List of articles in "Disease" category - Page 609

Major depressive disorder (MDD) (also known as clinical depression major depression unipolar depression or unipolar disorder; or as recurrent depression in the case of repeated episodes) is a mental disorder […]

Dyslexia or developmental reading disorder is characterized by difficulty with learning to read fluently and with accurate comprehension despite normal or above-average intelligence.This includes difficulty with phonological awareness phonological decoding […]

Down syndrome (DS) or Down’s syndrome also known as trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. […]

Alcohol intoxication (also known as drunkenness or inebriation) is a physiological state induced by the ingestion of ethyl alcohol (ethanol).Alcohol intoxication is the consequence of alcohol entering the bloodstream faster […]

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) also known as Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) and peroneal muscular atrophy (PMA) — is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders […]

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a neurological disease caused by severe damage of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the brainstem more precisely in the area termed the pons […]

Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.The main symptoms are watery diarrhea and vomiting. This may result in dehydration and in severe cases […]

Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color or perceive color differences under normal lighting conditions. Color blindness affects a significant percentage of […]

Candidiasis or thrush is a fungal infection (mycosis) of any species from the genus Candida (one genus of yeasts). Candida albicans is the most common agent of Candidiasis in humans. […]