List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 583

Spasticity or hyperreflexia is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance in muscle tone involving hypertonia; it is also referred to as an unusual tightness stiffness or pull of muscles. […]

Asphyxia or asphyxiation (from Greek α- without and σφύξις sphyxis heartbeat) is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from abnormal breathing. An example […]

Deliberately causing death through the effects of combustion or effects of exposure to extreme heat has a long history as a form of capital punishment. Many societies have employed it […]

Conjoined twins are identical twins joined in utero. A rare phenomenon the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 50000 births to 1 in 200000 births with a somewhat […]

Cenani–Lenz syndactylism also known as Cenani–Lenz syndrome or Cenani–syndactylism is an autosomal recessive congenital malformation syndrome involving both upper and lower extremities.

Autoimmunity is the failure of an organism in recognizing its own constituent parts as self thus leading to an immune response against its own cells and tissues. Any disease that […]

Morvan’s syndrome or Morvan’s fibrillary chorea (MFC) is a rare autoimmune disease named after the nineteenth century French physician Augustin Marie Morvan.

Lemierre’s syndrome (or Lemierre’s disease also known as postanginal shock including sepsis and human necrobacillosis) is a form of thrombophlebitis usually caused by the bacterium Fusobacterium necrophorum and occasionally by […]

The common cold (also known as nasopharyngitis rhinopharyngitis acute coryza head cold or simply a cold) is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which primarily affects the […]

Shigellosis also known as bacillary dysentery or Marlow Syndrome in its most severe manifestation is a foodborne illness caused by infection by bacteria of the genus Shigella. Shigellosis rarely occurs […]