Kenneth Kee: 522 books

Palpitations are medical symptoms of feelings that the heart is beating irregularly or pounding too hard or too fast.These sensations can also be felt in the chest, throat, or neck.Palpitations can happen during physical activity or when the patient is lying down or sitting still.Palpitations...

Intercostal Neuralgia is a medical symptom which is caused by the compression of nerve in thoracic or the abdominal area (i.e., the ribcage).This neuralgia is not a common disease where there is pain along the intercostal nerves.These nerves run between the ribs and any form of injury to one of the...

What is Malabsorption syndrome? Malabsorption syndrome is a disease resulting from impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients. What are the causes of Malabsorption syndrome? Malabsorption syndrome is usually caused by the following: A. Intraluminal defects Pancreatic...

This book describes Cardiac Syndrome X, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases Cardiac syndrome X (also called Coronary micro-vascular disease or Small vessel disease) is angina (chest pain) with signs linked with reduced blood flow to heart tissue but with normal coronary arteries. It is a...

This book describes Mad Cow Disease in humans, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesEver since the first TV and newspaper pictures of Mad Cow Disease with cows falling on their legs and foaming at the mouth appear in 1990s, many people in Singapore and worldwide have been fearful of taking...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is one of the most frequent inherited neurological disorders, involving about 1 in 2,500 people in the USA.CMT, also termed hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) or peroneal muscular atrophy, consists of a group of disorders that affect peripheral nerves.Disorders...

Mercury poisoning is a medical disorder induced by exposure to mercury or its compounds.The consumption of fish is by far the most important source of ingestion-linked mercury exposure in humans and animals.Plants and livestock also have mercury due to bio-concentration of mercury from seawater, freshwater,...

Pneumonitis is a normal term for inflammation of lung tissue.Chronic inflammation of lung tissue can result in irreversible scarring (pulmonary fibrosis).Pneumonitis is not a definite disease but a sign of an underlying disorder.While pneumonia is technically a form of pneumonitis, most doctors are...

Pemphigus is a medical autoimmune disorder that produces blistering and sores (erosions) of the skin and mucous membranes.Pemphigus is derived from the Greek 'pemphix' (bubble).Pemphigus includes most bullous eruptions but improved diagnostic tests have permitted a re-categorization of bullous...

Atrial flutter (AFL) is an abnormality of the heart rhythm, resulting in a rapid and sometimes irregular heartbeat.It happens when the upper chambers of the heart beat too fast.When the chambers in the top of the heart (atria) beat faster than the bottom ones (ventricles), it causes the heart rhythm...

Heart Attack (Ischemic Heart Disease) is a medical disorder that happens when the coronary arteries become blocked reducing blood flow to the heart muscles.The blood supply to the part of the heart can not give sufficient oxygen and nutrients to the muscles of the heart.The cells in that affected...

Ventricular septal defect is the presence of one or more holes in the wall that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart.Ventricular septal defect is one of the most common congenital heart defects.The defect may occur by itself or with other congenital diseases.Ventricular septal defect...

A female from birth is different from a male because of the different sex hormones. A girl usually matures physically and mentally faster than a boy At the age of puberty (11years for girls) the girl is usually taller than her male counterpart. She will have her menarche (the...

Skin fungal infections are caused by a plant form type of micro-organism which invades the dead layers of the skin such as the dead scaly cells of the skin, finger nails, toe nails, webs of feet and fingers and the follicles of hair in the head or armpit. Some fungi can invade the inside of...