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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) (called emotionally unstable personality disorder emotional intensity disorder borderline type in the ICD-10) is a cluster-B personality disorder the essential features of which are a pattern […]

Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where ‘normal’ speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering lisps etc. Someone who is unable to speak due to […]

Brief reactive psychosis referred to in the DSM IV-TR as brief psychotic disorder with marked stressor(s) is the psychiatric term for psychosis which can be triggered by an extremely stressful […]

Alkaptonuria (black urine disease or alcaptonuria) is a rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism. This is an autosomal recessive condition that is due to a defect in […]

Peyronie’s disease or Peyronie disease (/peɪroʊnˈiː/) also known as induratio penis plastica or chronic inflammation of the tunica albuginea (CITA) is a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous […]

Pseudomembranous colitis a cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) is an inflammation of the colon. It is often but not always caused by the bacterium Clostridium difficile. Because of this the […]

Hypothermia (from Greek ὑποθερμία) is a condition in which the body’s core temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and body functions. This is generally considered to be 35.0 […]

Mastocytosis one of the mast cell diseases is a rare disorder of both children and adults caused by the presence of too many mast cells (mastocytes) and CD34+ mast cell […]

Bleeding technically known as hemorrhaging or hæmorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of blood escaping from the circulatory system.

Circulatory shock commonly known simply as shock is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs due to inadequate substrate for aerobic cellular respiration. In the early stages this is generally an […]