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Viagra is prescribed in standard 50 mg doses and is taken no more than an hour before an encounter. If you have a more severe case of ED, your doctor may recommend a higher dose. Viagra has been reported to cause very mild headaches. Other possible side effects can include facial flushing or gastrointestinal disturbances, [...]

Heart palpitations are often the result of an excessively fast or irregular heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia). You may notice an irregular heartbeat, even if it lasts only a few seconds or minutes, and you may feel dizzy and fall. The palpitations may be infrequent or occur many times during the day. You might sense a [...]

There are many terms to describe heartburn, a very common complaint. It is a sensation of burning, sourness, or bitterness in the middle of the chest and the back of the throat. Heartburn is also known as water brash, pyrosis, or acid indigestion.

Acid is normally produced by the stomach to help in the digestion of [...]

The diagnosis of various diseases of the brain can sometimes be difficult. Scans and X-rays of the skull, including CAT and MRI scans, can determine any changes in the shape of the brain or pressure, but other tests are used to determine brain function.

An electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures brain waves, can be useful in determining [...]

Technical developments allow physicians to examine the internal organs without having to perform surgery. Nuclear scans, echograms, computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provide physicians with valuable knowledge, and with virtually no danger and little discomfort to you.

Nuclear-Medicine Scans

A nuclear-medicine scan uses extremely small doses of radioactive substances to outline various [...]

In addition to blood and urine, other fluids can provide important information. To get a sample of these fluids, a needle is inserted to extract the fluid. Although there is little danger from the procedure, it is more uncomfortable than the sampling of blood or urine.

The brain and spinal cord are surrounded by spinal fluid, [...]

Definition

Balanitis is inflammation of the glans penis. Posthitis is inflammation of the foreskin. The term balanoposthitis may be used when both occur but the term balanitis is commonly used.

Clinical features and investigation

Poor hygiene and a tight prepuce predispose to infectious causes of balanitis by organisms such as С albicans, streptococci, anaerobic bacteria, herpes simplex, N [...]

The organism cannot be cultured. The diagnosis is established by the demonstration of serological markers in blood. The markers are present in varying combinations during the course of the infection. The serological profile typical of each stage of the disease is summarised in table 3.

Surface antigen (HBsAg) is the first marker to appear and is [...]

The incubation period is usually from one to four weeks but can be much longer.

The disease begins as single or multiple subcutaneous nodules usually on the genitalia, which erode through the skin to produce painless ulcers or exuberant granulations. Anorectal lesions may occur in homosexual mea

Secondary infection may contribute to necrotic debris on an ulcer [...]

Neonates bom to mothers with documented gonorrhoea at the time of birth should be treated prophylactically (e.g. with ceftriaxone 125 mg intramuscularly in a single dose). Parents of neonates with gonococcal conjunctivitis must be treated for gonorrhoea.

Patients with gonococcal conjunctivitis should be admitted and treated with systemic antibiotics as for complicated infections. These infections reflect [...]