List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 321

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) also known as chronic myofascial pain (CMP) is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain caused by multiple trigger points and fascial constrictions.

Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child’s health or wellbeing. As methods to determine body fat directly are difficult the diagnosis of obesity is […]

Dilaceration is a developmental disturbance in shape of teeth. It refers to an angulation or a sharp bend or curve in the root or crown of a formed tooth.

Fumarase deficiency (or fumaric aciduria) also known as Polygamist Down’s is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme fumarate hydratase which is indicated by a […]

Hyperpituitarism is the primary hypersecretion of pituitary hormones. It typically results from a pituitary adenoma. Most pituitary adenomas are functional and secrete a hormone that produces clear symptoms characteristic of […]

Neuromuscular disease is a very broad term that encompasses many diseases and ailments that impair the functioning of the muscles either directly being pathologies of the muscle or indirectly being […]

Reactive airway disease is a general term for conditions involving wheezing and allergic reactions.The term sometimes is misused as a synonym for asthma. Current medical use describes an asthma-like syndrome […]

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) is an immunodeficiency disorder in which the body produces very few T cells and NK cells. In the absence of T cell help B cells […]

Spider bite sometimes called arachnidism in technical literature is injury resulting from the bites of spiders. It is an unusual class of injury and the effects of most confirmed spider […]

Analgesic nephropathy is injury to the kidney caused by analgesic medications such as aspirin phenacetin and paracetamol. The term usually refers to damage induced by excessive use of combinations of […]