Diseases

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Wolfram Syndrome

Health care; Diseases

Hereditary Association of Diabetes Insipidus; diabetes mellitus; optic atrophy; and deafness.

Rheumatism

Health care; Diseases

Rheumatism describes any of a number of painful conditions of muscles, tendons, joints and bones.

Gout is a desease that results from an overload of uric acid in the body. This overload of uric acid leads to the formation of tiny crystals of urate that deposite in tissues of the body, especially ...

Hammer toe

Health care; Diseases

A flexed (curled) but not abnormally rotated toe. May require surgical correction.

Pes cavus

Health care; Diseases

Literally a hollow foot, pes cavus is a foot with too high an arch.

Hyperkeratosis

Health care; Diseases

Hyperkeratosis is thickening of the stratum corneum, often associated with a qualitative abnormality of the keratin. It can be caused by Vitamin A deficiency.

Sciatica

Health care; Diseases

Sciatica is pain in the lower extremity resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve. The pain of sciatica is typically felt from the low back to behind the thigh and radiating down below the knee.