Diabetes is a clinic condition in which the body is not able to control the amount of glucose (a form of sugar) in the blood. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that involves the immunologic destruction of pancreatic beta cells, the insulin secreting cells of the pancreas.
Read more →Hairy tongue commonly affects the mid dorsum of the tongue; usually seen in older individuals, smoking, the use of antiseptic mouthwashes, antibiotics and diets lacking abrasive foodstuffs are the most common predisposing factors. This condition has to be differentiated from Candidiasis, leukoplakia, oral lichen planus and oral hairy leukoplakia.
Read more →Presbycusis is defined in general terms as sensorineural hearing loss associated with advanced chronological age.There are many causes of hearing loss in older people, including environmental factors such as exposure to noise and ototoxic drugs, genetic factors, and generalized effects of aging such as cell damage and neural degeneration.
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