Respiratory acidosis - Overview
Ventilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This disrupts the body's acid-base balance. Body fluids ... [... more]
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Acoustic neuroma - Overview
Vestibular schwannoma; Tumor - acoustic; Cerebellopontine angle tumor; Angle tumor An acoustic neuroma is a noncancerous (benign), often slow-growing tumor of the nerve that connects the ear to the brain. These tumors are thought to occur when ... [... more]
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Trench mouth - Overview
Vincent's stomatitis; Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis Trench mouth is a painful bacterial infection that involves swelling (inflammation) and ulcers in the gums (gingiva). Trench mouth is a painful form of gum swelling (gingivitis). The ... [... more]
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Allergic vasculitis - Overview
Vasculitis - allergic hypersensitivity; Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis Allergic vasculitis is hypersensitivity to a drug or foreign substance that leads to inflammation and damage to blood vessels of the skin. Allergic vasculitis is caused ... [... more]
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura - Overview
Henoch-Schonlein purpura is a disease that involves purple spots on the skin, joint pain, gastrointestinal problems, and glomerulonephritis (a type of kidney disorder). Henoch-Schonlein is a type of hypersensitivity vasculitis and inflammatory ... [... more]
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Coronary artery spasm - Overview
Coronary artery spasm is a temporary, sudden contraction in one location in the muscles in the wall of an artery in the heart. The spasm slows or stops blood flow through the artery and starves the heart of oxygen-rich blood. The spasm may occur ... [... more]
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Angiodysplasia of the colon - Overview
Vascular ectasia of the colon; Colonic arteriovenous malformation; Colonic angiomas Angiodysplasia of the colon is a condition of stretched and fragile blood vessels in the colon that results in occasional loss of blood from the gastrointestinal ... [... more]
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Birthmarks - red - Overview
Strawberry mark; Vascular skin changes; Angioma cavernosum; Capillary hemangioma; Hemangioma simplex Red birthmarks are colored, vascular (blood vessel) skin markings that develop before or shortly after birth. There are two main categories of ... [... more]
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Anorchia - Overview
Vanishing testes - anorchia; Empty scrotum - anorchia; Scrotum - empty (anorchia) In the first several weeks after the egg is fertilized, the embryo develops early sex organs. In the male, if the early testes fail to develop before 8 weeks into ... [... more]
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Aortic arch syndrome - Overview
Subclavian artery occlusive syndrome; Carotid artery occlusion syndrome; Subclavian steal syndrome; Vertebral-basilar artery occlusive syndrome Aortic arch syndrome refers to a group of signs and symptoms associated with structural problems in ... [... more]
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Speech disorders - Overview
Speech disorders refer to several conditions in which a person has difficulty communicating by mouth. Speech is one of the primary ways we communicate with those around us. It is an effective way to monitor normal growth and development as well ... [... more]
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Benign positional vertigo - Overview
Benign positional vertigo causes sudden sensations of spinning, typically provoked by head movement. Benign positional vertigo is the most common cause of vertigo. It is caused by a disturbance within the balance organs of the inner ear. The ... [... more]
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