Diseases starting with a letter b

List Diseases – B

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Morsus apis – this is the Latin word for a bee sting. There is no actual sting, as the bee can only sting, and this can carry various emotional and physiological loads.

Bedsores

A bedsore (decubitus) is a chronic ulcer of soft tissue that occurs in patients with impaired sensitivity (usually in a motionless state) due to compression, friction or displacement of the skin, or as a result of a combination of these factors.

Bedpost pediculosis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Pediculosis corporis is caused by body lice, which live in the seams of clothing and cause skin lesions in the form of papules, hyperemic spots or blisters with a bloody crust in the center.

Bednar's Afts

The mysterious word "aphthae" translated from Greek means ulcers on the surface of the mucous membranes. Bednar's aphthae are erosions in the mouth, mainly in newborns, rarely in older children.

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital disorder characterized by excessively rapid growth in early childhood, asymmetry of body development, an increased risk of developing cancer and some birth defects, and behavioral problems in the child.

Bazen's light pox. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Bazin's light pox was first described by the French dermatologist Bazin in 1862. The disease is based on a special sensitivity to sunlight, but its mechanism is still unknown.

Basalioma of the skin. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Basalioma is a slow-growing and rarely metastasizing basal cell cancer that arises in the epidermis or hair follicles, the cells of which are similar to the basal cells of the epidermis. Basalioma is not considered a cancer or a benign neoplasm, but a special kind of tumor with locally destructive growth.

Basalioma of the eyelid. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Basal cell carcinoma (basalioma) of the eyelid is the most common malignant disease, most often affecting elderly patients.

Bartter's syndrome. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Bartter syndrome is a genetically determined tubular dysfunction characterized by hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, hyperuricemia, and increased renin and aldosterone activity.

Bartholinitis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Bartholinitis is an inflammation of the large vestibular glands located in the lower third of the labia majora. Bartholinitis is most often caused by non-spore-forming anaerobes, gonococcus or staphylococcus, less often by streptococcus, E. coli, trichomonas, and mixed infections.

Bartholin gland cyst

A Bartholin's gland cyst is a formation that occurs as a result of blockage of the gland duct and accumulation of its own secretion. The cyst can reach significant sizes (3-4 cm) and is manifested by swelling in the labia, pain and discomfort when walking or during sexual intercourse.

Barrett's esophagus: treatment

It is often assumed that the treatment of Barrett's esophagus depends mainly on the presence and degree of dysplasia, but it is not always possible to either "stop" the progression of dysplasia or reverse it.

Barrett's esophagus in children

The problem of Barrett's esophagus has attracted the attention of clinicians around the world for half a century. This topic has been studied in sufficient detail and is described in no less detail in the "adult" literature.

Barrett's esophagus

Barrett's esophagus is an acquired condition that is one of the complications of gastroesophageal or duodenogastroesophageal reflux disease, developing as a result of the replacement of the destroyed multilayered squamous epithelium of the lower part of the esophagus with columnar epithelium, which leads to a predisposition to the development of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus or cardia (B. D. Starostin, 1997).

Barré-Masson glomus angioma (glomus tumor). Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Glomus angioma of Barre-Masson (syn.: Barre-Masson tumor, glomus tumor, angioneuroma, myoarterial glomus tumor) is a benign tumor of the organoid type, developing from the walls of the Suquet-Goyer canal, which is a functional part of the glomerular arteriovenous anastomosis.

Barotrauma

Barotrauma is tissue damage caused by a change in the volume of gases in body cavities associated with a change in pressure.

Barley on the eye. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

A stye on the eye (hordeolum) is an acute, painful, purulent local inflammation of the hair follicle, sebaceous glands of Zeiss or sweat glands of Müll (external stye).

Barking cough in a baby

This type of cough is the most common manifestation of respiratory disease. As a rule, this symptom occurs in children of the first six years of life, which is due to the anatomical and functional features of the respiratory tract structure.

Ballism. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis

Ballism is a rare type of hyperkinesis, manifested by large-scale, sharp, throwing (ballistic) movements, performed with great force, mainly by the proximal parts of the limbs. Hemiballism is most often observed, but there are cases of monoballism and paraballism (ballism on both halves of the body).

Balantidiasis

The disease often has a severe course, with a high probability of patient death if treatment is delayed.

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