Porphyria is a group of 8 different disorders that affect the skin and the nervous system  These conditions are usually inherited  Either one or both parents pass a mutated gene to their child  It is very rare, and for some individuals they mayContinue Reading

Close-up of tick on human skin.

Lyme disease is an illness that is caused by the borrelia bacteria  The most common ways that humans come in contact with this bacteria is from tick bites from ticks that are carrying the bacteria  Ticks like to live in grassy, bushy, or woodedContinue Reading

A hemangioma is the most common type of tumor in children  About 10% of babies are born with them  Even though hemangiomas are considered a tumor they are benign, or not cancerous  They are a growth that is made of extra blood vessels in theContinue Reading