List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 244

Moon facies or moon face is a medical sign which people are often born with resulting in a large chin and large forehead. This results in a ‘moon’ shape when […]

Konzo is an epidemic paralytic disease occurring in outbreaks in remote rural areas of low income African countries. The people of these regions have been associated with several weeks of […]

Wandering spleen (or Pelvic spleen) is a rare medical disease caused by the loss or weakening of the ligaments that help to hold the spleen.

The classification of transsexual people and people with other gender atypicalities has been done since the mid-1960s. In medicine and psychiatry terms such as heterosexual and homosexual have been based […]

Pruritus ani (also known as anusitis) is the irritation of the skin at the exit of the rectum known as the anus causing the desire to scratch. The intensity of […]

Monilethrix (also referred to as Beaded hair) is a rare autosomal dominant hair disease that results in short fragile broken hair that appears beaded. It comes from the Latin word […]

Anemia of prematurity refers to a form of anemia affecting preterm infants with decreased hematocrit.

Diastasis symphysis pubis is the separation of normally joined pubic bones as in the dislocation of the bones without a fracture.

Duodenitis is inflammation of the duodenum. It may persist acutely or chronically.

Osteoblastoma is an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone. It has clinical and histologic manifestations similar to those of osteoid osteoma; therefore some consider the two tumors to […]