Bedsores, Pressure Sores
Bed sores can occur when a person is bedridden, unconscious, unable to sense pain, or immobile. Bed sores are ulcers that occur on areas of the skin that are under pressure ...
Common Diseases
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Diabetes mellitus (DM)
Diabetes is a lifelong condition where your body does not produce enough insulin, or your body cannot use the insulin it produces. Your body needs insulin to change the ...
Heart attack
A heart attack is the death of heart muscle due to the complete blockage of a diseased coronary artery due to a blood clot. What causes it? Coronary artery disease (CAD) is ...
Parkinson’s disease
What is Parkinson´s disease? Parkinson´s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system which includes the brain and spinal cord. Parkinson´s disease is a movement disorder ...
Chronic renal failure (Chronic kidney failure)
Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They´re located at the back of your upper abdomen, on either side of your spine. Your kidneys are part ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease in which the lungs are damaged, making it hard to breathe. In COPD, the airways—the tubes that carry air in and ...
Hip fractures
Hip fractures (broken hips) are most often caused by a fall in elderly people. It does not have to be a major fall for an elderly person to break a hip. Other ways for a hip to break ...
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common articular disease worldwide. Prevalence increases with age. Symptoms: Pain is the main reason for patients to seek medical attention. ...
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease in which bones become thinner and more porous, and more prone to fracture. Osteoporotic fractures most commonly occur in the hip, spine, ...
Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer´s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Dementia is a brain disorder that interferes with a person´s ability to carry out everyday activities. This usually affects ...
Stroke
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot (ischemic strokes) or bursts (hemorrhagic strokes). When that ...
Hypertension
Hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke, congestive heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and peripheral vascular disease. ...