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| x Autism |
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Paternal age | Compulsive behavior | Speech therapy |
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. The diagnostic criteria require that symptoms become apparent before a child is three years old....
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| Fragile X syndrome | Restricted behavior | Antidepressant | |||
| Male | Ritualistic behavior | Stimulant | |||
| Family History of Autism | Self-harm | Applied Behavior Analysis | |||
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| x Motor neuron disease |
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Muscle atrophy |
The motor neurone diseases (MND) or motor neuron diseases are a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, breathing, swallowing and general...
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| x Anxiety |
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Oxazepam |
Anxiety (also called angst or worry) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. It is the displeasing feeling of fear and concern. The root meaning of the word anxiety is 'to...
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| x Ataxia |
Ataxia (from Greek α- [a negative prefix] + -τάξις [order] = "lack of order"), is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements, as in walking. Ataxia is a non-specific clinical manifestation implying...
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| x Abscess |
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An abscess (Latin: abscessus) is a collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides due to an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials ...
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| x Arachnophobia |
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Arachnophobia or arachnephobia (from the Greek: ἀράχνη, aráchnē, "spider" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is a specific phobia, the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions. It is a manifestation of zoophobia, among the most common of all...
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| x Arthritis |
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Obesity | Swelling | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints.
There are over 100 different forms of arthritis. The most common form, osteoarthritis ...
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| Old age | Night Sweats | Synovectomy | |||
| Female | Pain | Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug | |||
| Family History of Arthritis | Dyspnea | Physical therapy | |||
| Pyrexia | Corticosteroid | ||||
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| x Aphasia |
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation |
Aphasia ( /əˈfeɪʒə/ or /əˈfeɪziə/, from ancient Greek ἀφασία (ἄφατος, ἀ- + φημί), "speechlessness") is an impairment of language ability. This class of language disorder ranges from having difficulty remembering words to being completely unable to...
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| x Albinism |
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Albinism (from Latin albus, "white"; see extended etymology, also called achromia, achromasia, or achromatosis) is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect...
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| x Alcoholism |
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Cannabis |
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing. It is...
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| x Arteriovenous malformation |
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Arteriovenous malformation or AVM is an abnormal connection between veins and arteries, usually congenital. This pathology is widely known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system, but can appear in any location. An arteriovenous...
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| x Brain abscess |
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Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone,...
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| x Bipolar disorder |
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Major life changes | Fatigue | Carbamazepine |
Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic-depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy...
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| Stress | Suicidal ideation | Atypical antipsychotic | |||
| Drug abuse | Irritability | Anticonvulsant | |||
| Family History of Bipolar Disorder | Anxiety | Mood stabilizer | |||
| Aggression | Antidepressant | ||||
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| x Bacterial vaginosis |
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Unsafe sex | Abnormal vaginal discharge | Clindamycin |
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) or less commonly vaginal bacteriosis is a disease of the vagina caused by bacteria. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), risk factors for BV include douching and having new or multiple sex...
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| IUD contraception | Dyspareunia | Antibiotic | |||
| Pregnancy | Vaginal odor | Tinidazole | |||
| Sexually transmitted disease | Asymptomatic | Metronidazole | |||
| Menopause | Vaginal tenderness | ||||
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| x Catatonia |
Catatonia is a state of neurogenic motor immobility, and behavioral abnormality manifested by stupor. It was first described in 1874: Die Katatonie oder das Spannungsirresein (Catatonia or Tension Insanity).
In the current Diagnostic and Statistical...
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| x Cardiac arrhythmia |
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Heart Disease | Asymptomatic | Vagal maneuver |
Cardiac dysrhythmia (also known as arrhythmia and irregular heartbeat) is any of a large and heterogeneous group of conditions in which there is abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heartbeat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular...
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| Alcohol use | Lightheadedness | Heparin | |||
| Smoking | Syncope | Warfarin | |||
| Exposure to chemicals | Dizziness | Aspirin | |||
| Drug abuse | Palpitation | Antiarrhythmic agent | |||
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| x Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease ( /ˈkrɔɪtsfɛlt ˈjɑːkoʊb/ KROITS-felt YAH-kohb) or CJD is a degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is incurable and invariably fatal. CJD is at times called a human form of mad cow disease even though...
