At the age of 17, hair loss can be quite a problem and social embarrassment that many teenagers have to contend with. What you are facing is a condition called alopecia; however, this is not something that you should normally have to face for at least a few more years...

Darkened lips are quite a common occurrence in many people, especially after a certain age. It is worth noting that smoking does not really have a direct impact on the color of the lips like most people actually believe...

Your concern about having normal sexual relations with your husband after delivering a child is an absolutely normal fear that nearly every woman has. But the fact is that there is really nothing to worry about especially after this long a period...

There are two possibilities that could possibly explain the swelling of fluid in your knee cap – an edema or a meniscal cyst. An edema is condition in which a fluid called interstitial fluid accumulates in the surrounding tissue...

Solving your toothache is largely a matter of understanding what is causing the pain in the first place. This is because a regular inflammation of the gums or the pulp within the tooth can be controlled by regular painkillers, but if you have suffered some kind of trauma to the tooth and this is causing the pain, then it is very unlikely that anything but a dentist can help you...

Gas in infants is a result of the normal digestive processes that occur. Normal might seem like an oddity especially considering the state of your infant but this is only because your child’s system is still getting used to a new regime of eating and digesting...

From what you have mentioned, you had your last regular period and then experienced some spotting before the cessation of a period. You have also been practicing safe sex and your hCG test turned up negative indicating no pregnancy...

Lips tend to naturally darken along with the rest of skin as a consequence of sunlight exposure as well as age, and exposure to the environment. Our lips do not really get the same treatment as the rest of our skin and as a result, problems like chapped lips and darkened lips are only too common...

While rashes are a common occurrence, it is not very clear what could be causing the rash in your case. Prima facie it appears to be a case of the common problem known as contact dermatitis...

It appears that you have a combination of different hair problems that are probably linked to each other. Such a combination necessitates proper hair care and hair management...