Liver disease can be fatal and is often referred to as a silent killer because it can have no symptoms until it is too late.

“One of the first side effects of declining liver function is that bile flow stalls in your biliary tract. Your liver no longer produces or delivers bile effectively to your small intestine. Instead, ...

Common symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, and a persistent cough with blood or phlegm. While many symptoms are ...

The image here shows joint damage related to rheumatoid arthritis as well as scars from hand surgery. Inflammation of the tendons in the hands can result in a number of problems, such as trigger ...

The weather has been freezing recently, so chances are your hands have been cold, but when should you worry? If you can't warm your hands or feet up no matter what you do, and your fingers go bright ...

Learn more about skin biopsies for eczema. Treatment for eczema on the hands and fingers focuses on avoiding triggers and managing symptoms. A key initial step is to discover the triggering ...

These symptoms are finger clubbing and numbness or tingling in the hands. Finger clubbing causes the ends of fingers or toes to swell. Numbness or tingling in the hands is a symptom of a Pancoast ...

Fingering means using your fingers to stimulate another person's genitals. The clitoris is the most sensitive area for fingering because it has so many nerve endings, two to three times more ...

Picking the right size of your nail clippers is dependent on the person. If you’re someone who has smaller fingernails and toenails, you’re probably fine with a fingernail clipper for both.

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One such symptom is finger clubbing, a condition that generally affects the fingertips on both hands and tends to develop gradually. Initially, the base of the nail might soften, and the skin ...