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Apraxia vs Dysarthria A speech disorder, or an impediment is where the normal speech pattern is affected, and verbal communication is adversely affected, or completely nullified. It may range from stuttering, cluttering, muteness to voice disorders. The causes for these conditions may be cerebral in origin, or of the cerebellum, may be of the muscles […]
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Ophthalmologist vs Optometrist Who is the person you go to when you have trouble with the frame of your glasses? Whom do you contact when you feel that your vision is deteriorated and your present glasses are not quite right for you? And who is the person qualified enough to diagnose and treat problems (ailments) […]
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Psychopath vs Sociopath When we see something so horrendous like maltreatment of children, torture and inflicting harm on the others we are most likely to call the perpetrators of those crimes as monsters. Some of these people are driven by basic human drives like love, jealousy, greed, revenge or under the influence of a narcotic […]
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Mole vs Skin Cancer The skin is the largest organ in the body, and it has several important functions beside aesthetic beauty. It is an organ which synthesizes vitamin D, insulate the internal organs, protect from external elements, absorption, and control of evaporation, and regulate the temperature and acts as a sensory organ. The skin […]
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Stroke vs Aneurysm The human brain is one of the wondorous results of the evolutionary process. It can be considered as the central hub of control for almost all the bodily functions. These include cognitive functions, muscle control, vision, speech, etc. If this central control hub was to be damaged, then all the above mentioned […]
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Pneumonia vs Bronchitis A disease in the respiratory tract is one of the commonest causes a patient may seek a doctor and still it can be one of the most lethal conditions. They can afflict children from the smallest infant to the elderly lady in her 80s. The respiratory tract begins from the nostril and […]
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Heart Attack vs Anxiety Attack People in the world today are unlike what they were a century back. They are well versed regarding many diseases, their respective symptoms, and even at times what needs to be done. This is mostly due to the rapid flux of information that is passing between individuals, but at times […]
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Gastric vs Duodenal Ulcers One of the commonest causes of upper abdominal pain, with a burning sensation associated with meals is peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Although, gastric and duodenal ulcers are named as two separate types, they are basically the same disease entity divided due to the site of the lesion. All these are collectively […]
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肝硬化和肝炎肝脏的脊椎动物animal is a very important organ. In the human being, it is located just under the diaphragm in the abdominal cavity, having a massive blood supply, and carrying out a multitude of actions. These actions range from synthesis proteins, cholesterol, clotting factors and bile, metabolism of carbohydrates, […]
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Vomiting vs Regurgitation Vomiting and regurgitation are both acts of reflex associated by the layman to the same process of ‘throwing up’. However, as medical symptoms, they give very different meanings. This article will not be focusing in detail on all the possible causes of vomiting and regurgitation, but by looking at the basic mechanism […]