Dr. Karla Michelle Torres santiago MD

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• What Causes Head Lice?

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• Alternative Treatments For Pneumonia

  More than one million children under the age of five lose their lives because of pneumonia according to research. This figure is higher compared to those who lose their lives as a result of AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis. One would then ask the question, what is this deadly disease that claims so...

• What are Leg Ulcers?

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• Conjunctivitis: When to See an Ophthalmologist and What to Expect

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• Treatments for Jock Itch

  It starts as a minor irritation in the groin, thighs or buttocks, which may spark a conflagration of itching, red rashes, and burning pain. These symptoms usually implicate the existence of jock itch. Affecting both men and women, this is a fungal infection of the Dermatophyte family of fungi or the...