Blocked Intestine

If you have an intestinal blockage, food and stool may not be able to move freely. Learn more about this condition, including cause, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a disease of the vestibular system of your inner ear. When you change your head position, it causes vertigo. Vertigo is a feeling that the room is spinning around you.

Behcet Disease

Behcet disease is a type of autoimmune disease. It causes inflammation of blood vessels. It’s a rare disease in the United States, but it is more common in the Middle East and Asia. It’s more common in people in their 20s to 40s, but it can happen at any age.

Baker Cyst

A Baker cyst (popliteal cyst) is a fluid-filled sac that forms behind the knee.

Bacterial Endocarditis

Bacterial endocarditis is a bacterial infection of the inner layer of the heart or the heart valves. Read on to learn about the cause, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Aspiration From Dysphagia

Aspiration means that something enters your airway or lungs by accident, such as food or liquid. It can happen when you have trouble swallowing normally, which is called dysphagia.

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a disease of the heart muscle. In this disease, fatty fibrous tissue replaces normal heart muscle. This interrupts normal electrical signals in the heart and may cause irregular and potentially life-threatening heart rhythms. The heart also becomes weaker over time leading to heart failure.

Ankle Dislocation

A joint dislocation is when there is an abnormal separation between the bones of a joint. When this happens in your ankle joint, it's known as an ankle dislocation. It is a severe injury.

Aniridia

Aniridia is a serious and rare eye disorder in which the iris is partly or completely gone.