Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Scabies is caused by tiny mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. They spread through skin ...

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people.

Too much earwax can cause rubbing of the ear or poking in the canal. A piece of ear wax can become dry and hard in the ear canal. This creates a feeling that an object is in the ear. Complete blockage ...

A narrowing of the smallest airways in the lung (bronchioles) causes wheezing. This narrowing results from swelling caused by a virus. The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes most bronchiolitis.

White spots on the skin can be caused by sun exposure or conditions including milia, vitiligo, or pityriasis alba. The spots appear when there is a loss of skin pigment or from trapped skin cells.

Scabies is caused by a mite. It begins with intense itching ... Your healthcare provider may use one of the following methods to remove the lesion: If diagnostic tests reveal that the skin lesion is ...

Rashida had undergone three surgeries - the first at just 13 years old to remove a ruptured ovarian cyst, the second at 22 for a 5cm cyst, and most recently, a diagnostic laparoscopy in February ...

Dengue fever is a common tropical infection. This acute febrile illness can be a deadly infection in cases of severe manifestation, causing dengue hemorrhagic shock. In this brief article, I will ...

But fortunately she is very strong. And when they operated - at Ashstead Hospital, only four miles or so from my home - to remove the testicle, they discovered two malignant growths. I spent a ...