD is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells.Sickle-shaped means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent.Sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin called sickle hemoglobin or hemoglobin...

Phlebitis is swelling (inflammation) of a vein especially of the leg.It most often happens in superficial veins.Very frequently the inflammation occurs together with the formation of a clot (thrombus) which blocks the blood flow through the vein.This disorder is known as thrombophlebitis or venous...