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| x Coma |
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In medicine, a coma (from the Greek κῶμα koma, meaning deep sleep) is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than six hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake...
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| x Chickenpox |
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Close contact with an infected person | Malaise | Aciclovir |
Chickenpox (or chicken pox) is a highly contagious illness caused by primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). It usually starts with vesicular skin rash mainly on the body and head rather than at the periphery and becomes itchy, raw...
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| Pregnancy | Pyrexia | Antihistamine | |||
| Infant | Cough | Calamine | |||
| Immunosuppression | Headache | Zoster-immune globulin | |||
| Incomplete immunization | Abdominal pain | ||||
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| x Bradycardia |
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Bradycardia ( /ˌbrædɪˈkɑrdiə/; Greek βραδυκαρδία, bradykardía, "heart slowness"), in the context of adult medicine, is the resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beats/min. It...
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| x Coronary heart disease |
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Menopause | Dyspnea | Coronary stent |
Coronary artery disease (CAD; also atherosclerotic heart disease) is the result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the coronary arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the heart) with oxygen and nutrients. It...
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| Tobacco smoking | Angina Pectoris | Nitroglycerin | |||
| Old age | Cardiac arrest | Angioplasty | |||
| Hypercholesterolemia | Coronary artery bypass surgery | ||||
| Heredity | Beta blocker | ||||
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| x Cretinism |
Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (congenital hypothyroidism) usually due to maternal hypothyroidism.
The disused term cretin was a medical term which...
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| x Chagas disease |
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Chagas disease ( /ˈʃɑːɡəs/, Portuguese: [ˈʃaɣɐʃ]; Portuguese: doença de Chagas, Spanish: enfermedad de Chagas-Mazza, mal de Chagas in both languages; also called American trypanosomiasis) is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate...
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| x Chlamydia |
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Unsafe sex | Penile discharge | Ofloxacin |
Chlamydia infection (from the Greek, χλαμύδα meaning "cloak") is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in humans caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. The term Chlamydia infection can also refer to infection caused by any species...
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| Multiple sexual partners | Vaginal bleeding | Amoxicillin | |||
| Prostitution | Dysuria | Erythromycin | |||
| Anal discharge | Doxycycline | ||||
| Abnormal vaginal discharge | Azithromycin | ||||
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| x Candidiasis |
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Immunodeficiency | Blister | Antifungal drug |
Candidiasis or thrush is a fungal infection (mycosis) of any of the Candida species (all yeasts), of which Candida albicans is the most common. Also commonly referred to as a yeast infection, candidiasis is also technically known as candidosis,...
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| Immunosuppressive drug | Vaginal tenderness | Nystatin | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | Pruritus | ||||
| Steroid | Skin Eruptions | ||||
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| x Color blindness |
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Brain damage | Difficulty distinguishing between blue and green |
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 many people in a population. "Color blind" is a term of art;...
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| Old age | Difficulty distinguishing between yellow and blue | ||||
| Parkinson's disease | Difficulty distinguishing between red and green | ||||
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| x Cholera |
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Immunodeficiency | Diarrhea | Tetracycline |
Cholera is an infection in the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse, watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated by the...
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| Achlorhydria | Hypovolemic Shock | Erythromycin | |||
| Eating raw or uncooked shellfish | Nausea | Doxycycline | |||
| Malnutrition | Pyrexia | Chloramphenicol | |||
| Somnolence | Furazolidone | ||||
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| x Cerebral arteriovenous malformation |
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A cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins in the brain.
The most frequently observed problems related to an AVM are headaches and seizures while at least 15% of the population at detection...
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| x Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease |
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Family History of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease | Hammer toe |
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT), also known as Morbus Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN), hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy (HSMN), or peroneal muscular atrophy, is an inherited...
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| x Central pontine myelinolysis |
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Pregnancy | Locked-In syndrome | Dietary supplement |
Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is neurological disease caused by severe damage of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the brainstem, more precisely in the area termed the pons, predominately of iatrogenic etiology. It is characterized by acute...
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| Hyperemesis gravidarum | Quadriplegia | Intravenous therapy | |||
| Alcoholism | Osmotic demyelination syndrome | ||||
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| x Alcohol intoxication |
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Alcohol intoxication (also known as drunkenness or inebriation) is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol (alcohol) in his or her blood.
