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Cause, symptoms and treatment of Vitamin D deficiency.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Vitamin D is essential to human health. Its important role in calcium absorption which subsequently affects bone health has been found for a long time. In recent years, a large number of scientific researches indicated ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of hyperhidrosis.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Occuring in up to 3% of adults in the UK and 2-3% of the US population, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) can be a very embarrassing problem with a potential of being malodorous.It occurs in both males ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity [a.k.a Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance (IEI), 20th Century Disease Syndrome, Total Allergy Syndrome, Immune System Dysregulation, and Chemically Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome] refers to an unusually severe sensitivity or allergy-like reaction to a variety ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of dust mite.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

House dust mite (HDM) allergy is a hypersensitive reaction to proteins (allergens) in the excretion of dust mites. The concentration of the main allergen protein can outlast the dust mite itself as it is found ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of eczema.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

There are many different types of eczema; infantile eczema, which babies experience as an allergy that they usually grow out of, atopic dermatitis, which is the more persistent form, and contact dermatitis, a sensitive reaction ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of hay fever.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Hayfever is the common term for an allergic reaction that takes place at certain times of the year upon exposure to pollen and fungal spores (not hay!). It is a common condition that affects 2 ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of hyperpigmentation.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Hyperpigmentation is a skin condition caused by ultraviolet light from the sun, which darkens the skin in color compared to the surrounding skin. This darkening occurs when an excess of melanin, the brown pigment that ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of hirsutism .

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Hirsutism is a word derived from the Latin word 'hirsutus' meaning 'hairy' or 'shaggy' and is a term used for excess facial and body hair growth.It occurs in about 5-15% of women between the age ...

Symptoms and treatment of animal allergy.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Pet allergy is caused by the shedding of minute particles of fur and skin relatively known as pet dander. However some animals produce there allergens in urine or saliva, that may also cause allergies. These ...

Treatment of hair loss.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Alopecia (also known as baldness or hair loss) refers to loss or lack of hair on part of or the entire scalp and in some cases, other parts of the body. Hair loss can be ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of asthma.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease, characterised by recurrent breathing problems. It is a significant health problem, which has increased in incidence worldwide over the past decade. It is estimated that at least 7% ...

Best treatment against skin aging.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Aging is a continuous, universal, progressive, intensive, deleterious, but democratic phenomenon, which is essential to the evolutionary process and of which the skin is not an exception. The older we get, the more wrinkled our ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of acne.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Acne vulgaris is a disorder of the sebaceous follicles, which are special pilosebaceous units (relating to the hair follicles and sebaceous glands) located on the face, chest, and back. It is an extremely common skin ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of light therapy.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

Light Therapy-The 'Helios' of disease treatment The use of light as a therapeutic agent can be traced back over thousands of years. Indeed, the sun has been an omnipotent, almighty deity throughout the world since ...

Cause, symptoms and treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD.

By Dr Jawad Amjad · 13 years ago

TABLE OF CONTENT What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Cause of SAD Symptoms Associated diagnosis Treatment What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is ...