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Scabies Signs and Symptoms

The most common symptom of scabies is severe itching, which may be worse at night or after a hot bath. A scabies infection begins as small, itchy bumps, blisters, or pus-filled bumps that break when you scratch them. Itchy skin may become thick, scaly, scabbed, and crisscrossed with scratch marks. The areas of the body most commonly affected by scabies are the hands and feet (especially the webs of skin between the fingers and toes), the inner part of the wrists, and the folds under the arms. It may also affect other areas of the body, particularly the elbows and the areas around the breasts, genitals, navel, and buttocks. If a child with scabies scratches the itchy areas of skin, it increases the chance that the injured skin will also be infected by bacteria. Impetigo, a bacterial skin infection, may occur in skin that is already infected with scabies.

Hematemesis Melena Symptoms

Haematemesis is vomiting blood and melena is black faeces, like tar caused by the presence of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Haematemesis color depending on the length of contact between the blood with gastric acid and the size of the bleeding, which can be colored like coffee or reddish and lumpy. Haematemesis usually occurs when there is bleeding in the area proximal jejunun and melena may occur alone or together with haematemesis. At least 50-100 ml of bleeding, melena circumstances are found. The amount of blood that came out during haematemesis or melena difficult to use as a benchmark to estimate the size of the upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. Haematemesis and melena is a state of emergency and need immediate treatment in hospital. http://ncp-blog.blogspot.com Hematemesis Melena Symptoms Signs and symptoms that can be found in patients with hematemesis melena is a shock (heart rate, body temperature), chronic liver disease (cirrhosis hepatis)...

Anemia

Anemia Symptoms Clinical symptoms that appear to reflect dysfunction of various systems in the body such as decrease in physical performance, impaired neurologic (nerve), which is manifested in changes in behavior, anorexia (emaciated body), and abnormal cognitive development in children. Often, too, growth abnormality, epithelial dysfunction, and reduced gastric acidity. An easy way to know anemic with 5 signs : weak, tired, lethargic, tired, negligent. If it appears five of these symptoms , we can be sure a person has anemia. Another symptom is the appearance of sclera (white color on the lower eyelid). Read More Pathophysiology of Anemia Anemic may be defined as any condition resulting from a significant decrease in the total body erythrocyte mass. Measurement of total body rbc mass requires special radiolabeling techniques that are not amenable to general medical diagnostic work. Measurements typically substituted for rbc mass determination take advantage o...

Anemia Symptoms

Anemia is a symptom of underlying conditions, such as loss of blood components, elements do not adequately or lack of nutrients needed for the formation of red blood cells, resulting in decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of blood. Anemia is a term that indicates a low red blood cell count and hemoglobin and hematocrit levels below normal. Anemia is reduced to below the normal value of red blood cells, hemoglobin quality and volume of packed red bloods cells (hematocrit) per 100 ml of blood (Price, 2006: 256). Thus, anemia is not a diagnosis or disease, but is a reflection of state of a disease or disorder of the body functions and changes the fundamental patotisiologis anemnesis described through a thorough, physical examination and laboratory information. Anemia Symptoms Clinical symptoms that appear to reflect dysfunction of various systems in the body such as decrease in physical performance, impaired neurologic (nerve), which is manifested in changes in behavior, a...

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Symptoms

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Congestive heart failure, or heart failure, is a condition in which the heart is unable to adequately pump blood throughout the body and/or unable to prevent blood from "backing up" into the lungs. In most cases, heart failure is a process that occurs over time, when an underlying condition damages the heart or makes it work too hard, weakening the organ. Heart failure is characterized by shortness of breath (dyspnea) and abnormal fluid retention, which usually results in swelling (edema) in the feet and legs. Symptoms of heart failure vary and include the following: Fatigue Increased heart rate, palpitations Loss of appetite Memory loss, confusion Nausea Persistent coughing or wheezing Shortness of breath (dyspnea) Swelling (edema) of the feet, legs, or abdomen

