ArticleField.comInternet's Fastest Growing Free Content Article DirectoryWhat is arthritis? Arthritis is a joint disorder featuring inflammation. A joint is an area of the body where two different bones meet. A joint functions to move the body parts connected by its bones. Arthritis literally means inflammation of one or more joints. Arthritis is frequently accompanied by joint pain. Joint pain is referred […]
About asthma (a lung disease) Asthma is a lung disease that causes obstruction of the airways. This results in difficulty in breathing. It is an overreaction of the body’s own immune system usually caused by exposure to an allergen, a substance that the body perceives as foreign and dangerous. During an asthma attack, spasms in […]
AIDS is an immune system disorder in which the body’s ability to defend itself is greatly diminished. When human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV, the virus that causes AIDS) invades key white blood(immune) cells called T lymphocytes and multiplies, it causes a breakdown in the body’s immune system, eventually leading to overwhelming infection and/ or cancer—and […]
Sexual transmitted disease (Gonorrhea) Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The bacteria can be passed from one person to another through vaginal, oral, or anal sex, even when the person who is infected has no symptoms. Gonorrhea can happen in both men and women. Pregnant woman with gonorrhea may […]
Fibrocystic breast is a non cancerous condition characterized by the presence of cysts, or lumps, in the breasts. This condition is also known as fibrocystic changes, chronic cystic mastitis, mammary dysphasia, and –although it is not actually a disease-fibrocystic disease. CAUSES It is caused by monthly changes in the levels of estrogen and progesterone. It […]
