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Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypesSymptomsCausesDiagnosisTreatmentPrevention Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Fungal meningitis is an inflammation and infection of the meninges—membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. There aredifferent types of meningitis, including viral, bacterial, and fungal. Of these, fungal is the rarest in the United States. Fungal meningitis occurs when a fungus that has entered another area of the body moves to the brain or spinal cord....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsSymptomsCausesTypesDiagnosisTreatmentComplicationsPreventionFAQ Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Symptoms Causes Types Diagnosis Treatment Complications Prevention FAQ Marko Geber / Getty Images Several fungi cause fungal pneumonia, the three most common ones beingPneumocystis,Cryptococcus, andAspergillus.These fungi are found in the air, soil, and clinical environments like hospitals. Fungal pneumonia tends to affect people with weaker immune systems, such as adults over the age of 65, children under the age of 2, and people with certain chronic diseases likehuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDs)or cancer....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat It IsTypesSymptoms and CausesDiagnosisTreatmentFrequently Asked Questions Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What It Is Types Symptoms and Causes Diagnosis Treatment Frequently Asked Questions Fungalsinusitis, or fungalsinus infection, refers to an infection that causes inflammation of thesinuses(hollow, air-filled spaces between your eyes, near your eyes, nose, cheeks, and forehead). It occurs when you inhale microscopic fungi that thrive in warm and damp environments....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypesSymptomsCausesDiagnosisTreatment OptionsComplicationsPreventionWhat to EatOutlookNext in Gallbladder Disease GuideSymptoms of Gallbladder Disease Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Options Complications Prevention What to Eat Outlook Next in Gallbladder Disease Guide When the stomach and intestines digest food (especially fatty food), the gallbladder releases bile to the small intestine through the common bile duct. Gallbladder problems happen when a bile duct becomes blocked....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsCausesSymptomsDiagnosisTreatment Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Gangrene is a serious condition in which a part of the body begins to decay. This process is often described as tissue death ornecrosis. Gangrene can occur when an extremity of the body—hands, feet, nose, ears—becomes severely deprived of blood flow or develops an overwhelming infection. Gangrene can result insepsis(blood infection) or complete loss of the affected extremity....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsUsesSide EffectsPrecautionsDosageToxicityInteractionsHow to StoreSimilar SupplementsFrequently Asked QuestionsSources & What to Look For Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Uses Side Effects Precautions Dosage Toxicity Interactions How to Store Similar Supplements Frequently Asked Questions Sources & What to Look For Ganoderma coffee, which containsGanoderma lucidum(G. lucidum), has possible health benefits, including improving insulin resistance in people with diabetes and relieving symptoms of urinary tract infections....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypes of Gastric CancerGastric Cancer SymptomsCausesDiagnosisTreatmentPrognosisCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types of Gastric Cancer Gastric Cancer Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Coping Gastric cancer (stomach cancer) is when abnormal cells grow in the stomach. It can occur anywhere in the stomach. The incidence of this type of cancer is decreasing in the United States as some of the risk factors for the disease are declining....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsTypesSymptomsCausesDiagnosisTreatmentPrognosisCoping Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Types Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Coping Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are a type of soft tissue sarcoma. While they are the most common type of digestive tract sarcoma, they account for only 0.2% of digestive tract cancers overall. They may be found anywhere in the digestive tract but are most common in the stomach and small intestine where they can cause bleeding, anemia, and sometimes severe pain when obstruction or perforation occur....

Gender expression refers to the ways that people present theirgender identityto the world. This may be through clothing, haircuts, behaviors, and other choices. For many people, there is a “mismatch” between what society expects from their gender and how they choose to present. Buzz cuts, for example, are seen as masculine hairstyles, while wearing dresses is seen as feminine. This expression may vary from what might be expected of one’s gender identity....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat It MeansWhat It InvolvesSocial TransitioningLegal TransitioningMedical TransitioningBarriersWhere to Find SupportHow to Be an Ally Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What It Means What It Involves Social Transitioning Legal Transitioning Medical Transitioning Barriers Where to Find Support How to Be an Ally Gender transitioning describes the process of affirming and expressing one’s internal sense of gender rather than the gender assigned to them at birth....

Key Takeaways Gender-affirming care has been the subject of much debate in legislatures around the country in recent months, leading to countless misconceptions and myths about what it actually entails and who it’s for. According toa reportfrom The Williams Institute, 30 states had introduced or were considering laws to restrict access to gender-affirming care as of March 2023. The result is 146,300 transgender youth who have lost or are at risk of losing access to gender-affirming care....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsWhat It IsHow to Get StartedMasculinizing TherapyFeminizing TherapyWhat to ExpectAccess to Treatment Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents What It Is How to Get Started Masculinizing Therapy Feminizing Therapy What to Expect Access to Treatment Gender-affirming hormone therapy helpstransgenderand othergender-nonconformingpeople align their bodies with theirgender identity. Not all transgender (trans) people are interested in hormone therapy. However, many transgender people, particularly binary transgender people, turn to hormones to affirm their gender....

Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeaningHistoryTerminologyDiscriminationSupport Table of ContentsView All View All Table of Contents Meaning History Terminology Discrimination Support Many of us were taught there are only two genders—man and woman—but the reality is much more complex than that. The concept of only two genders is known as the gender binary. Gender, in fact, is not so black and white. People can identify as man, woman, a combination of both, no gender, or a gender that is neither man nor woman....