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High cholesterol levels can also be detected by eye. The sign is a red eye with a white circle around the cornea. While the white lining of the yellow ball and protruding eyes could be a sign of hypertensive disease. Shape and color of tongue can also indicate the presence of a disease. Tongue with thick white layers indicates thypus disease. But if the lining colours yellow indicates the condition is excessive body heat. Purple tongue could mean substandard blood circulation.

Stress can also be detected from the tongue. Typically, the tip of the tongue of the stress, anxiety, or anxious light colored. Other organs that could indicate the disease is hair. But, the disease can be detected with hair condition is usually caused by poor nutrition. This usually occurs in children. In this case, the hair change color to yellow, thin body, but bloated stomach. When no weight is weighed according to age.

Herpes Genitalis is a sexually transmitted disease in the genital area, the skin around the rectum or the surrounding area which is caused by the herpes simplex virus. The cause is herpes simplex virus. There are 2 types of herpes simplex virus, namely HSV-1 and HSV-2. HSV-2 usually spread through sexual intercourse, while HSV-1 typically infects the mouth.

Both types of herpes simplex virus can infect the genitals, the skin around the rectum or hand (especially the nail bearing) and can be transmitted to the other body parts (like the eyes). The herpes wounds are usually not infected by the bacteria, but some patients also have other organisms in the wound that is sexually transmitted (such as syphilis or cangkroid).

Symptoms, the first symptoms begin to appear on day 4-7 after get infected. The early symptoms are usually like itching, and cramps and painful. Then will appear little red spots, followed by a collection of small and painful blisters. These blisters will rupture and merge to form circular wounds. These wounds usually cause pain and may formed scabs.

The patient may experience difficult urination and feel pain while walking. The wound will get better within 10 days but leaves scarring. Groin lymph nodes are usually somewhat enlarged. These early symptoms are more painful, longer and widespread than the subsequent symptoms and may be accompanied by fever and discomfort feeling.

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The signs and symptoms of acute kidney failure are: Swelling eyes, legs, severe back pain (colic), painful urinary, fever, decreased urination, red urine / blood, frequent urination. Urine abnormalities: Protein, Blood / Erythrocytes, Leucocytes, Bacteria. While the signs and symptoms that might arise by having chronic kidney failure are: weak, less energy, losing appetite, nausea, vomiting, swelling, decreased urination, itching, shortness of breath, pale / anemia. Urine abnormalities: Protein, Erythrocyte, leukocyte. Lab examination abnormalities are: increased blood creatinine, decreased Hb, Urine: protein is always positive.

Determination of Kidney Failure Diagnosis, after asking the patient medical history, signs and symptoms to determine the existence / occurrence of kidney failure, then a doctor will perform a physical examination which focused on the possibility of kidney enlargement or swelling around the kidneys.

If the occurrence of kidney failure has been suspected, then the patient will be consulted to a kidney specialist (Nephrologist). Then laboratory examination will be performed either for blood or urine to look at electrolyte levels of sodium and potassium.

On certain cases, the medical team may install the catheter into the urine bag (bladder) to remove the urine. The medical team will also suggested to take the picture of the kidney structures by using ultrasound, Computed tomography (CT) scans or by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans. There is even the possibility of using biopsy, which is an action by taking samples of the kidney tissue.

Pneumonia is an infectious disease or inflammation on the lungs that caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites which pulmonary alveoli (alveoli) that is responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed, and filled with fluid.

Pneumonia can also caused by chemical or physical irritation on the lungs or as a result of other diseases, such as lung cancer or drink too much alcohol. But the most frequent cause is coming from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria, or pneumoccocus. Pneumonia often suffered by the elderly and those who have chronic disease as a result of immune system damage, but pneumonia also can attack young people.

Recently, Pneumonia is reported have become a major disease among children and a serious disease that kills thousands of elderly every year. The spreading of its virus or bacteria still remains unknown, but there are several things that allow someone affect by pneumonia. Those things are: People who have a weak immune system, such as people with HIV / AIDS and people who have chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes.

As well as for them who ever / regularly treat by chemotherapy and taking Immunosupressant in a long time, which they commonly have weak immune. Smokers and alcoholics. Smokers may experience irritation in the respiratory tract (bronchial), which eventually cause mucus secretion (sputum), when the sputum containing bacteria then it can cause pneumonia.