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Legionnaires' disease can have symptoms like many other forms of pneumonia, so it can be hard to diagnose at first. Signs of the disease can include:...
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Mild infections are common with the West Nile virus. Symptoms of a mild infection include fever, headache, and body aches, which are often...
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In the early stages, prostate cancer often causes no symptoms for many years. As a matter of fact, these cancers frequently are first detected by an...
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Women having a heart attack often don't have chest pain as men do. "Although women can have chest tightness as a symptom of a heart attack, it's...
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... Salmonella (specifically salmonella enteritidis) is the most common form of bacterial food poisoning. Within 12 hours to three days after an...
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There are two forms of hepatitis C. The first form is called acutehepatitis C, which means that you recently became infected with the virus. The...
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No one factor causes acne. Acne happens when sebaceous (oil) glands attached to the hair follicles are stimulated at the time of puberty by elevated...
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Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. Those most at risk for developing serious infections include people with weakened immune systems, such as...
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Kawasaki (KAH‑wah‑SAH‑ke) disease is a rare childhood disease. It's a form of a condition called vasculitis (vas‑kyu‑LI‑tis). This condition involves...
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Tubal ligation is also known as "having one's tubes tied," or having a "tubal." Tubal ligation is for women, and like a vasectomy...
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Knowing which foods trigger food allergies and avoiding those foods is the best way to prevent allergic reactions. Unfortunately, food allergens are...
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Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences to the individual that...
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Excessive exposure to sunlight is the main cause of skin cancer. Sunlight contains ultraviolet (UV) rays that can alter the genetic material in skin...
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Agitation, paranoia, hallucinations, chest pain, suicidality. It’s a very scary stimulant that is out there. We get high blood...
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Chagas disease is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasites multiply within cells of the body. Infected cells burst...
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