Information on Various Common Ailments

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Amnesia
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Appendicitis
Areriosclerosis
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Backache
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Cataract
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Cough
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Defective Vision
Depression
Diabetes Mellitus
Dysmenorrhoea
Diarrhoea
Female Sterility
Fever
Gall Bladder Disorders
Gastritis
Goitre
Gout
Hair Loss
Halitosis
Headaches
High Blood Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure
Hives
Hypoglycemia
Hypertension
Influenza
Insomania
Jaundice
Kidney Stones
Leucorrhoea
Low Blood Pressure
Malaria
Measles
Menopausal Disorders
Migraine
Mumps
Nausea
Nephritis
Obesity
Palpitation
Peptic Ulcer
Piles
Pneumonia
Psoriasis
Ringworm
Scurvy
Sinusitis
Smallpox
Snoring
Sore Throat
Stress
Tonsillitis
Toothache
Tuberculosis
Urinary Tract Infection
Urticaria
Varicose Veins
Vision Impairment
Warts
Whooping Cough

Causes of Urticaria

The Important Causes of Urticaria includes:

• Infections and Infestations: Many infections can cause urticaria. Viral upper respiratory infections are a common cause, especially in children. A number of bacterial and fungal infections can also cause hives.

• Digestive Disorders:There are several causes of urticaria. It may result from digestive disorders like mechanical irritation in the digestive tract or toxaemia.

• Drugs: Drugs that commonly produce urticaria include antibiotics (e.g. penicillin's, sulphonamides), pain medications (e.g. aspirin, codeine), sedatives and diuretics. It is important to realize that virtually any medicine can cause hives.

• Food: Certain foods often cause urticaria in susceptible individuals. These include strawberries, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms, oatmeal, wheat, nuts, fish, eggs etc.

• Allergens: An allergy to a food, medicine or parasite (such as worms in the gut) is an uncommon cause of chronic urticaria. A skin specialist may advise tests if an allergy is suspected.

• Bites of Bugs: The bites of bedbugs, wasps, bees, mosquitoes, flies, and certain kinds of caterpillars may produce the disease.

• Synthetic Products: Use of personal products such as deodorant, perfume, and talcum powder, cosmetic products, animal derivatives, and similar synthetic substances may cause urticaria.

• Emotional Factors: Emotional stresses may directly or indirectly make on susceptible to develop a tendency to urticaria. The psychological factors may work as exciting, aggravating or maintaining cause. A germ called H. Pylori which is commonly found in the stomach may be a factor in some cases.