Health Articles

High Hemoglobin Levels: Is It Dangerous?

High hemoglobin levels or polycythemia can be due to smoking, dehydration, or heart problems. This article describes the types and treatment options for polycythemia.

Dr. Kks

19 Feb 2020 - 1 min read

Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload: Causes, Diagnosis, Clinical Presentation and Management

Hemochromatosis is a congenital condition in which an HFE gene mutation is present. So, increased iron absorption occurs irrespective of intake. More iron gets accumulated and iron storage increases. ...

Dr. Parth R Goswami

19 Jan 2019 - 2 min read

Sepsis

Sepsis is a medical emergency, as it causes multiple organ failure. When the body's response to infection in the blood starts affecting its tissues and organs, it is called sepsis.

Dr. Parth R Goswami

19 Jun 2019 - 3 min read

Iron Overload (Hemochromatosis)

Iron overload (Hemochromatosis) is a heterogeneous group of disease resulting from inherited and acquired causes, which leads to body destruction and complication.

Dr. Potnuru Srinivaasa Sudhakar

26 Jul 2019 - 2 min read

Anemia - Symptoms, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

Anemia is a condition where the red blood cells (RBC) are too low in the body. As these cells carry oxygen to different organs of the body, anemia results in the amount of oxygen in your blood to get ...

Dr. Pratap Chandra Jena Jena

08 Nov 2019 - 3 min read

Leukemia

Leukemia is cancer of blood or bone marrow and is one of the most common types of cancer affecting children. Read about its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment

Dr. Varadarajan Kumar

19 Oct 2019 - 5 min read

Multiple Myeloma - Types, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatments, and Complications

Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell cancer. Here, we presented an article which includes its types, signs, and symptoms, risk factor, treatment, and complication.

Dr. K Shanmuganandan

10 Jan 2020 - 4 min read

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) - Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

A blood disorder with abnormally low platelets resulting in bruising excessive bleeding is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Here, in this article, we discussed the types, symptoms, causes, risk f...

Dr. Parth R Goswami

17 Jan 2020 - 4 min read

Eosinophilia: A Brief Discussion Regarding Causes and Management

Eosinophilia or a rise in the eosinophil count can occur due to allergy or skin infection, or due to HIV infection or cancer. Read the article to know more.

Dr. Parth R Goswami

04 Jul 2019 - 2 min read

Porphyria - Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

Porphyria is a group of inherited blood disorders that result in reddish-purple urine and blisters on sun-exposed skin. Read more about this disease.

Dr. Nitika

03 Oct 2019 - 5 min read