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Astigmatism is a common, mild and easily treatable imperfection in the curvature of your eye. The condition can cause blurred vision. Astigmatism occurs when the front surface of your eye (cornea) or the lens, inside your eye, has a slightly different surface curvature in one direction from the other. Instead of being even and smooth in all directions, the surface may have some areas that are flatter or steeper.

Insomnia is the body's way of saying that something isn't right. Things that may cause insomnia include stress, too much caffeine, depression, changes in work shifts, and pain from medical problems, such as arthritis.

The damage which occurs to skin and underlying soft tissue due to prolonged exposure to extreme cold climate is known as frost bite. Most commonly affected areas are the extremities like hands, feet, nose and ears. It generally involves the parts which are far away from the heart.

Of above thousand species of scorpions some twenty have the poison enough in their venom to affect the humans. So if unfortunately you got a scorpion sting, stay cool as the chances of being getting poisoned is only 2%.On a regional basis most poisonous scorpions are the one from México, South of Americas, Africa?s(Arizona),and some Middle East countries. Scorpions vary in size from 3 to 8 inches in length.

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, disordered, uncontrolled movements which may or may not result in loss of consciousness. Depending on the type of epilepsy some people may just stare in a blank manner while some may get true seizures. Incidence of epilepsy is most common among children and in older ages. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. Epilepsy is usually controlled but not cured with medications. Epilepsy should be understood as a group of diseases in which the electrical activity of the brain is affected. Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong. Some epileptic syndromes occur at a particular age in childhood and get cured as the age advances. Epilepsy runs in families but it does not have any sexual preponderance.