Common symptoms of alcohol intoxication include slurred speech, euphoria,...
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| x 22q11.2 deletion syndrome |
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Family History of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome | Autoimmune Disease |
DiGeorge Syndrome is a congenital anomaly characterized by immunodeficiency, abnormal facies, congenital heart disease, hypocalcemia, and increased susceptibility to infections. Pathologic characteristics include conotruncal abnormalities and...
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| x Down syndrome |
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Family history of Down syndrome | Brushfield spots |
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866....
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| Advancing maternal age | Hypotonia | ||||
| Genetic predisposition to Down syndrome | Mental retardation | ||||
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| x Dyslexia |
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Family History of Dyslexia | Phonological deficit | Educational Support Professional |
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding,...
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| x Depression |
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Parkinson's disease | Melancholia | Electroconvulsive therapy |
Major depressive disorder (MDD) (also known as recurrent depressive disorder, clinical depression, major depression, unipolar depression, or unipolar disorder) is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low...
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Unintentional Weight Loss | Tricyclic antidepressant | |||
| Epilepsy | Psychosis | Trazodone | |||
| Stroke | Irritability | Transcranial magnetic stimulation | |||
| Alzheimer's disease | Fatigue | Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor | |||
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| x Endocarditis |
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Artificial heart valve | Fatigue | Antibiotic |
Inflammation of the endocardium.
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| Congenital heart defect | Night Sweats | ||||
| Damaged Heart Valves | Pyrexia | ||||
| Personal History of Endocarditis | Rigor | ||||
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| x Ectopia |
In medicine, an ectopia is a displacement or malposition of an organ or other body part. Most ectopias are congenital, but some may happen later in life. Ectopia may also refer to:
Medicine
Molecular biology
Other
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| x Expressive aphasia |
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Agrammatism |
Expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia), also known as Broca's aphasia in clinical neuropsychology and agrammatic aphasia in cognitive neuropsychology, is caused by damage to or developmental issues in anterior regions of the brain, including (but...
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| x Epilepsy |
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Stroke | Mental confusion | Carbamazepine |
Epilepsy (from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία), is a common and diverse set of chronic neurological disorders characterized by seizures. Some definitions of epilepsy require that seizures be recurrent and unprovoked, but others require only a single seizure...
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| Meningitis | Loss Of Consciousness | Surgery | |||
| Coronary heart disease | Blank Stare | Lamotrigine | |||
| Male | Tonic–clonic seizure | Ketogenic diet | |||
| Old age | Phenytoin | ||||
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| x Essential tremor |
Essential tremor (ET) is a slowly progressive neurological disorder of which the most recognizable feature is a tremor of the arms or hands that is apparent during voluntary movements such as eating and writing. This type of tremor is often referred...
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| x Fugue state |
A fugue state, formally dissociative fugue or psychogenic fugue (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13), is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other...
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| x Folie à deux |
Folie à deux (English pronunciation: /fɒˈli ə ˈduː/, from the French for "a madness shared by two") (or shared psychosis) is a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one individual to another. The same...
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| x Foix-Alajouanine syndrome |
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome is a disorder caused by an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord. The patients present with symptoms indicating spinal cord involvement (paralysis of arms and legs, numbness and loss of sensation and sphincter...
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| x Goitre |
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Old age | Dysphonia | Radioactive iodine therapy |
A goitre or goiter (Latin gutteria, struma), is a swelling in the thyroid gland, which can lead to a swelling of the neck or larynx (voice box). Goitre is a term that refers to an enlargement of the thyroid (thyromegaly) and can be associated with a...
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| Pregnancy | Dysphagia | Partial Thyroidectomy | |||
| Menopause | Neck mass | Levothyroxine | |||
| Female | Cough | Thyroidectomy | |||
| Iodine deficiency | Dyspnea | Corticosteroid | |||
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| x Guillain-Barré syndrome | Mononucleosis | Adie syndrome | Plasmapheresis |
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) (French pronunciation: [ɡiˈlɛ̃ baˈʁe], English pronunciation: /ˈɡiːlænˈbɑreɪ/), sometimes Landry's paralysis or Guillain–Barré-Strohl syndrome, is an acute polyneuropathy, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous...
