Although almost all cases of shingles occur in adults, shingles is actually caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox in children. The virus that causes both chickenpox and shingles is the varicella-zoster virus. In eighty percent of people, the varicella-zoster virus causes them to have a case of chickenpox as a child and then […]
Learning how to differentiate between the signs of appendicitis and those of a regular stomachache is very important!
Doctors really don’t know what causes appendicitis to flare up in some people, while others never have a problem. For this reason, there is no known way to prevent it. But when it happens, your child needs to get […]
Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The bacteria is spread by black-legged, weatern black-legged, or deer ticks.
Ticks acquire the bacteria from mice before passing it to humans by biting. The bacteria enters the human bloodstream and causes the infection. These ticks can be hard to detect; immature ticks are about […]