Archives: 2009 May 15
IRITIS – CASES
In most cases, no apparent cause can be found for this inflammation, however, there are many diseases which are associated with it, or regarded as being the cause. Tuberculosis and syphillis were once common causes of iritis. Other venereal diseases such as gonorrhoea, or NSU, non-specific urethritis, can be the cause. Any acute infectious disease, [...]
ASTHMA – INTRODUCTION
Some children lose their asthma at adolescence but find it comes back when they enter their 40s. In asthma, there is an oversensitivity of the bronchial tubes and, in allergic individuals, a generalised hypersensitivity to certain foreign proteins or allergens. These may be animal fur, grass pollens, the house dust mite, sometimes chemicals eaten or [...]
