List Diseases – L
Legs swell near enough large numbers of people. When there is swelling of the foot or lower leg with tense veins in the evening, and swelling disappears in the morning, then this is not good: these are distant harbingers of varicose veins or thrombophlebitis ... But if the swelling becomes more and more noticeable every day, then here it does not go away probably no less alarming diagnosis - lymphostasis of the lower extremities.
Lymphostasis of the hand is a serious disease that causes persistent puffiness. Let's look at the causes of the disease, the methods of treatment and preventive measures that will help get rid of lymphostasis.
Lymphostasis - a violation of the outflow of lymph, accompanied by edema. The limb volume in this state increases. Heavy lymphostasis is called elephantiasis. The impetus for the development of lymphostasis can be trauma (bruise, vivih, fracture, burn), often a violation of lymph drainage occurs after surgery.
Diagnostic evaluation of benign and malignant lymphoproliferative skin diseases presents a very difficult task for the pathomorphologist. In recent decades, significant progress has been made in this direction, related to the success of immunology.
The consequences of lymphopenia include the development of opportunistic infections and an increased risk of cancer and autoimmune diseases. If lymphopenia is detected when performing a general blood test, diagnostic tests should be performed for immunodeficient states and analysis of lymphocyte subpopulations. The treatment is aimed at the underlying disease.
Lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of neoplastic diseases, the source of which are the reticuloendothelial and lymphatic systems. The main types of lymphomas are Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
Lymphomas of the eye auxiliary apparatus (conjunctiva, tear gland and orbit) account for approximately 8% of all extranodal lymphomas. Lymphoma, like benign lymphoid hyperplasia, is referred to as lymphoproliferative diseases.
Lymphoma of the conjunctiva is usually manifested in the elderly by eye irritation or painless swelling. Slowly growing, mobile, pinkish-yellow or flesh-colored infiltrates located in the lower arch or epibulbar.
Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis) is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of interstitium of alveoli and air spaces.
The first description of the disease of lymphocytic papulosis belongs to A. Dupont (1965). In 1968, WL Macauly introduced the term "lymphomatoid papulosis" for long-term, benign, self-healing papular rashes, histologically having a malignant appearance.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis (acute serous meningitis of Armstrong) is a zoonotic viral infectious disease characterized by a predominant lesion of the cerebral membranes and vascular plexuses of the central nervous system.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis is an acute viral disease transmitted to a person from mouse rodents, with serous inflammation of the meninges and brain substance with a benign course.
Lymphedema - edema of the limb due to hypoplasia of the lymphatic vessels (primary lymphedema) or their obstruction or destruction (secondary). Symptoms include brown skin color and firm (when you press your finger does not leave an impression) swelling of one or more extremities.
Lymphangioma of the skin is a benign tumor from the lymphatic vessels. Lymphangioma exists from birth or develops in childhood.
Lymphangiomas are not classified as tumors, they are a developmental malformation, representing non-functioning benign vascular malformations that pass through the entire orbit and sometimes the oropharynx.
Lymphangioliomiomatosis (leiomyomatosis) is a pathological process characterized by tumor-like proliferation of smooth muscle fibers along the course of small bronchi, bronchioles, walls of blood and lymphatic vessels of the lungs followed by small-cystic transformation of lung tissue. The disease affects only women aged 18-50 years.
Lymphangiectasia can be local, affecting submucosal and serous membranes, combined with the expansion of lymphatic capillaries of other organs. Due to insufficient intake of amino acids, there is a violation of albumin synthesis, and then of gamma globulin in the liver. Owing to the loss of lymphocytes, lymphopenia develops.
Lymphadenitis in children is a disease that is expressed in the inflammation of the lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are part of the immune system, they are one of the first to react to inflammatory processes in the body, while increasing in size.
Lyme disease (ixodal tick-borne borreliosis, systemic tick-borne borreliosis, lime-borreliosis) is a natural focal infectious disease with a transmissible mechanism of the pathogen transmission, characterized by a primary lesion of the skin, nervous system, heart, joints and a tendency to chronic course.