Hypertension Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details High blood pressure (hypertension) is a serious condition that affects one in three adults in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s called the “silent killer” because people often have no symptoms, yet it can lead to some serious and sometimes even […]

Hygiene Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. Medical hygiene therefore includes a specific set of practices associated with this preservation of health, for example environmental cleaning, sterilization of equipment, hand hygiene, water and sanitation and safe disposal […]

HOT WEATHER Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details HOT WEATHER  Extremely hot days have the potential to cause adverse health effects.   Who is at risk in hot weather?   All people may feel the effects of extremely hot weather but certain groups are more vulnerable:   Elderly people (particularly women, those with medical […]

Hives Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details Hives, also known as urticaria, affects about 20 percent of people at some time during their lives. It can be triggered by many substances or situations and usually starts as an itchy patch of skin that turns into swollen red welts. The itching may be mild to […]

HIV Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details What is HIV? HIV is a virus that gradually attacks the immune system, which is our body’s natural defence against illness. If a person becomes infected with HIV, they will find it harder to fight off infections and diseases. The virus destroys a type of white blood […]

Hiatal hernia Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details What is a hiatal hernia?Introduction  A hiatus hernia, or hiatal hernia, is when part of the stomach squeezes up into the chest through an opening (“hiatus”) in the diaphragm. The diaphragm is a large, thin sheet of muscle between the chest and the abdomen (tummy). Hiatus hernia and heartburn A hiatus […]

Hernia Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details What Is a Hernia? A hernia occurs when an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle or tissue that holds it in place. For example, the intestines may break through a weakened area in the abdominal wall. Hernias are most common in the abdomen, but they […]

Hepatitis A Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details Hepatitis A (formerly known as infectious hepatitis) is an acute infectious disease of the livercaused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV).[1] Many cases have few or no symptoms, especially in the young.[2] The time between infection and symptoms, in those who develop them, is between two and six weeks.[3] When symptoms occur, they typically last eight weeks […]

Hemorrhoids [piles] Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details Hemorrhoids (HEM-uh-roids), also called piles, are swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and lower rectum. Hemorrhoids may result from straining during bowel movements or from the increased pressure on these veins during pregnancy, among other causes. Hemorrhoids may be located inside the rectum (internal hemorrhoids), […]

Heel pain Home Topics Details Control Remedy Topics Details Heel Pain (Plantar Fasciitis) Heel pain is most often caused by plantar fasciitis, a condition that is sometimes also called heel spur syndrome when a spur is present. Heel pain may also be due to other causes, such as a stress fracture, tendonitis, arthritis, nerve irritation or, rarely, […]