Diabetes Symptoms

Diabetes Symptoms The two types of diabetes have very similar symptoms. The first symptoms are related to the direct effects of high blood sugar levels. When the blood sugar level rises above 160 to 180 mg/dL, sugar spills into the urine. When the level of sugar in the urine rises even higher, the kidneys excrete additional water to dilute the large amount of sugar. Because the kidneys produce excessive urine, people with diabetes urinate large volumes frequently (polyuria). The excessive urination creates abnormal thirst (polydipsia). Because excessive calories are lost in the urine, people lose weight. To compensate, people often feel excessively hungry. Other symptoms include blurred vision, drowsiness, nausea, and decreased endurance during exercise. Type 1 : In people with type 1 diabetes, the symptoms often begin abruptly and dramatically. A condition called diabetic ketoacidosis may quickly develop. Without insulin, most cells cannot use the sugar tha...

UTI Symptoms

A urinary tract infection , or UTI , is an infection that can happen anywhere along the urinary tract. Urinary tract infections have different names, depending on what part of the urinary tract is infected. Bladder -- an infection in the bladder is also called cystitis or a bladder infection Kidneys -- an infection of one or both kidneys is called pyelonephritis or a kidney infection Ureters -- the tubes that take urine from each kidney to the bladder are only rarely the site of infection Urethra -- an infection of the tube that empties urine from the bladder to the outside is called urethritis UTI Symptoms The symptoms of a bladder infection include: Cloudy or bloody urine, which may have a foul or strong odor Low fever (not everyone will have a fever) Pain or burning with urination Pressure or cramping in the lower abdomen (usually middle) or back Strong need to urinate often, even right after the bladder has been emptied If the infection spreads to your kidneys, sym...

Appendicitis Symptoms

Appendicitis is a disease that attacks the appendix. Appendicitis occurs when the appendix, another name for the appendix was inflamed and make it vulnerable to rupture, this includes a serious medical emergency. Surgery performed for treatment of intestinal inflammation that swells, this operation requires first treatment about 3 months which would be very costly. In case of appendicitis symptoms within three days in a row, people please immediately contact a doctor or come to the hospital to get medical treatment that can be directly operated, but if symptoms of appendicitis more than a week left, then the serious medical treatment is needed to relieve the intestinal inflammation that occurs prior to surgery patients heal. Appendicitis Symptoms For the most part, symptoms are related to disturbed bowel functions. First pain, vomiting and fever last next has been described as classic presentation of acute appendicitis. Pain starts mid abdomen, and except in children below 3 ye...

Gallstones Symptoms

Gallstones Gallstones are deposits crust or crystals in the gallbladder or in the bile ducts. This embankment was formed because the composition of bile is not balanced so that the form is not liquid anymore, but there is a buildup. Gallbladder itself serves to digest fat. Gallstones Symptoms Most gallstones do not cause symptoms in the long term, especially if located in the gallbladder. However, common symptoms occur, namely: Pain in right upper abdomen such as pressing and is usually intermittent, could spread to the back right side and shoulder to the right. Nausea Fever Vomiting Yellow, if the stones block the bile content close to the heart.

Gastritis Symptoms

Gastritis Gastritis means inflamation of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis does not mean that there is an ulcer or cancer. It is simply inflammation–either acute or chronic. Gastritis Symptoms The symptoms of gastritis depend on how acute it is and how long it has been present. In the acute phase, there may be pain or gnawing in the upper abdomen, nausea and vomiting. In the chronic phase, the pain may be dull and there may be loss of appetite with a feeling of fullness after several bites of food. Very often, there are no symptoms at all. If the pain is severe, there may be an ulcer as well as gastritis. Source : gicare.com

Low Blood Pressure Symptoms

Low Blood Pressure Symptoms When blood pressure is not sufficient to deliver enough blood to organs, the organs do not work properly and may be permanently damaged. For example, if insufficient blood flow to the brain, brain cells do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients, and one can feel a light head, dizziness, or even fainting. Going from a sitting or lying to standing position often causes the symptoms of low blood pressure . This occurs because standing causes blood to "put" in the veins of the lower body, and this can lower blood pressure. If blood pressure is already low, standing can make blood pressure worse, to the point of causing symptoms. Development of a light head, dizziness, or fainting upon standing caused by low blood pressure is called orthostatic hypotension. Individuals are normally able to quickly compensate for the low pressure created by standing with the responses discussed previously and do not develop orthostatic hypotension. When there is...

