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Dermatomytosis
An inflammatory disease that involves skin and muscle. It could be a chronic condition, or sub acute. It comes with a characteristic skin rash and proximal muscle weakness. The skin lesions are usually purplish, involving the nose, cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, and arms. The disease is associated...
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Chronic pain
Chronic pain has several different meanings in medicine. Traditionally, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has relied upon an arbitrary interval of time from onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since the...
Weight loss
Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective...
Low-grade fever
In medicine, low-grade fever is a continuous or fluctuating low fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit). It is a non-specific finding, but occurs in many diseases, ranging from infectious ...
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Calcinosis
Calcinosis is the formation of calcium deposits in any soft tissue.
The most common type of calcinosis is dystrophic calcification. This type of calcification can occur as a response to any soft tissue damage, including that involved in implantation...
Photosensitivity
Photosensitivity is the amount to which an object reacts upon receiving photons, especially visible light.
Sensitivity of the skin to a light source can take various forms. People with particular skin types are more sensitive to sunburn. Particular...
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Sclerodactyly
Sclerodactyly is a localized thickening and tightness of the skin of the fingers or toes. Sclerodactyly is commonly accompanied by atrophy of the underlying soft tissues.
The term "sclerodactyly" is made up from the Greek "skleros" meaning hard and ...
Muscle weakness
A reduction in the strength of one or more muscles.
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Skin Rash
Any change in the skin which affects its appearance or texture. A rash may be localised to one part of the body, or affect all the skin. Rashes may cause the skin to change color, itch, become warm, bumpy, dry, cracked or blistered, swell and may be...
inflamed lungs
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