Sciatica is pain caused by irritation of the sciatic nerve. The irritated nerve causes pain that runs down your leg from your lower back or hip. The sciatic nerve is formed by a group of nerves that run from the lower spine down the leg to the foot. Anything that irritates the nerve can cause sciatica.
List of Air Borne Diseases Photo Credit Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images. A disease is classified as airborne when respiratory droplets from one person can easily contaminate the next person. Viruses, bacteria and fungus may be to blame for causing such diseases. Airborne transmission happens when the bacteria or virus travel on respiratory droplets or dust.
HomeViral Borne Diseases. Dr. Rogers and collaborators recently had a paper published in Vector-Bourne and Zoonotic diseases documenting current research in viral diseases carried by rodents. There is a family of viruses that causes symptoms of hemorrhagic fevers, a group of diseases that are transmitted by rodents. Disease outbreaks have occurred in Africa and South America. Dr. Rogers and his colleagues began looking for evidence of the hemorrhagic fever virus in Mexico.