Meningitis Symptoms

Meningitis often begins acutely, more rarely - gradually (tuberculous, fungal); meningitis is usually preceded by fever, weakness, pain in muscles and the characteristics of a specific pathogen: when meningococcus - rashes, when pnevmococcus - runny nose, pneumonia, otitis, when parotitis - lesion of salivary lands, when enterovirus - bowel disorder. The most visible sign of meningitis is headache pain spilled nature, which is growing rapidly, and reaches such intensity that adult patients whimper and children screaming and crying. Soon begins nausea and vomiting, lasting many times. Headache pain increases with the changing body pose, from the audio and visual stimuli. There is increased sensitivity of the skin. The state of the adult can dramatically deteriorate within 24 hours, and in a child - even faster. Adolescents and adults appear irritability, confusion, and then increasing sleepiness, which can go into sopor and coma. The disease leads to brain edema and prevents th...

Breast Cancer Symptoms

Breast Cancer Symptoms The first symptom, or subjective sign, of breast cancer is typically a lump that feels different from the rest of the breast tissue. According to the ''The Merck Manual'', more than 80% of breast cancer cases are discovered when the woman feels a lump. According to the American Cancer Society, the first medical sign, or objective indication of breast cancer as detected by a physician, is discovered by mammogram. When breast cancer cells invade the dermal lymphatics—small lymph vessels in the skin of the breast—its presentation can resemble skin inflammation and thus is known as inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). Symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer include pain, swelling, warmth and redness throughout the breast, as well as an orange-peel texture to the skin referred to as ''peau d'orange''. Occasionally, breast cancer presents as metastatic disease, that is, cancer that has spread beyond the original organ. Metastatic ...

Malaria Symptoms

Symptoms of malaria include fever, chills, arthralgia (joint pain), vomiting, anemia (caused by hemolysis), hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and seizures. Classic symptoms of malaria is a cycle of occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigor and then fever and sweating lasts four to six hours, occur every two days in P.''vivax''dan''P. ''ovale infections, while every three untuk''P. malariae.''''''P. falciparum can have recurrent fever every 36-48 hours or less prominent fever and almost continuously. For reasons that are poorly understood, but which may be related to high intracranial pressure, children with malaria often show abnormal behavior, which showed signs of severe brain damage. Malaria has been found to cause cognitive impairment, especially in children. This causes widespread anemia during the period of rapid brain development and also direct brain damage. This is the result of neurological damage from cer...

Symptoms of Vertigo

Vertigo Vertigo is the feeling that you or your environment is moving or spinning. It differs from dizziness in that vertigo describes an illusion of movement. When you feel as if you yourself are moving, it's called subjective vertigo, and the perception that your surroundings are moving is called objective vertigo. Unlike nonspecific lightheadedness or dizziness, vertigo has relatively few causes. Symptoms of Vertigo The medical symptoms of vertigo is a headache in which patients feel spinning. Symptoms of vertigo is different from the usual symptoms of headache and migraine. Vertigo is a feeling of moving or spinning while the person is actually being silent. Feeling of spin that happens there are 2 kinds of person who felt himself spinning or the environment surrounding the spin surrounding it. Sometimes, a complaint was also accompanied by nausea to want to vomit.

Symptoms of TBC

img=batamtoday.com TBC (Tuberculosis) Tuberculosis , MTB or TBC (short for tubercles bacillus) is a common and in some cases deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans.[1] Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. Symptoms of TBC patients in an objective are: Posture of patients who seem lifted his shoulders. Patient's weight is usually decreased; rather thin. Fever, body temperature can reach 40-41 ° C. Coughing a long time, more than 1 month or the presence of chronic cough. Cough is sometimes accompanied by coughing up blood. Shortness of breath. Chest pain. Malaise (anorexia, decreased appetite, headache, muscle pain, sweating at night).