Author: Madhvi Bhosale, Microbiologist
Armpit or underarm pain is not very common and hence once experienced, you may worry about its cause. Armpit pain can be a result of infection or overexertion. It may be linked to serious...
Hell’s itch or devil’s itch, as the name suggests, is a painful itching that occurs due to sun exposure. It typically appears 24 to 72 hours after the sun exposure. Many of us may...
Baking soda is one of the most important ingredients in baking. It has a cluster of uses other than culinary. Baking soda, sodium bicarbonate, can also be used to treat skin problems when used as...
You may have experienced the cracking or popping sound in your chest on moving or while taking a deep breath. The sound comes from your sternum. The sternum is a flat central bone in...
Did you ever experience tingling sensation in your left leg? Tingling feels like pricking of pins or needles, or ants crawling beneath the skin. In medical terms, the burning, pricking or tingling sensation in...
The appearance of a bump or a lump anywhere on our body is alarming. Any excess tissue growth can be either normal or cancerous. What if you spot bumps on back of tongue? You...
Moles are localized pigmented lesions on the body. They are also known as pigmented nevi or melanocytic nevi. On an average, the number of moles may vary from 10 to 40 in an adult....
Epigastric pain occurs in the upper abdomen or epigastric region, just beneath your ribs. You may not know the pain, but you might have felt it. Epigastric pain is mostly experienced while eating or...
Belly button forms when the umbilical cord is cut off after the birth. It is also known as umbilicus. Ever wondered why does my belly button hurt inside? The belly button pain may be...
Everyone might have experienced headaches sometime in their lives. The severity of a headache varies from person to person. A headache can be sensed in the facial area above the neck or the skull...
You may have observed white spots on the face of different people. They occur in all age groups. White spots develop at some age in life and then fade away. However, having white spots...
Cracked tongue is a condition in which the top visible surface of your tongue gets cracks or fissures. These tongue cracks might go unnoticed because of their benign effects, but they change the tongue...