Graves' eye disease, also called Graves' ophthalmopathy and Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), is a potentially sight-threatening ocular disease that may develop in people with an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) caused by Graves'…
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects about 1 in 200 people, and is the most common cause of overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism). Meaning, in Graves' disease, your immune system…
Hyperthyroidism means that the thyroid gland is overactive. As a result, it makes too much of its hormone and causes your body to use energy too quickly. Thyroid disease is…
Hypothyroidism means that the thyroid gland is underactive, and makes too little thyroid hormone. Thyroid disease is a general name for a medical health condition that does not allow your…
Thyroid disease is a general name for a medical health condition that does not allow your thyroid to make the right amount of hormones that control metabolism (a process where…
Fibromyalgia (FM), also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a long-term medical condition that mainly affects the central nervous system and causes widespread musculoskeletal pain all over the body. Other accompanied…
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, a chronic inflammatory disorder which occurs when your body’s immune system mistakenly sends antibodies to the lining of your joints, and attacks its own…
Osteomyelitis (OM) is a bacterial, or in rare cases a fungal infection of the bone which affects about 2 out of every 10,000 people. Bacteria can reach a bone by…
Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis that happens when the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones in your joints gradually degenerates - meaning, it wears down over…
Osteomalacia is a bone condition characterized by defective mineralization of newly formed bones and softening of bones, which leads to bone weakening.In children and young adults this defective mineralization of…