Oral thrush (fungal infection in the mouth)
Oral thrush is an infection of yeast fungus, Candida albicans, in the mucous membranes of the mouth. Strictly speaking, thrush is only a temporary candida infection in the oral cavity of babies. However, we have for this purpose expanded the term ... [... more]
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Emerging Infections
An emerging infectious disease can be one that has recently been recognised. Or it can be a disease where cases have increased (or look as though they might be on the increase) over the last 20 years, in a specific place or among a specific ... [... more]
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Tapeworm infections
Tapeworms are parasites that can live in people's intestines. A parasite is an animal or plant that lives in, or on, another animal or plant (the parasite's host). Tapeworms can be passed to humans from animals through contaminated food or water, ... [... more]
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Viral infections
There are various causes behind feelings of dizziness. We explain some of those causes and what you can do to help yourself. Feeling dizzy is a fairly universal human experience, but we all tend to mean slightly different things when describing ... [... more]
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Rotavirus gastroenteritis
This viral infection is the most common cause of diarrhoea in children under the age of five. Rotavirus gastroenteritis is caused by a virus, called rotavirus, which lives in the gut of those with the infection. Gastroenteritis is the medical ... [... more]
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Chest infection
Chest infections include a variety of illnesses ranging from mild respiratory illness to life-threatening conditions including: Chest infections are very common. Often a specific cause cannot be identified but bacteria and viruses are usually ... [... more]
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Infection of the skin by Candida albicans (cutaneous ...
An infection of the skin by the yeast-like fungus Candida albicans. Infection of the skin by Candida albicans (cutaneous candidiasis) The human body contains a vast number of different micro-organisms, including fungi, both on the inside and on ... [... more]
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Urinary tract infection
The urinary system is made up of the kidneys , the ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder ), the bladder and the urethra . The kidneys remove waste products from the blood to make urine, which then travels through the ... [... more]
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Respiratory tract infection
The respiratory tract is the whole system that allows you to breathe air into your lungs and back out again. The passageway that air travels through is divided into two sections: the upper respiratory tract and the lower respiratory tract: The ... [... more]
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Infection risk and oral sex
Oral sex is now very common in both heterosexual and homosexual couples. For many years it was regarded as an almost 'unmentionable' activity. But these days, research suggests that most sexually active people go in for it sometimes. It has been ... [... more]
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Pericarditis
The pericardium is the thin, two-layered sac-like tissue that lubricates and surrounds the heart. It helps to keep the heart securely in place whilst protecting it from sudden movement, and acting as a barrier to infection or from tumours that ... [... more]
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Altargo ointment (retapamulin)
Altargo ointment contains the active ingredient retapamulin, which is a type of medicine known as a pleuromutilin antibiotic. It is used to treat minor skin infections caused by certain types of bacteria. Retapamulin works by preventing bacteria ... [... more]
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