List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 572

Tetraplegia also known as quadriplegia is paralysis caused by illness or injury to a human that results in the partial or total loss of use of all their limbs and […]

Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is a disease of the heart valves in which the opening of the aortic valve is narrowed. The aortic valve is the valve located between the […]

Bladder cancer is any of several types of malignancy arising from the epithelial lining (i.e. the urothelium) of the urinary bladder. Rarely the bladder is involved by non-epithelial cancers such […]

Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Greek πολύς (polys) meaning many and δάκτυλος (daktylos) meaning finger) also known as hyperdactyly is a congenital physical anomaly in humans dogs and cats having supernumerary […]

Pica (/ˈpaɪkə/ PY-kə) is characterized by an appetite for substances largely non-nutritive such as ice clay chalk dirt or sand. According to DSM-IV criteria for these actions to be considered […]

A congenital disorder of glycosylation (previously called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome) is one of several rare inborn errors of metabolism in which glycosylation of a variety of tissue proteins and/or lipids […]

Schistosomiasis /ˌʃistəsɵˈmaɪəsəs/ (also known as bilharzia) is a disease caused by parasitic worms of the Schistosoma type. It may infect the urinary tract or intestines. Symptoms may include: abdominal pains […]

Hyponatremia (American English) or hyponatraemia (British English) is an electrolyte disturbance in which the sodium ion concentration in the plasma is lower than normal. Sodium is the dominant extracellular cation […]

Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form also known as Christian syndrome or Craniostenosis arthrogryposis cleft palate is a rare disease affecting multiple systems which causes malformations of the palate thumbs and […]

Pott’s disease or Pott disease is a presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis whereby disease is seen in the spinal vertebrae. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the spine a kind of tuberculous arthritis […]