Being board-certified means that in addition to going to medical school and doing a residency in family medicine, a doctor has also passed an additional rigorous examination.
Silicosis (previously miner's phthisis, grinder's asthma, potter's rot and other occupation-related names) is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust, and is marked by inflammation and scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs.
lyme disease is caused by a spirochete a corkscrew shaped bacterium called borrelia burgdorferi lyme is called the great imitator because its symptoms mimic many other diseasesit can affect any organ of the body including the brain and nervous system muscles and joints and the heartyme disease is caused by a spirochete a corkscrew shaped bacterium called borrelia burgdorferi lyme is called the great imitator because its symptoms mimic many other diseases