Mitral valve stenosis or mitral stenosis is a narrowing of the heart’s mitral valve. Mitral valve is the only valve…

Aortic valve stenosis is abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve. A number of conditions cause disease resulting in narrowing of…

Endocarditis is a serious inflammation of one of the four heart valves, caused by bacteria. Endocarditis is a life-threatening inflammation of…

Mitral regurgitation also known as Mitral valve regurgitation/Mitral Insufficiency and Mitral incompetence, is a type of heart valve disease in…

Sarcoidosis is a disease that results from a specific type of inflammation of body tissues. It can appear in almost…

A varicocele (VAIR-ick-oh-seal) is a common disorder that enlarges the veins in scrotum. The scrotum is the pouch of skin behind…

Heart Attack and Heart disease refers to conditions that involve the heart, its vessels, muscles, valves, or internal electric pathways…

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a sequela of a previous group A streptococcal infection, usually of the upper respiratory tract and…

Diphtheria manifests as either an upper respiratory tract or cutaneous infection and is caused by the aerobic gram-positive bacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheria.…

Liver weakness or Liver failure or hepatic disease, is any disturbance of liver function that causes illness. The liver is…