Category: Medical Articles

What is BPPV?

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Are you dizzy even if you move your head a little? Many people think that dizziness is due to anemia and take iron pills. In addition, if the dizziness suddenly gets worse, they know if it is a stroke, they go to the emergency room. However, it is often caused by […]

Tonsil Stones (Tonsilloliths)

What are symptoms and signs of tonsil stones? You may not have any symptoms, you may smell bad breath even though your teeth and tongue are clean, and yellow particles like rice grains may come out of your mouth while brushing your teeth. You may have a sore throat, and a feeling of a foreign […]

What is Gastritis?

Gastritis Gastritis is inflammation of stomach. Inflammation is the reaction of the body to protect itself when certain substances or bacteria enter or contact with the body. Gastritis refers to a disease, causing inflammation of the gastric mucosa that protects the stomach. There are many ways to divide gastritis, but it can be broadly divided […]

What is Fatty Liver?

Accumulation of Fat in the Liver It is literally a disease caused by the accumulation of fat in the liver. Particularly, triglycerides accumulate in hepatocytes, causing the liver to fail to function properly. The liver is a called chemical factory of the human body and a detoxification factory, and it plays various roles. Fatty liver […]

What is Hypothyroidism?

Prevalence? Approximately 0.3-1% of the total US population has this disorder. And 2 to 4% of people over 65 years has this. It is more common in women. About 13 million people in U.S. were undiagnosed. Cause of Hypothyroidism Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (most common cause). Congenital. Thyroid tissue destruction (by surgery or radioactive iodine treatment). Taking […]