Heartburn is caused by stomach acids when, instead of staying in the stomach, they go up into the esophagus. The manifestation of symptoms may differ from person to person, but most have similar symptoms, such as a burning sensation in the chest just behind the breastbone, which begins right after eating and can last for …
Erectile dysfunction, erroneously called impotence, is a reality more than common and treatable. Any alteration that affects the flow of blood, for example, can be a reason for erectile dysfunction. Now that more and more this phenomenon leaves the taboo court to become a badly accepted as common, often caused by urban stress (to which …
Among the main errors that are made to increase the risk of poisoning, it is indicated to maintain inadequate temperatures of conservation, insufficiently cook food, carry an incorrect hygiene and leave the products cooked at room temperature several hours. The severity of an intoxication and the symptoms that a person presents will depend on the …
The pain binomial and itching when urinating is called dysuria. Dysuria is caused by diseases of the urinary tract, that is, the ureter, urethra, and bladder. Pain, depending on its causes, can appear at the beginning of urination or at the end of it (terminal dysuria). The people most prone to suffer a urinary tract …
A kidney stone is a hard mass that is formed from crystals in the kidney, which can break off and clog the ureters, bladder, or urethra, causing pain. It can have the consistency of grit or even the size of a pearl. The most common type is calcium oxalate kidney stones, but there are also …