What Is Pernicious Anemia?
Pernicious anemia is a condition in which the number of fibular red blood cells is low due to a vitamin B12 deficiency. Sometimes people use pernicious anemia more broadly to refer to anemia and other … Read more
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What Is Osteoporosis?
Key Facts Osteoporosis is a long-term (chronic) disease that makes bones more prone to breakage due to minor injuries or falls. Osteoporosis causes bones to become brittle and more prone to fracture even after a … Read more
What Is Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)?
Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) is a chronic infectious disease that mainly affects young children and young adults in the USA and Canada. The disease is caused by a bacillus, a rod-shaped bacterium known as Mycobacterium leprae. … Read more
What Is Eczema?
Many people use the word eczema when they speak of atopic dermatitis, the most common form of atopic dermatitis. It is a patch of skin that becomes inflamed, itchy, cracked and rough. Different types and … Read more
What Is Arthritis?
Arthritis is a disease that often proves to be an age-related disease – all terms refer to more than 100 joint complaints – but it also affects young people of all kinds. The two most … Read more