Articles, tagged with "pharynx", page 1
19th January 2012
Dysphagia, in medical terminology, is a word than means having trouble swallowing. A complex process, swallowing involves reflexes that mostly have to do with the oesophagus and the pharynx, but also involve the brain. No thought is involved in the swallo...
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Author:
Michiel Van Kets
04th January 2012
Throat Cancer
Overview
Throat cancer refers to cancerous tumors that develop in your throat (pharynx) or voice box (larynx).
Your throat is a 5-inch-long muscular tube that begins behind your nose and ends in your neck. Your voice box sits just bel...
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Author:
pankaj Nagpal
05th December 2011
The medical word for having trouble swallowing is dysphagia. Swallowing is a complicated process that needs the action of reflexes mainly occurring in the pharynx and oesophagus, but in the brain too. Swallowing is an automated action, as in, it happens a...
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Author:
Michiel Van Kets
21st March 2011
Sore throat is a common physical symptom usually caused by acute pharyngitis or throat inflammation.. Having a sore throat has always been a discomforting thing that is accompanied by scratchiness and pain inside the throat. This problem of the Sore throa...
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Author:
Richard Landy
10th January 2011
More than 200 different types of viruses can cause a cold. The three most frequent symptoms of a cold are nasal stufiness, sneezing, and runny nose. Throat irritation is also often involved. Adults and older children with colds generally have minimal or n...
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Author:
bcured
01st November 2010
Pharyngitis is the term doctors use to describe sore throat and it accounts for 10-15 percent of all pediatric office visits. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis (GABHS), more commonly known as strep throat A sore throat is one of the most co...
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Author:
Lame Clive
08th April 2010
Gonorrhea, also known as clap, white, drips, stain, and dose in lay terms, can be divided into two categories: local and disseminated. Local infection can involve the mucosal surfaces of cervix, urethra, and rectum; pharynx and conjunctiva. Systemic infec...
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Author:
Clarisse Andy
18th March 2010
Laser cryptolysis has acquired the attention of the public of late as a easy, yet effective therapy for halitosis. Halitosis can be a indication to many diseases both localized, in the oral cavity, and systemic. So, who can benefit from cryptolysis ?Halit...
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Author:
Wesley Ingram
18th February 2010
Advanced surgical hospitals of Mumbai and Bangalore provide world's top rated healthcare programs for Throat cancer surgery in India with latest diagnostic and facilities that are attracting patients from all over the world. Hospitals providing Throat can...
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Author:
ramesh
09th September 2008
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is also called vagoglossopharyngeal neuralgia. Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is characterized by shock like pains in the territory of the glossopharyngeal nerve. It is in every way similar to tic douloureux except for the dis...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
07th July 2008
Recipes ,Tibetan Medicine     This includes the main recipes and modified recipes. The main recipe is composed of Herba Morina, Radix Ligular ia, Radix Euphorbia, Rhizoma Acorus salamus, Sallucidum and Fructus Piper longi. Modification can...
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Author:
trisa wang
07th August 2007
There are two types of symptoms in acid reflux disease: esophageal and extra-esophageal (also called typical and atypical). We all know about heartburn the typical symptom of acid reflux, which is initiated by the direct injurious effect of acid upon the ...
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Author:
Sheri Dean
