Neuropathic pain is a chronic condition resulting from a disease, injury or infection. In most cases, it is not caused by one single factor. Generally, the pain manifests after some illness or injury. For instance, if you drop something heavy on your foot, your nervous system will immediately send signals of pain to the brain.

A protein receptor in our body, also called the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, controls the cells’ ability to grow, divide, or repair itself. However, when there is something wrong with the gene that is responsible for the HER2 protein, the body starts creating too many receptors. This causes excess production of the breast cells, creating a tumor.

Usually, an inflammation of the colon (also referred to as the large intestine) is known as colitis. It is a disease that has varied symptoms in different people. Colitis can be of different types such as microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, inflammatory bowel disease colitis (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease), chemical colitis, pseudomembranous colitis, and infectious colitis such as food poisoning, and infections caused by bacteria or parasites.

Amyloidosis is a rare disease that develops when amyloid, a protein produced in the bone marrow, builds up. Although it can accumulate in any part of the body, the heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, and digestive tract are commonly affected. Statistics suggest that each year, over 4,000 people in the country develop the condition, which typically affects those between 50 and 65.