Your gray hairs could also be pointing to other illnesses and health problems you currently have, such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Grave’s disease, anemia, Chrohn’s disease, celiac disease, weakened blood vessel integrity, weak immune system, fish tapeworms, intestinal bacterial overgrowth...
Babies can also contract conjunctival eye infections at birth if the mother has a sexually transmitted disease. Gonococcal and chlamydial conjunctivitis are both examples of these. Aside from common conjunctivitis, ocular herpes is another example of a viral eye infection. ...
Your skin, in fact, does more than you realize to keep you safe. Think about it, why doesn't mold grow all over you every night when you sleep? Natural defensive patrols on your skin keep bacteria from growing where it does not on that pear you left on the co...
If your hair is prematurely graying or turning white without any disease, stress or hormonal disruption, then perhaps, your DNA is to be blamed. Of course, your off-springs will continue the same genetic path for hair graying as you did. Having white hair does not always mean that you car...
Uveal melanoma, or ocular melanoma, is a cancer that happens inside your eyeball. It’s rare. Just 7 out of every 1 million people get it each year. But it’s also the most common eye cancer for adults. Sometimes the disease can spread, or metastasize, to other parts of your body. ...
Grey or blue skin, nail beds, or lipsWhat is an exacerbation of chronic bronchitis?An exacerbation is when your symptoms get much worse very quickly. Exacerbations of chronic bronchitis can be triggered by infections such as a cold or the flu. Lung irritants such as air pollution, dust, fum...
The Roots of Grey Hair We all wonder when we’ll get our first gray strand. Scientists found a gene that helps figure out if -- and how early -- you’ll get yours. The gene, called IRF4, helps make the pigment in your hair, eyes, and skin. It may give us insight on aging and...
Eye discharge, or "sleep" in your eyes, is a combination of foreign particles consisting of oil, mucus and debris, that gather in the eye corners. The eye mucus can be either wet and sticky or dry and crusty. It may even appear in different colours such as green, yellow, grey or str...
269. The more a psychologist—a born, an unavoidable psychologist and soul-diviner—turns his attention to the more select cases and individuals, the greater is his danger of being suffocated by sympathy: he NEEDS sternness and cheerfulness more than any other man. For the corruption, the ruin...
drag her back to the camp, still holding the double-stemmed poppy. She, and the flowers, are thrown together into the oven. A few days later, when the Nazis pick poppies from the fields to decorate the tables at a celebration of Hitler’s birthday, the water in the vases turns blood ...