Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome is an extremely rare condition. Like the name suggests, it is mostly characterized by vestibular (balance) symptoms directly caused by:(1) intense sound stimuli or(2) changes in intracranial or middle ear pressure.This pressure in the middle ear can be changed by a dehiscence of the bony layer that covers the superior semicircular canal, one of the three semicircular canals responsible for maintaining balance. H ...

Sleep is as important to our body as food and water, although most of us don’t consider it to be something so essential. As a consequence, we often suffer from insufficient sleep or disruptions to the sleep-wake cycle, which can cause the physiological state known as fatigue. Fatigue could be considered a disease of the modern man. An interesting study has shown that staying awake for 24 hours leads to a reduced hand-to-eye coordination com ...

Many causes of adult back pain can be treated simply by resting and relaxing the back, but unlike back pain in adults, children’s back pain usually has a serious underlying disorder.According to a 1999 report from the Radiological Society of North America, 1/3 of the children who complained about back pain actually had a serious back problem. Back pain in children may be caused by a variety of different conditions.  Often a brief ...

Bulimia is an eating disorder where primary fear of a person is becoming fat. People with this eating disorder binge-eat and then make themselves sick, use laxatives or excessive exercise to help themselves maintain their 'normal' weight. Eating binges in bulimia may occur several times a day. They are caused by a sense of self-disgust, which is compensated with behaviours already mentioned (self-induced vomiting, excessive exercise, abuse of lax ...

There are many people suffering from digestive system problems or disorders, but they have no clear diagnosis. In some cases, they don’t even know what the problem is. However, it is possible this is simply an irritable bowel syndrome. For all those people, it may be worth their while to learn the facts about this problem. It may be surprising to hear that this is the most common gastrointestinal complaint in the world. What is the irrita ...