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   Layman's Guide To Common Diseases   

If there is one subject that no one can avoid talking about (in whichever part of the world he might be staying), it is concerning his own health or that of another person - a close friend or a relative. While we might be enjoying good health almost all of the time yet there comes a time somewhere along the line when our health gives way and we fall sick. It is at this period that we begin to hear the name of the disease, maybe for the very first time, that we are suffering from. And yet sometimes, doctors expect you to know all about a disease when they just drop the name after a diagnosis but is it always the case?
Instead of googling each and every time for a health problem and be faced with a long list of choices it is so much easier to have them all in one page here so that when you need to look up on a particular health topic the carefully-selected site containing the basic information (its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, etc.) is already there, thus saving you much time and energy.
To make matters worse, some of them are popularly known by their initial letters (as if everyone who is not in the health sector is aware of them or of what they represent).
This page of choice links to full-length articles is meant to save you time by giving you a quick round-up of the basic information you will need to know about a disease that you hear of for the very first time.


AIDS (HIV)
Allergies
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Alzheimer's Disease
AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration)
Anaemia (Anemia)
Aneurysm (Aneurism)
Anorexia
Appendicitis
Arthritis
AS (Angelman Syndrome)
Asthma
Back Pain
Bipolar Disorder
Brain Cancer (Brain Tumour)
Brain Injury
Bronchitis
Cancer
Cataracts
CVA (Cerebral Vascular Accident)
Cholesterol
Colorectal Cancer
Colostomy
Common Cold
Constipation
Crohn's Disease
(CF) Cystic Fibrosis
Deafness
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Dementia
Depression
Diabetes
Diarrhoea
Diverticulitis
Eczema
Epilepsy
Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
Eye redness
Flu (Influenza)
Food Poisoning
Fibromyalgia
Frozen Shoulder
Gallstones and gallbladder disease
GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease)
Gingivitis (gum disease)
Glaucoma
Gout
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
Hay Fever
Heart Attack
Hepatitis
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Hyperthyroid
Hypothyroid
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
IBS (Irritable bowel syndrome)
Impotence
Incontinence
Influenza
Kidney Disease
Laser eye surgery
Leukaemia (Leukemia)
Liver Disease
Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
Lumbago
Manic Depression
ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
Medical Examination
Menopause
Mental Health
MND (Motor Neurone Disease)
Mucoviscidosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Multiple system atrophy (MSA)
Muscle spasm
Osteoporosis
Pancreatic Cancer
Paralysis
Parkinson's Disease
Peritonitis
Pleurisy
Pneumonia
Prostate Cancer
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis)
Rotator Cuff Tear
SARC (Sarcoidosis)
Schizophrenia
Sciatica
Shingles
STD
Stiff Neck
Stomach Ulcer
Stroke and TIAs
Tendinitis (Tendonitis)
Throat Cancer
Thrombosis
Thyroid Disease
Tooth Disorders
Tracheostomy
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
Vertigo (Dizziness)
Zero Disease?
Mr. Keith Paterson, webmaster of Silverhairs has an interesting page on health topics here.