What is Genital Herpes? Genital herpes is a very common STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) caused by the HSV-2 (Herpes Simplex Virus-2). This is highly contagious and spreads from contact. Causes of Genital Herpes HSV-1 (Herpes Simplex Virus-1): This causes blisters and sores around mouth. It spreads through skin-to-skin contact, but it can also spread through…
Read MoreWhat is Fatty Liver? Deposition of excess fat in the liver cells is known as fatty liver. Fatty liver causes liver inflammation and due to which liver damage can happen. Fatty liver is also known as steatohepatitis. Fatty liver can convert into fibrosis of liver and later into cirrhosis of liver which is end stage…
Read MoreWhat is Anal Fissure? Anal fissure is a very common and painful condition. Basically, there is a vertical crack in the anal canal. Crack happens due to hard stool. Sometimes, fissure develops due to scratching of the anus skin. Anal canal is the passage for stool; as a result, the healing becomes slow because of…
Read MoreWhat is PCOS or PCOD? PCOS is also known as PCOD. PCOS is Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. This is a hormonal problem which is very common among females these days. In PCOS the male hormones also known as androgens increase, due to which multiple cysts form in the ovary. The cyst formation causes difficulty in…
Read MoreWhat are Genital or Anal Warts including Causes & Complications Genital or anal warts are soft fleshy growths. These warts are the most common STDs (Sexually Transmitted Disease). The culprit virus is HPV (Human Papilloma Virus). These are also called condylomata acuminata and venereal warts. If I talk about 15 years ago, genital warts were…
Read MoreThis patient is a young female patient, 29 years of age. She came to me with complaints of breathlessness and weakness. When investigation for breathlessness and weakness was done it was found that her haemoglobin was only 6 gm% which was very less. When the cause of low haemoglobin was further investigated and more blood…
Read MoreWhat is Balanitis or Balanoposthitis Balanitis is an inflammation of the head and foreskin of penis. Head of penis is also known as glans penis. Basically, there is swelling and redness of glans penis and foreskin. Causes of Balanitis There are many reasons inflammation of glans penis and foreskin. Infections like STDs, yeast infection, bacterial…
Read MoreHomeopathic Treatment In my clinical practice, which I have been doing since 1997, I have seen that it is very important to understand the cause of sciatica. Sciatica is not a disease but a symptom due to irritation or pressure on the sciatic nerve. So, a doctor needs to treat the cause of the sciatica.…
Read MoreWhat is Psoriasis Psoriasis is a common skin disease in which life cycle of skin cells becomes fast. Normally, new cells take about a month to move from lowest skin layer to the outermost layer where they flake off. In psoriasis, the entire life cycle of skin cells becomes fast and takes only 5 to10…
Read MoreAllopathic Treatment Before delving into homeopathy let us first discuss the allopathic treatment available for hemorrhoids. Piles are also known as hemorrhoids. When a piles patient consults an allopathic doctor, he prescribes painkillers, oral antibiotics,and ointments for local application. With this treatment, the symptoms and discomfort of the patient gets better for few days butsoon…
Read More