Conditions & Diseases

Chances are you’ve expe­ri­enced dizzi­ness at some point in your life. That sen­sa­tion of light­head­ed­ness can be a symp­tom of many things — med­ica­tion, heart and/​or neu­ro­log­i­cal con­di­tions and head trau­ma. But what hap­pens when that dizzi­ness does­n’t go away, lasts for days and makes the room seem like it’s spin­ning even when you’re not moving?

Veins are blood ves­sels that car­ry blood back to the heart. To keep blood mov­ing toward the heart, veins have one way valves. When the valves break­down, blood does not flow well and can cause Chron­ic Venous Insuf­fi­cien­cy (CVI) and vari­cose veins. The abnor­mal flow of blood is typ­i­cal­ly referred to as ​‘reflux’ since the blood moves back­wards and for­wards. Venous reflux occurs most often in veins clos­est to the skin (super­fi­cial veins) and vari­cose veins can be blue, red, or flesh-col­ored. They typ­i­cal­ly look like cords under the skin and can be twist­ed or bulging. Spi­der veins are like vari­cose veins, but much small­er. The look like small tree branch­es on the sur­face of the skin.

Irri­ta­ble bow­el syn­drome (IBS) is a func­tion­al dis­or­der of the colon that caus­es a vari­ety of uncom­fort­able gas­troin­testi­nal symp­toms. In addi­tion to affect­ing between 25 – 55 mil­lion peo­ple in the Unit­ed States, IBS is the sec­ond high­est cause of ill­ness-relat­ed work absences. Dur­ing nor­mal diges­tion, your brain and gut work togeth­er to send sig­nals to your hor­mones, nerves and the good bac­te­ria found in your gut to acti­vate the mus­cles of your colon. When you are expe­ri­enc­ing an IBS episode, these sig­nals become jum­bled, caus­ing the mus­cles of your diges­tive tract to become tense. This leads to symp­toms such as con­sti­pa­tion or diar­rhea, gas and stom­ach cramp­ing. IBS symp­toms and their sever­i­ty vary by per­son, but often include:

Did you know that there are dif­fer­ent types of ear infec­tions? Each have their own symp­toms and treat­ments. Take a look below to explore the inner ear.

Prostate can­cer affects the prostate gland and may spread to sur­round­ing struc­tures. While most men with prostate can­cer have no symp­toms, physi­cian can find prostate can­cer dur­ing a reg­u­lar check­up, using a com­bi­na­tion of a blood test called a PSA and a dig­i­tal rec­tal exam (DRE).

An esti­mat­ed 53,000 peo­ple are diag­nosed with mouth or throat can­cers each year in the Unit­ed States. These can­cers can be found on your gums, lips, sali­vary glands, tongue, ton­sils and oth­er parts of your mouth and throat. Tra­di­tion­al­ly, these can­cers are more like­ly to occur in men, typ­i­cal­ly over the age of 55, and have been pri­mar­i­ly linked to tobac­co and alco­hol use. While the over­all rate of mouth and throat can­cer cas­es is declin­ing, the rate of throat can­cer cas­es diag­nosed in younger adults and linked to HPV infec­tion are on the rise.

Acne is a skin con­di­tion that occurs when your hair fol­li­cles become plugged with sebum (oil) and dead skin cells. Acne most com­mon­ly appears on your face, neck, chest, back, and shoul­ders. Acne lesions heal slow­ly and when one begins to resolve, oth­ers seem to crop up.

A vari­ety of tests includ­ing Polysomno­gram, Mul­ti-Sleep Laten­cy Test ( MSLT) and Main­te­nance of Wake­ful­ness Test (MWT) are all pos­si­ble sleep stud­ies your physi­cian can order to eval­u­ate your sleep pat­terns. The DMG Sleep Cen­ter is made up of pri­vate bed­rooms and are sim­i­lar to typ­i­cal hotel rooms, with pri­vate bath­rooms avail­able for show­er­ing after the study is com­plet­ed. The rooms are sup­plied with pil­lows, blan­kets, tow­els, wash­cloths and toiletries.

Basal cell car­ci­no­ma (BCC) is a skin can­cer that aris­es from basal cells. Basal cells are found in the low­er lay­ers of the skin. The prog­no­sis for patients with BCC is excel­lent, but if the lesion is left untreat­ed, it can cause sig­nif­i­cant dis­ease pro­gres­sion. BCC occurs pri­mar­i­ly on the face, head, scalp, neck, and hands.

Cataracts are the lead­ing cause of visu­al loss in adults 55 and over. A cataract is a cloud­ing of the nat­ur­al lens inside your eye. This lens, locat­ed behind the iris, works just like the lens of a cam­era — focus­ing light images on the reti­na, which sends images to the brain. The human lens can become so cloud­ed it pre­vents light and images from reach­ing the reti­na. A cataract can be the rea­son sharp objects become blurred, bright col­ors become dull, or see­ing at night is more dif­fi­cult. It may also be why read­ing glass­es or bifo­cals that used to help you no longer seem to be effective.