Encyclopedia of Medicine

Zoonosis

Healthline — Zoonosis, also called zoonotic disease refers to diseases that can be passed from animals, whether wild or domesticated, to humans. Although many diseases are species specific, meaning that they can only occur in one animal species, many other ...More…

Yoga

Healthline — The term yoga comes from a Sanskrit word which means yoke or union. Traditionally, yoga is a method joining the individual self with the Divine, Universal Spirit, or Cosmic Consciousness. Physical and mental exercises are designed to help achieve ...More…

Yersinosis

Healthline — Yersinosis refers to infection by a genus of bacteria known as Yersinia. The two sub-types that are responsible for yersinosis are Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. The diseases produced by these organisms are called ...More…

Yellow Fever

Healthline — Yellow fever, a member of the genus Flavivirus, is an arboviral infection found throughout Africa and South America. It is transmitted primarily by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito and also by Haemogogus mosquitoes in South America. Though ...More…

Yaws

Healthline — Yaws is a chronic illness which first affects the skin, and then affects the bones. Yaws tends to strike children, particularly between the ages of two and five. It is common in areas where poverty and overcrowding interfere with good hygiene ...More…

X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia

Healthline — X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) or Bruton's agammaglobulinemia is present at birth (congenital) and is characterized by low or completely absent levels of immunoglobulins in the bloodstream. Immunoglobulins are protein molecules in blood serum ...More…

X Rays of the Orbit

Healthline — Orbital x rays are studies of the area and structures containing the eye. The orbit is the circle of thin bones that houses and protects the eye, even extending behind the eye and nearly wrapping around it. The orbit includes the eyebrow, the ...More…

Wounds

Healthline — Types and causes of wounds are wide ranging, and healthcare professionals have several different ways of classifying them. They may be chronic, such as the skin ulcers caused by diabetes mellitus; or acute, such as a gunshot wound or animal bite. ...More…

Wound Flushing

Healthline — Wound flushing is a method of cleaning a wound by applying pressurized water or antiseptic solutions to the tissues. Wound flushing is used to help flush debris from a wound, lessening the risk of infection or treating an infection that already ...More…

Wound Culture

Healthline — A wound culture is a diagnostic laboratory test in which microorganisms-such as bacteria or fungi from an infected wound, are grown in the laboratory on nutrient-enriched substance called media-then identified. Wound cultures always include ...More…

Women's Health

Healthline — Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. Women's health is the concept that examines gender differences in health and disease states. The average life ...More…

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Healthline — Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is an abnormality in the electrical functioning of the heart which may cause rapid heart rates. The abnormality affects the electrical signal between the atria and ventricles. Blood is circulated through the heart ...More…