Articles for tag: Bacterial Meningitis, Cellulitis, Lead Poisoning, Meningitis

Causes of Blood Poisoning

The causes of blood poisoning are many. My article will give you an overview on some of the common causes and symptoms with the various disorders. What you need to understand is that blood poisoning can come from urinary tract infections, abdominal infections, infections in the lungs or in the bones. So thinking about this ...

My Poison Ivy Rash Turned into Cellulitis

One of the perils of working in gardens in the summers is the omni-present poison ivy. Some people are fortunate enough to be completely immune to it. Others of us are not so fortunate. And no matter how careful I seem to be, two years in a row now, I have gotten a nasty case ...

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What You Should Know About Enbrel’s Side Effects

Enbrel is a drug prescribed to treat various types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, other conditions where joint stiffness has been present, and occasionally given to those with psoriasis. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis also has been treated with this drug. Sometimes it has been mixed with the drug methotrexate when that drug ...

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Cellilitis: A Deadly Infection Anyone Can Get

Let me start by explaining what cellulitis and how you can get it. If you have a crack or break in your skin, even a pimple and you scratch it, you could get this deadly infection. It can be caused of two types of common bacteria, streptococcus and staphylococcus. Both of these are bad bacteria ...

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Facts About the Effects of Heroine, Cocaine and Marijuana

In today’s day and age drug education is extremely important, especially in the prevention of drug use. Three particular drugs, heroine, cocaine, and marijuana, are causing quite a stir among America’s youth, and yet our youth seem to know little about them. Heroine: Heroine is a synthetic opiate, meaning it is a man-made drug. First ...

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Cellulitis Has Nothing to Do with the Dimples on Your Thighs.

Cellulitis. The first time I heard that word, my first thought was of cottage cheese thighs, not a serious skin infection. But a skin infection is exactly what cellulitis is. Not to be confused with cellulite, that much maligned condition that strikes fear in the hearts of image conscious people, cellulitis is a potentially dangerous ...

St. Anthony’s Fire: Erysipelas Skin Disorder

Skin disorders are a complex and highly frustrating health complication for many adults. From complications that are attributed to genetic or hereditary disorders to those that result from sun exposure and bacterial infections, individuals who suffer from skin disorders often find struggle in daily living. One skin disorder that is quite frustrating for the person ...

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Infections Associated with Lymphedema

Infections: Infections are invasions by microorganisms that seek to use their hosts, by multiplying and interfering with the normal functions of their hosts, creating such possible conditions as chronic wounds, tissue injuries, limb losses, gangrene, and some times even death, or by developing into diseases through cellular or toxic mechanisms. Inflammation, the body’s natural reaction ...