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| Hodgkin's lymphoma | Muscle weakness | Physical therapy | |||
| Surgery | Peripheral Motor Neuropathy | Intravenous immunoglobulin | |||
| Rabies | Lower motor neurone lesion | Mechanical ventilation | |||
| HIV infection | Hypertension | ||||
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| x Genetic disorder |
A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in genes or chromosomes, especially a condition that is present from before birth. Most genetic disorders are quite rare and affect one person in every several thousands or millions.
A genetic...
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| x Hypoxia |
Hypoxia, or hypoxiation, is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Variations in arterial oxygen concentrations can be part of the...
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| x Hypoglycemia |
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Hypoglycemia, hypoglycæmia or low blood sugar (not to be confused with hyperglycemia) is an abnormally diminished content of glucose in the blood. The term literally means "low sugar blood" (Gr. υπογλυκαιμία, from hypo-, glykys, haima). It can...
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| x Hyperthyroidism |
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Amiodarone | Tremor | Methimazole |
Hyperthyroidism, often referred to as an 'overactive thyroid', is when the thyroid gland produces and secretes excessive amounts of the free - not protein bound and circulating in the blood - thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3) and/or thyroxine...
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| Inflammation | Tachycardia | Propylthiouracil | |||
| Pregnancy | Dyspnea | Radioactive iodine therapy | |||
| Pretibial myxedema | Beta blocker | ||||
| Irritability | Thyroidectomy | ||||
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| x Hemiparesis |
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Hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body. It is less severe than hemiplegia - the total paralysis of the arm, leg, and trunk on one side of the body. Thus, the patient can move the impaired side of his body, but with reduced muscular strength...
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| x Haemophilia |
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Menorrhagia |
Haemophilia ( /hiːməˈfɪliə/; also spelled hemophilia in North America, from the Greek haima αἷμα 'blood' and philia φιλος 'love') is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or coagulation,...
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| x HIV infection |
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Intravenous drug use | Pyrexia | Antiretroviral drug |
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening...
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| Unsafe sex | Headache | Post-exposure prophylaxis | |||
| Sexually transmitted disease | Lymphadenopathy | Protease inhibitor | |||
| Needlestick injury | Fatigue | Reverse-transcriptase inhibitor | |||
| Prostitution | Flu-like syndrome | UK-453,061 | |||
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| x Erectile dysfunction |
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Tobacco smoking | Sexual dysfunction | Sildenafil |
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual performance.
A penile erection is the hydraulic effect of blood entering and being retained in sponge-like...
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| Atherosclerosis | Soft erections | Vardenafil | |||
| Anxiety | Priapism | Prostaglandin E1 | |||
| Substance abuse | Tadalafil | ||||
| Adverse drug reaction | Penile prosthesis | ||||
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| x Infectious disease |
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Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic...
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| x Interstitial cystitis |
Interstitial cystitis, or bladder pain syndrome (commonly abbreviated to "IC/BPS"), is a chronic, oftentimes severely debilitating disease of the urinary bladder. Of unknown cause, it is characterized by: pain associated with the bladder, pain...
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| x Inclusion body myositis |
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory muscle disease, characterized by slowly progressive weakness and wasting of both distal and proximal muscles, most apparent in the muscles of the arms and legs. There are two types: sporadic inclusion...
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| x Kwashiorkor |
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Coeliac disease | Abdominal distension | Dietary supplement |
Kwashiorkor ( /kwɑːʃiˈɔrkər/) is an acute form of childhood protein-energy malnutrition characterized by edema, irritability, anorexia, ulcerating dermatoses, and an enlarged liver with fatty infiltrates. The presence of edema caused by poor...
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| Starvation | Leopard skin | High protein diet | |||
| Malnutrition | Hepatomegaly | High caloric diet | |||
| Poor sanitation | Missing tooth | ||||
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| x Lafora disease |
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Lafora disease, also called Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy or MELF , is a fatal autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies, known as Lafora bodies, within neurons and the cells of the heart, liver,...
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| x Lassa fever |
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Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus and first described in 1969 in the town of Lassa, in Borno State, Nigeria, in the Yedseram river valley at the south end of Lake Chad. Clinical cases of the disease had been...
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| x Learning disability |
In the United States and Canada, the term learning disability is used to refer to psychological and neurological conditions that affect a person's communicative capacities and potential to be taught effectively. The term includes such conditions as...
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