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Symptoms of Morton's Neuroma Morton's neuroma
Morton's neuromaSymptoms Main symptoms of morton's neuroma: You may initially experience a tingling sensation in the space between your toes, which gets worse over time. This eventually develops into a sharp shooting or burning pain in the ball of your foot or at the base of your toes. There may also be some numbness in your toes. The pain is often worse when
Introduction Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty
Percutaneous balloon valvuloplastyThe mitral valve(also called the bicuspid valve) separates the upper left heart chamber from the lower left heart chamber, and helps control blood flow through the heart. During each heartbeat, the smaller upper chambers of the heart (atria) contract to push blood into the larger lower chambers (ventricles). The mitral valve opens to allow this
Causes of mumps Mumps
MumpsMumps is caused by the mumps virus, which belongs to a family of viruses known as paramyxoviruses. These viruses are a common source of infection, particularly in children.When you get mumps, the virus moves from your respiratory tract (your nose, mouth and throat) into your parotid glands (saliva-producing glands found either side of your face),
Types of muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophyThere are many different types of muscular dystrophy (MD). All types cause muscle weakness, but the areas affected and the severity of thesymptomsare different. Typical symptoms of some of the most common types of MD are explained below. Muscular Dystrophy UK also provides a dropdown list of specific muscle-weakening conditions . Duchenne
Treating muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophyThere's currently no cure for muscular dystrophy (MD), but a variety of treatments can help to manage the condition. As different types of MD can cause quite specific problems, the treatment you receive will be tailored to your needs. As your symptoms develop, the healthcare professionals treating you will advise on the options. New research
Treating nasal polyps Nasal polyps
Nasal polypsNasal polyps can be difficult to get rid of permanently, but steroid medication can often help shrink them, and surgery can be carried out to remove themif medication doesn't help. Steroid sprays and drops Your GP or specialist may initially prescribe nose drops or a nasal spray that contains steroid medicine (corticosteroids) . These can
What causes nasopharyngeal cancer? Nasopharyngeal cancer
Nasopharyngeal cancerThe exact cause of nasopharyngeal cancer is unknown, buta number of factors can increase your risk of developing the condition. These include: being of south Chinese or north African descent having a diet very high in salt-cured meats and fish being exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common virus that causes glandular fever having a job
Introduction Narcolepsy
NarcolepsyNarcolepsy is a rare long-term brain disorder that causesa person to suddenly fall asleep at inappropriate times. The brain is unable to regulate sleeping and waking patterns normally, which can result in: excessive daytime sleepiness feeling very drowsy throughout the day, and having difficulty concentratingandstaying awake sleep attacks
Symptoms of neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma
NeuroblastomaThe symptoms of neuroblastoma vary depending on where the cancer is and whether it has spread. The early symptoms can be vague and hard to spot, and can easily be mistaken for those of more common childhood conditions. Symptoms can include: a swollen painful tummy, sometimes in association with Constipation and difficulty passing urine
Treatment and outlook for neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma
NeuroblastomaThe main treatments for neuroblastoma are: surgery to remove the cancer sometimes this may be all that's needed chemotherapy (where medication is used to kill cancer cells) this may be the only treatment needed or it may be given to shrink the cancer before surgery radiotherapy (where radiation is used to kill cancer cells) this may