Diseases starting with a letter d

List Diseases – D

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Dystrophy (degeneration) of the cornea. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Corneal dystrophy (degeneration, keratopathy) is a chronic disease that is based on a violation of general or local metabolic processes.

Dystopian tooth

Among the numerous dental problems, there is another one – a dystopic tooth, that is, one that is located incorrectly (from the Greek dystopia – incorrect location or lack of space) or has erupted in the wrong place.

Dystopia of the kidney. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Renal dystopia is a developmental anomaly characterized by abnormal position of the renal structures. This developmental defect occurs with a frequency of 2.8% of all renal developmental defects.

Dysthymia. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Dysthymia is a chronic condition lasting at least two years, characterized by depressed mood more than half the days of the year, but not meeting the criteria for a major depressive episode.

Dyspnea

Many people are familiar with the feeling of lack of air. At such moments, a person begins to breathe more often and deeply - in order to compensate for the lack of oxygen. Such respiratory disorders are called dyspnea.

Dysplastic nevi. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Dysplastic nevi (syn. Clark's nevi) are a variant of acquired melanocytic nevi, which are characterized by an increased risk of malignancy due to the preservation of the proliferative activity of immature melanocytes in the epidermis and cell atypia of varying degrees of severity.

Dysplasias (deformities) of the external nose. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

The nasal pyramid is the most prominent part of the face, playing, along with other main identifying external organs of the head (eyes, mouth, ears), the most important cosmetic role in the beauty of a person's individual physiognomic image.

Dysphoria

Statistics highlight only certain types of dysphoria, for example, premenstrual dysphoric disorder is observed in 5-8% of women of childbearing age, with patients aged 25-35 being most susceptible to it.

Dysphagia

Dysphagia (swallowing disorder) is described as a sensation of difficulty in swallowing liquid or thick food, regardless of the true causes and localization of the defect. This phenomenon is based on diseases of the cricopharyngeal muscle and proximal esophagus, caused by pathology of the skeletal muscles.

Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia is a feeling of pain or discomfort (heaviness, fullness, early satiety) localized in the epigastric region closer to the midline.

Dyspepsia

The term “dyspepsia”, proposed by the Austrian pediatrician H. Widerhofer at the end of the last century, meant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in children of a “functional” nature.

Dysmorphophobic disorder

Body dysmorphic disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with imagined or minor defects in one's appearance that causes significant distress or interferes with social, occupational, or other functioning. Diagnosis is based on history

Dysmorphophobia. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, dysmorphophobia (DMF) attracts special attention. The main symptom of dysmorphophobia is concern about an imaginary or minor defect in appearance. In studies conducted in accordance with the DSM-IV criteria, DMF was detected in 12% of patients with OCD.

Dysmetabolic cardiomyopathy

Dysmetabolic cardiomyopathy is a heart disease that develops as a result of metabolic abnormalities in the body.

Dyslipidemia: symptoms, treatment

Dyslipidemia is an increase in plasma cholesterol and/or a decrease in triglyceride or HDL levels, which contributes to the development of atherosclerosis. The causes of dyslipidemia may be primary (genetically determined) or secondary. The diagnosis is established by measuring the levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoproteins in the blood plasma.

Dyskinesias of the colon

Dyskinesia of the colon is a functional disease of the colon, characterized by a violation of its motor function in the absence of organic changes. The most widely used term abroad to denote functional pathology of the colon is "irritable bowel syndrome".

Dyshormonal hyperplasia of the mammary glands

This pathology is often associated with the presence of hormonal disorders. They, in turn, provoke the appearance of proliferative processes, they worsen the water-electrolyte balance. As a result, a feeling of "filling", pain and the appearance of seals arise.

Dyshidrosis

The group of diseases of palmoplantar dermatitis of non-infectious nature includes lesions of the skin of the hands and feet, defined by such synonymous names as dyshidrosis, pompholyx, dyshidrotic eczema

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding.

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding is a regulatory bleeding caused by a dysfunction of one of the links in the neurohumoral regulation of menstrual function.

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Uterine bleeding during puberty (juvenile uterine bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, heavy menstruation during puberty) is a bloody discharge from the uterus that differs from natural menstruation and occurs during the first 3 years after menarche as a result of a discord in the activity of the reproductive system.

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