List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 593

Retinopathy is due to persistent or acute damage to the retina of the eye. Ongoing inflammation and vascular remodeling may occur over periods of time where the patient is not […]

Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus. It happens predominantly in those with type 1 diabetes but it can occur in those with type […]

Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette’s syndrome Tourette’s disorder Gilles de la Tourette syndrome GTS or more commonly simply Tourette’s or TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood […]

Tay–Sachs disease (also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or hexosaminidase A deficiency ) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In its most common variant (known as infantile Tay–Sachs disease) it […]

Q fever is a disease caused by infection with Coxiella burnetii a bacterium that affects humans and other animals. This organism is uncommon but may be found in cattle sheep […]

Rett syndrome originally termed as cerebroatrophic hyperammonemia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of the grey matter of the brain that almost exclusively affects females but has also been found in male […]

Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a rare central nervous system disorder in which coordination motor abilities and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents.

Neurofibromatosis (NF) refers to a number of inherited conditions that are clinically and genetically distinct and carry a high risk of tumor formation particularly in the brain. Neurofibromatosis is an […]

Joubert syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects the cerebellum an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a median entrapment neuropathy that causes paresthesia pain numbness and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the […]