Addiction is a long-lasting (chronic) disease of the brain that affects how your brain learns and works. Addiction can happen in response to pleasurable things that stimulate the brain’s reward center, such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco, food, and gaming.
A panic attack is a sudden, intense fear that lasts for several minutes when there is no real danger. With it comes terror, physical symptoms, and a strong need to escape from wherever you are. If you have these attacks often, you have panic disorder.
Basal joint arthritis often affects the joint at the base of the thumb, the basal joint.
Learn how to treat ankle sprains.
When ankle ligaments are stretched to the point of pain and injury, it's called an ankle sprain. A sprain can tear the ligaments. These tears can be very small but still cause pain.
Learn how metatarsalgia, pain in the ball of your foot, is treated.
The only way to treat Dupuytren contracture is surgery if it appears that the disease is progressing.
Bunions don't go away. Wearing shoes that fit correctly will often relieve the pain. Bunions that remain painful may need surgery.
A ganglion is a cystic swelling that is found in overlying joint and tendon sheaths, especially of the wrist. The foot and other extremity areas are sometimes involved. Ganglia can be treated surgically and nonsurgically.
A brain tumor can cause symptoms. Learn about what kinds of medicines can help.