List Diseases – C
Cancer immunotherapy and its use in combination with radical methods of treating cancer patients helps improve the effectiveness of treatment, prevent relapses and metastases.
Early diagnosis of cancer is the main task in oncology, determining the effectiveness of treatment and, ultimately, the life expectancy of the patient. This problem is especially relevant in connection with the steady increase in cancer incidence.
The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) TNM clinical classification of cancer is needed to develop a methodology for uniform presentation of clinical data. Clinical description and histological classification of cancer can play a significant role in: treatment planning; prognosis; evaluation of treatment results; exchange of information between medical centers; and promote further study of cancer.
Inflammation of the canaliculus (canaliculitis) often occurs secondarily against the background of inflammatory processes of the eyes and conjunctiva. The skin in the area of the canaliculus becomes inflamed. There is marked lacrimation, mucopurulent discharge from the lacrimal points.
Nephropathy, characterized mainly by a violation of transport processes, as a rule, with preserved filtration function of the kidneys, tubular dysfunctions.
Campylobacteriosis is an acute zoonotic infectious disease with a fecal-oral mechanism of transmission of the pathogen, characterized by fever, intoxication, and predominant damage to the gastrointestinal tract.
Camptodactyly is a congenital defect caused by a violation of differentiation of the tendon-muscle apparatus of the hand. Either isolated flexion contracture of the fifth finger (in 96% of cases) or combined with flexion contracture of the second-fourth fingers at the level of the proximal interphalangeal joint (in 4% of cases) is observed.
How often, when we feel unwell, we look for reasons where there are none. We try to blame our problems on the polluted environment, bad weather, careless and conflict-prone employees, etc., etc.
Among all the biogenic macroelements of the human body, the proportion of calcium – in the form of hydroxyapatite crystals in bone tissue – is the most significant, although blood, cell membranes and extracellular fluid also contain calcium.
Decompression sickness occurs when there is a rapid decrease in pressure (for example, when surfacing from depth, exiting a caisson or pressure chamber, or ascending to altitude).
Caffeine, a mild psychostimulant, is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world. It is present in soft drinks, coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate, and a variety of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Caffeine is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is rapidly distributed throughout the body's tissues.
Caffeine addiction is a condition in which a person becomes physically or psychologically dependent on caffeine, the active ingredient found in coffee, tea, carbonated beverages, and certain other products.
Deficiency of Cl-inhibitor (С1И) leads to the development of a characteristic clinical syndrome - hereditary angioedema (HAE). The main clinical manifestation of hereditary angioedema is recurrent edema, which can threaten the patient's life if it develops in vital localizations.