Diseases & Health Conditions
Educational information about diseases, symptoms, and related treatments
Oral thrush in adults
Oral thrush is a fungal infection in the mouth. It doesn't spread to other people, and antifungal me...
PIMS
PIMS-TS, or PIMS for short, stands for Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome temporally assoc...
Polio
Polio is a serious viral infection. It was once common in Bangladesh and across the world, but it ha...
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common virus that affects the lungs and airways. Most peop...
Ringworm
Ringworm is a common fungal infection. It can cause a red or silvery ring shaped rash on the skin....
Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever is an illness caused by bacteria, and it mostly affects children. Its most recognisabl...
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria found in the environment, in food, and in the intestines of...
Shigella
Shigella is a bowel infection that can cause severe diarrhoea. It is caused by bacteria called shige...
Shingles
Shingles is an infection of a nerve and the skin around it. It is caused by the varicella-zoster vir...
Slapped cheek syndrome
Slapped cheek syndrome, which is also called fifth disease or parvovirus B19, is a viral infection....
Streptococcus A (strep A)
Group A Streptococcus, often shortened to Strep A or GAS, is a type of bacteria that many people car...
Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually spreads when someone breathes in tiny drople...
Whooping cough
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and...
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a serious viral infection spread by certain types of mosquito. It's mainly found in...
Zika virus
Zika virus disease is caused by the Zika virus. For most people, it causes a very mild infection and...