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The first reports of side effects of drugs on the pancreas concerned corticosteroids prescribed for various, rather severe and painful diseases: bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, pemphigus, thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia, etc.

Drug-induced optical neuropathies

Ethambutol in combination with isoniazid and rifampicin is used to treat tuberculosis. Toxicity depends on the dose and duration of treatment and is 6% at a daily dose of 25 mg/kg (a dose of 15 mg/kg is rarely toxic).

Drug-induced maculopathies

Antimalarial drugs are melanotropic and are excreted from the body very slowly, which leads to their accumulation in melanin-containing structures of the eye, such as the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid.

Drug-induced lung lesions

Drug-induced lung lesions are not an independent nosological entity, but represent a common clinical problem when a patient who has not previously suffered from lung diseases begins to notice clinical manifestations from these organs or changes are detected on a chest X-ray, deterioration of pulmonary function and/or histological changes against the background of drug therapy.

Drug-induced hemolytic anemia

Drug-induced hemolytic anemia develops as a result of exposure to many drugs that cause hemolysis. There are 3 known mechanisms for the development of drug-induced (immune) hemolytic anemia.

Drug sickness in the problem of adverse drug reactions: current status

In the 20th century, side effects of drugs and drug-induced disease continue to be the most pressing medical and social problems.

Drug poisoning

According to doctors, most often they have to deal with drug intoxication - this is the so-called drug poisoning, caused by the improper use of medications.

Drug allergies in children

Drug allergy in children has become more common in recent years. This is explained by the increase in family predisposition to allergic reactions, the increasing irrational use of drugs, especially antibiotics.

Drowning and non-fatal immersion in water

Non-fatal submersion (partial drowning) is asphyxia in water that does not result in death; partial drowning causes hypoxia due to aspiration or laryngospasm.

Drowning

Drowning is death from hypoxia due to lack of oxygen or laryngospasm after immersion in water or another liquid.

Dracunculiasis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Dracunculiasis is a biohelminthiasis. Mature individuals are localized in the subcutaneous tissue, most often in the lower extremities. The causative agent of dracunculiasis is Dracunculus medinensis, a guinea worm with clearly expressed sexual dimorphism.

Down syndrome

Down syndrome is the most frequently diagnosed chromosomal syndrome. It was clinically described by Down in 1866 and karyotypically identified in 1959.

Doubling of the urethra. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Doubling of the urethra is rare in urological practice. In the clinic, complete and incomplete doubling is encountered.

Doubling of the bladder. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Duplication of the urinary bladder is a rather rare anomaly of the genitourinary system. This defect manifests itself as constant urinary incontinence.

Double uterus

Double uterus is a very rare congenital disorder. It is a developmental defect of the reproductive organ, which during its development becomes paired, as a result of embryogenetic non-fusion of the Müllerian ducts.

Domestos vapor poisoning

Domestos is a universal cleaner that is used for disinfecting rooms, getting rid of lime scale, cleaning tiles and more.

Domestic violence

Domestic violence is violence between a husband and wife (or cohabiting persons) and may also include all violence in the home against children.

Domestic gas vapor poisoning

Methane is the most common household gas. It is used during cooking and at gas stations as a cheap fuel.

Diverticulitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Diverticulitis is an inflammation of the diverticulum, which can lead to phlegmon of the intestinal wall, peritonitis, perforation, fistula or abscess formation. The initial symptom is abdominal pain.

Diverticula of the stomach and small intestine: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Diverticula rarely affect the stomach, but develop in the duodenum in 25% of people. Most duodenal diverticula are solitary and are located in the descending part of the duodenum near the ampulla of Vater (periampullary).

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