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Absence seizure
Absence (petit mal) seizure - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this form of epilepsy. Absence seizure - also known as petit mal seizure - involves only a brief, sudden lapse of conscious activity. Occurring most often in ... [... more]
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Actinic keratosis
Actinic keratosis - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment, prevention of these potentially precancerous skin patches. An actinic keratosis is a skin lesion that appears as a rough, scaly patch on your face, lips, ears, back of your ... [... more]
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Sweet syndrome
Sweet syndrome - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this painful skin condition. Sweet syndrome - also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis - is a skin condition marked by fever and painful skin lesions that ... [... more]
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Acute sinusitis
Acute sinusitis - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes and treatment strategies of this respiratory condition. With acute sinusitis, the cavities around your nasal passages (sinuses) become inflamed and swollen. This interferes with ... [... more]
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Nicotine dependence
Nicotine dependence - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, complications, treatment of this difficult-to-break addiction. Nicotine dependence is an addiction to tobacco products caused by the drug nicotine. Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and ... [... more]
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Hay fever - MayoClinic.com
Hay fever - Comprehensive overview covers treatment and prevention of this common allergy. Hay fever, also called allergic rhinitis, causes cold-like symptoms such as a runny nose, congestion, sneezing and sinus pressure. But unlike a cold, hay ... [... more]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this degenerative neurological condition. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurological disease that causes muscle weakness, disability and ... [... more]
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Sickle cell anemia
Sickle cell anemia - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this blood disorder. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited form of anemia - a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout ... [... more]
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Ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment and complications of this inflammatory arthritis. Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily causes pain and inflammation of the ... [... more]
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Antisocial personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, treatment of this debilitating disorder. Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental illness in which your ways of thinking, perceiving situations ... [... more]
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Social anxiety disorder (social phobia)
Social anxiety disorder - Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatments and coping skills. It's normal to feel nervous and awkward in some social situations. Going on a first date or giving a presentation may give you that uncomfortable ... [... more]
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