Diseases starting with a letter f

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Furunculosis (or furuncle, intradermal abscess) is an infectious skin disease characterized by the formation of painful, inflamed areas on the skin called furuncles.

Funnel chest: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Funnel chest (pectus excavalus) is a developmental defect in the form of a depression of the sternum and ribs, accompanied by various functional disorders of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

Fungal skin diseases

Skin diseases caused by pathogenic fungi are called dermatomycosis. Fungi affect the skin, hair, nail plates and internal organs. There are several classifications of fungal skin diseases. Some are based on the genus and species of fungi, others - on the location of the pathological process.

Fungal mycosis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Mycosis fungoides is less common than Hodgkin's lymphoma and other types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Mycosis fungoides has an insidious onset, often manifesting as a chronic itchy rash that is difficult to diagnose. Starting locally, it can spread, affecting most of the skin. The lesions are similar to plaques, but can manifest as nodules or ulcers. Subsequently, systemic damage to the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, lungs develops, and systemic clinical manifestations are added, which include fever, night sweats, unexplained weight loss.

Fungal lesions of the eyelids. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Infection with specific infectious mycoses, including particularly dangerous fungal infections (histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, mold mycoses), is accompanied by pronounced sensitization.

Fungal keratitis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Fungal keratitis is rare and is caused by mold, radiant and yeast fungi. Infection occurs after minor damage to the cornea, more often in rural areas.

Fungal eye lesions: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Fungal infections of the visual organ have been known for over 100 years. For a long time, this pathology was considered very rare, dangerous types of fungi for the eyes were counted in units, publications about the diseases they caused were mostly casuistic. However, starting in the 50s, reports of such diseases became more frequent.

Functional ovarian cyst: types, symptoms, treatment

A functional ovarian cyst is a neoplasm that forms in the ovarian follicle during ovulation. Such cysts do not become malignant and are relatively safe. However, if the cyst rapidly increases in size, it causes painful discomfort and can compress adjacent tissues.

Functional gastric distress

Functional stomach disorder is a disorder of the motor and/or secretory function, occurring with symptoms of gastric dyspepsia and pain syndrome without signs of anatomical changes (A. V. Frolkis, 1991).

Functional gastric disorder in children

Functional gastric disorder is a disorder of the motor or secretory function of the stomach, occurring with symptoms of gastric dyspepsia, in the absence of morphological changes in the mucous membrane.

Functional dysphonia

Functional dysphonia is a disorder of the voice function, characterized by incomplete closure of the vocal cords in the absence of pathological changes in the larynx; observed in neurotic conditions.

Functional dyspepsia in children

Functional dyspepsia is a complex of disorders including pain or discomfort in the epigastric region, early satiety, nausea, vomiting, belching, heartburn and not caused by organic damage to the gastrointestinal tract. A feature of the syndrome in children is the predominant localization of pain in the umbilical region (55-88%); in 95% of children, pain occurs within the boundaries of a triangle, the base of which is the right costal arch, and the apex is the umbilical ring.

Functional dyspepsia

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a symptom complex that includes pain or discomfort in the epigastric region, heaviness and a feeling of fullness in the epigastrium after eating, early satiety, bloating, nausea, vomiting, belching and other symptoms, in which, despite a thorough examination, it is not possible to identify any organic disease in the patient.

Functional disorders of the urinary system in children

Functional disorders of the urinary system organs occur in children with a frequency of 10% in the general population. Among patients of nephrourological hospitals, functional disorders as conditions aggravating the main diagnosis, or as an independent disease, are diagnosed in 50% of children and more.

Functional disorders of the pancreas

Functional disorders of the pancreas often accompany other diseases of the digestive system - peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, chronic gastritis, duodenitis, etc.

Functional diarrhea

Gastrointestinal dysfunction appearing as chronic or recurrent diarrhea that is not attributable to diseases associated with structural or biochemical abnormalities is defined as functional diarrhea.

Fulminant hepatitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Fulminant hepatitis is a rare syndrome of massive necrosis of the liver parenchyma with a reduction in its size (acute yellow atrophy), which usually occurs with viral hepatitis or when exposed to toxic substances or drugs.

Fulminant (malignant) hepatitis

Fulminant hepatitis is a special clinical form of acute hepatitis that occurs as a result of submassive or massive liver necrosis caused by an etiologic agent and is characterized by a complex of clinical and biochemical symptoms of progressive liver failure.

Fuel oil vapor poisoning

Tosol (antifreeze) is a trade name for a non-freezing coolant for the car engine.

Fuchs syndrome. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatment

Dystrophic processes in the iris and ciliary body develop rarely. One of such diseases is Fuchs dystrophy, or heterochromic Fuchs syndrome.

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