Degenerative Diseases

Degenerative Diseases

Degenerative Diseases Degenerative Diseases are caused by the malfunctioning of some organs of the human body, and these may be of various types: Heart Attack  Heart Attack is caused by a wide variety of coronary ailments from arterial blockages to uncontrolled heartbeats to congestive heart failure. This impedes the heart’s ability to deliver blood (oxygen and … Read more

Squint

Squint

Squint    Strabismus Squint is a physical defect in which both eyes are not aligned together and do not point in the same direction. It is also called Strabismus. For a person suffering from this defect, if the eyes are in an inward direction, it is called a convergent squint, or if the eyes are … Read more

Optic Glioma

Optic Glioma

Optic Glioma What is an optic glioma?  It is basically a slow brain tumor that arises from astrocytes ( star-shaped cells; it is a type of glial cells known as helping cells of the nerve), which affects the optic nerve. Optic Glioma is associated with a genetic disorder, Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).   Optic Glioma … Read more

Weirdest Phobias

Weirdest Phobias

Weirdest Phobias Almost everybody has some form of fear. Most of the fears are unreasonable; maximum people cope with those weirdest fears while others fail to come out from that delusion. Some people are afraid of certain situations. Some of them are afraid of crowded or closed places, heights or strangers, or even water or … Read more

Dysphemia

Dysphemia

Dysphemia Stuttering If we analyze the biological process of speech, we find that it requires the amazing coordination of the larynx, cheeks, tongue, and lips to produce sound. We usually are not quite aware of this complex coordination, but we can sense the lack of such coordination when a person stammers.  Stuttering or Stammering is … Read more