List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 438

Retinal hemorrhage is a disorder of the eye in which bleeding occurs into the retensitive tissue on the back wall of the eye. A retinal hemorrhage can be caused by […]

An intussusception is a medical condition in which a part of the intestine has invaginated into another section of intestine similar to the way in which the parts of a […]

Problem gambling or ludomania is an urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by […]

Hemeralopia (from Greek ημέρα hemera day; and αλαός alaos blindness) is the inability to see clearly in bright light and is the exact opposite of nyctalopia (night blindness). Hemera was […]

Erb’s palsy or Erb–Duchenne palsy is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves specifically the severing of the upper trunk […]

Andersen–Tawil syndrome also called Andersen syndrome and Long QT syndrome 7 is a form of long QT syndrome. It is a rare genetic disorder and is inherited in an autosomal […]

Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency often shortened to LCHAD deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive fatty acid oxidation disorder that prevents the body from converting certain fats into energy. This […]

Romano–Ward syndrome is the major variant of long QT syndrome. It is a condition that causes a disruption of the heart’s normal rhythm. This disorder is a form of long […]

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) sometimes referred to as Stone Man Syndrome is an extremely rare disease of the connective tissue. A mutation of the body’s repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue […]

Unilateral hearing loss (UHL) or single-sided deafness (SSD) is a type of hearing impairment where there is normal hearing in one ear and impaired hearing in the other ear.