When 84-year-old Mr A fell in the bathroom one fine day, his loving family brought him to the hospital for medical treatment. Every time his arm was touched, he would shriek in pain. An x-ray of his arm, however, showed no fracture or any other damage, so he was sent home with pain relief medications…
Pain in the head is one of the most common complaints among people especially in the developed world. While some people experience headaches, others encounter a more severe form of headache known as migraines. However, most people are not quite aware of the difference between them. The key to getting the right diagnosis, and hence…
When a baby is born, one of the first few things every parent does is to check on the gender, and count the baby’s fingers and toes. This universal action, considered an automatic reaction to determine whether the child is born ‘complete’ and flawless, is almost always met with deep sighs of relief as the…
Nosebleeds, medically known as ‘epistaxis’ that means ‘to drip upon’ in Greek, are so common that almost everyone would have experienced it at least once in their lifetime, usually as a child. The most common cause of nosebleeds is trauma or injury. They can also be caused by: Abnormal nose structure such as a deviated…
Glaucoma is called the silent thief of sight. Did you know that it causes irreversible blindness? Why is it called ‘silent thief’? With open angle glaucoma, the most common form, there are virtually no symptoms until the late stage, or end stage of the disease, when often it is too late to preserve vision. Vision…
Clear vision is a gift, one of our valuable senses that we so often take for granted until the eyes begin to wear out. The truth is our sight will gradually be not as good as they were before. The number one reason for this is chronological ageing, something which no one can avoid. Cataracts…
