List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 432

Parasitemia is the quantitative content of parasites in the blood. It is used as a measurement of parasite load in the organism and an indication of the degree of an […]

Pectus carinatum (L carīnātus equiv. to carīn(a) keel) also called pigeon chest is a deformity of the chest characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and ribs. It is the […]

Stickler syndrome (hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy) is a group of genetic disorders affecting connective tissue specifically collagen. Stickler syndrome is a subtype of collagenopathy types II and XI. Stickler syndrome is […]

Evans syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which an individual’s antibodies attack their own red blood cells and platelets. Both of these events may occur simultaneously or one may follow […]

An intertrigo is an inflammation (rash) of the body folds (adjacent areas of skin). The term intertrigo commonly refers to a bacterial fungal or viral infection that has developed at […]

Polymyalgia rheumatica (which takes its name from the word Πολυμυαλγία polymyalgia which means pain in many muscles in Greek followed by the term rheumatica) abbreviated as PMR is a syndrome […]

Neuralgia (Greek neuron nerve + algos pain) is pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves as in intercostal neuralgia trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.

An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. It is an aspect of occupational safety and health. An occupational disease is […]

A Boxer’s fracture (bar room’s fracture) is a fracture of the fourth and/or fifth metacarpal bones transverse neck secondary to an indirect force such as striking an object with a […]

Cluttering (also called tachyphemia) is a speech and communication disorder characterized by a rapid rate making speech difficult to understand erratic rhythm poor syntax or grammar and words or groups […]