Diseases

Diseases

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Diseases

A complex regional pain syndrome characterised by burning pain and marked sensitivity to touch (hyperesthesia) in the distribution of an injured peripheral nerve. Autonomic dysfunction in the form of ...

Infectious mononucleosis

Health care; Diseases

A common, acute infection usually caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (human herpesvirus 4). There is an increase in mononuclear white blood cells and other atypical lymphocytes, generalised ...

Lung abscess

Health care; Diseases

A complication of a localised area of pneumonia or when a neoplasm becomes necrotic and contains purulent material that cannot drain easily from the area because of partial or complete bronchial ...

Molluscum contagiosum

Health care; Diseases

A common, benign, usually self-limited viral infection of the skin and occasionally the conjunctivae by a poxvirus (molluscum contagiosum virus).

Right ventricular dysfunction

Health care; Diseases

A condition in which the right ventricle of the heart exhibits a decreased functionality. This decreased function could lead to congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction, among other ...

Left ventricular dysfunction

Health care; Diseases

A condition in which the left ventricle of the heart exhibits a decreased functionality. This decreased function could lead to congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction, among other ...

Pseudohermaphroditism

Health care; Diseases

A condition in which the gonads are of one sex but one or more contradictions exist in the morphologic criteria of sex. Female pseudohermaphroditism is a form in which the affected individual is a ...