List Diseases – B
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is an attack-like vestibular vertigo, the provoking factor of which is a change in the position of the head and body.
Ovarian tumors are the second most common neoplasm of the female reproductive organs, after uterine fibroids. They occur at any age, but mainly after 40 years. Benign forms prevail among them (75–80%), while malignant forms occur in 20–25%. Over the past 10 years, the incidence of reproductive cancer has increased by 15%.
Benign ovarian tumors are primarily functional cysts and tumors; most are asymptomatic.
Benign lymphoplasia can develop at any age, both in men and women. The clinical picture of the disease is characterized by the appearance of nodules, plaques or infiltrative-tumor elements located mainly on the skin of the face, mammary glands, genitals, armpits.
Benign liver tumors are quite common. They are usually asymptomatic, but in some cases they cause hepatomegaly, discomfort in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, or intra-abdominal bleeding.
Up to 84% of iris tumors are benign, more than half of them (54-62%) are myogenic in nature.
Benign intracranial hypertension (idiopathic intracranial hypertension, pseudotumor cerebri) is characterized by increased intracranial pressure without signs of a space-occupying lesion or hydrocephalus; the composition of the CSF is unchanged.
Benign eyelid tumors constitute the main group of eyelid tumors.
Tumors of the eyelid skin account for more than 80% of all neoplasms of the visual organ. The age of patients ranges from 1 year to 80 years and older. Tumors of epithelial genesis predominate (up to 67%).
Bell's palsy is an idiopathic sudden unilateral peripheral paralysis of the facial nerve (VII pair).
Bejel is a unique type of tropical treponematosis, observed mainly in children in Arab countries and manifested by lesions of the skin at various stages, and of the skeletal system at later stages.
Treatment of Bechterew's disease has several goals - to reduce the severity of inflammation and pain, to prevent the development and progression of mobility disorders of the spine and joints.
Symptoms of Bechterew's disease do not depend on gender or the presence of HLA-B27. The formation of inevitable ankylosis of the spine with the formation and in some cases of kyphosis of the cervical and/or thoracic spine ("supplicant's pose") is usually preceded for many years (usually tens of years) by various symptoms of Bechterew's disease.
Early diagnostics of Bechterew's disease involves analyzing information about the presence of diseases associated with HLA-B27 in the patient's immediate relatives. And information about the presence of episodes of uveitis, psoriasis, signs of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases in the past is important for conducting a more detailed examination of the patient and determining the form of the disease.
Behcet's disease (synonyms: major Touraine aphthosis, Behcet's syndrome, triple syndrome) is a multi-organ, inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, the clinical picture of which consists of aphthous stomatitis and lesions of the genitals, eyes and skin.
Behcet's disease is a systemic vasculitis of small vessels with vascular wall necrosis and perivascular lymphomonocytic infiltration; it is characterized by a triad of recurrent aortic stomatitis; genital ulcers and uveitis. It occurs at any age, but in children Behcet's disease is a rare pathology. A genetic predisposition has been identified, as well as a connection with HLA-B5, B-51h, DRW52.
Potentially dangerous actions for oneself and others are typical for patients with dementia and are the primary reason for involving home nursing care in 50% of cases.
This section includes a group of behavioral disorders characterized by a persistent type of dissocial, aggressive or defiant behavior, reaching the point of a pronounced violation of age-appropriate social norms.
Alcoholism is a big problem in any of its manifestations, be it vodka, wine or beer alcoholism.
Bees usually sting once and leave a barbed stinger in the wound, which releases venom and kills the insect.