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Yeast Infections
Health Scout — Candidiasis (also called fungus, a yeast infection or moniliasis) is the most common type of vaginal infection. It is caused by the yeast organism, Candida. Candidiasis is often hard to get rid of and recurrences are common. Many women with this ...More…
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Definition of Wrinkles
Health Scout — Wrinkles are the thin, creased, and sagging skin that is especially noticeable on the face, neck, and hands. Wind, heat and chemicals and the natural effects of aging cause a certain amount of wrinkling in everyone, but it is much worse in people ...More…
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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Health Scout — Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Questions To Ask Your Doctor About Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome represents a congenital abnormality involving the heart's electrical ...More…
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Wisdom Teeth
Health Scout — Wisdom teeth can become impacted, or stuck beneath the bone or gum. In some people, impaction may cause no symptoms. In other people, impaction may cause discomfort or pain. Some dentists claim that impaction works its mischief surreptitiously, ...More…
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Whooping Cough
Health Scout — Whooping cough (pertussis) is a respiratory disease caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis is an acute, highly contagious respiratory disease characterized by coughing that ends in a loud whooping inspiration. It occurs primarily ...More…
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Definition of Whiplash
Health Scout — This is an imprecise term for injury to the cervical vertebrae and adjacent soft tissues. It is produced by a sudden jerking or relative backward or forward acceleration of the head with respect to the vertebral column. People in a vehicle that ...More…
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Weight Management Drugs
Health Scout — Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Weight Management Drugs About one-third of all Americans are above their ideal weight, as determined by standard tables. For the majority of them, the excess weight is in the form of body fat, not muscle ...More…
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Wegener's Granulomatosis
Health Scout — Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Wegener's Granulomatosis Wegener's granulomatosis is a disorder characterized by inflammation of small and middle-sized blood vessels. The inflammation from Wegener's Granulomatosis is so destructive that ...More…
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Definition of Warts
Health Scout — Warts are growths on the skin that occur in response to a viral infection. Warts come from the human papilloma virus, or from one of its 48 different subtypes, and enter the skin by direct contact. They thrive in moist environments but can occur ...More…
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Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Health Scout — Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Questions To Ask Your Doctor About Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia is a malignant disease of white blood cells that secrete a specific ...More…
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Vulvodynia
Health Scout — Vulvodynia is often characterized by burning discomfort, itching, throbbing, or tenderness of the vulva - sometimes in the labia, sometimes around the opening of the vagina, sometimes affecting the vestibular glands - which may be experienced ...More…
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Von Willebrand's Disease
Health Scout — Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Von Willebrand's Disease This is an inherited disorder characterized by abnormally slow coagulation of the blood and spontaneous epistaxis and gingival bleeding caused by a deficiency of a component of factor ...More…