List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 566

A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) also known as a premature ventricular complex ventricular premature contraction (or complex or complexes) (VPC) ventricular premature beat (VPB) or ventricular extrasystole (VES) is a […]

Barth syndrome (BTHS) also known as 3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type II is an X-linked genetic disorder. The disorder which affects multiple body systems is found exclusively in males. It is named […]

Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle secretiveness emotional coldness and apathy. Affected individuals […]

Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings and thus the end of the human life cycle.

Growing pains are pain symptoms relatively common in children. Typically they are located in the muscles rather than the joints of the leg and less commonly the arm. They are […]

Binswanger disease also known as subcortical leukoencephalopathy is a form of small vessel vascular dementia caused by damage to the white brain matter. White matter atrophy can be caused by […]

Vascular dementia or multi-infarct dementia is dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain typically by a series of minor strokes. Vascular dementia is the second […]

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) also known under a variety of other names including Lewy body dementia diffuse Lewy body disease cortical Lewy body disease and senile dementia of Lewy […]

A stillbirth occurs when a fetus has died in the uterus. A wide variety of definitions exist. Once the fetus has died the mother may or may not have contractions […]

The word pharyngitis /færɨnˈdʒaɪtɨs/ comes from the Greek word pharynx pharanx meaning throat and the suffix -itis meaning inflammation. It is an inflammation of the throat. In most cases it […]