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Arthralgia (from Greek arthro- joint + -algos pain) literally means joint pain; it is a symptom of injury infection illnesses (in particular arthritis) or an allergic reaction to medication.According to […]

Cerebral edema or cerebral œdema is excess accumulation of fluid in the intracellular or extracellular spaces of the brain.

Atypical pneumonia also known as walking pneumonia is an atypical pneumonia not caused by one of the more traditional pathogens. Its clinical presentation contrasts to that of typical pneumonia. A […]

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) often called primary immune thrombocytopenia and also known as primary immune thrombocytopenic purpura and autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura is defined as isolated low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) with […]

Frostbite is the medical condition in which localized damage is caused to skin and other tissues due to freezing. Frostbite is most likely to happen in body parts farthest from […]

Cervicitis is inflammation of the uterine cervix. Cervicitis in women has many features in common with urethritis in men and many cases are caused by sexually transmitted infections. Non-infectious causes […]

A pesticide poisoning occurs when chemicals intended to control a pest affect non-target organisms such as humans wildlife or bees. There are three types of pesticide poisoning. The first of […]

Absence seizures are one of several kinds of seizures. These seizures are sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures (from the French for little illness a term dating from the […]

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD also known as body dysmorphia dysmorphic syndrome; originally dysmorphophobia) is a chronic mental illness a somatoform disorder wherein the afflicted individual is concerned with body image […]

Cor pulmonale (Latin cor heart + New Latin pulmōnāle of the lungs) also known as pulmonary heart disease is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle of the heart as […]