List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 510

Coccydynia is a medical term meaning pain in the coccyx or tailbone area usually brought on by sitting too abruptly.

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive neuronal loss predominantly involving the frontal and/or temporal lobes. The disorder was first described by Arnold Pick in 1892 and […]

The ostium primum atrial septal defect (also known as an endocardial cushion defect) is a defect in the atrial septum at the level of the tricuspid and mitral valves.

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a form of a congenital heart defect that enables blood flow between two compartments of the heart called the left and right atria. Normally the […]

Vasculitis (plural: vasculitides) is a group of disorders that destroy blood vessels by inflammation. Both arteries and veins are affected. Lymphangitis is sometimes considered a type of vasculitis. Vasculitis is […]

Trifascicular block is a problem with the electrical conduction of the heart. It is diagnosed on an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) and has three features: prolongation of the PR interval (first degree […]

First-degree AV block or PR prolongation is a disease of the electrical conduction system of the heart in which the PR interval is lengthened beyond 0.20 seconds.In first-degree AV block […]

Somnolence (or drowsiness) is a state of near-sleep a strong desire for sleep or sleeping for unusually long periods (cf. hypersomnia). It has two distinct meanings referring both to the […]

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is an inherited connective tissue disease causing blisters in the skin and mucosal membranes with an incidence of 1/50000. It is a result of a defect in […]

Classical Homocystinuria also known as cystathionine beta synthase deficiency or CBS deficiency is an inherited disorder of the metabolism of the amino acid methionine often involving cystathionine beta synthase. It […]