Diseases starting with a letter m

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Mesothelioma of the pleura is the only known malignant disease of the pleura, almost in all cases of mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos.

Meshed levido (Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome). Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

The net levido (the Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome) was first described in 1928 by Melkersson. He observed a patient with recurrent paresis of the facial nerve and persistent edema of the lips, and in 1931 Rosenthal added a third symptom - a folded or tonguous tongue.

Mesenchymal skin dysproteinosis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

When mesenchymal dysproteinosis in the connective tissue of the dermis and the walls of the blood vessels, protein metabolism is disrupted. At the same time, metabolic products accumulate, which can come with blood or lymph, or are formed as a result of improper synthesis or disorganization of the main substance of the dermis and its fibrous substances.

Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis

Mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis is characterized by the proliferation of mesangial cells, the expansion of mesangium, the deposition of immune complexes in mesangium and under the endothelium.

Mesangiocapillary (membrane-proliferative) glomerulonephritis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Mesangiocapillary (membranoproliferative) glomerulonephritis - a variant of glomerulonephritis with a progressive course is very rare.

MERRF Syndrome

MERRF syndrome (Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged-Red Fibers, myoclonus-epilepsy, "torn" red fibers) was first described in 1980. Later, the disease was allocated to an independent nosology.

Mental retardation in children

Mental retardation is a condition caused by congenital or early acquired underdevelopment of the psyche with a pronounced lack of intelligence, which makes it difficult or completely impossible for an adequate social functioning of the individual.

Mental retardation

Learning disability is a synonym for the term "mental retardation" in the definitions of ICD-10 and DSM-IV. This classification is based on the coefficient of intellectual development (IQ), when the norm is taken as 100.

Mental disorders in children and adolescents: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Despite the fact that sometimes childhood and adolescence are considered as a time of absence of cares and problems, up to 20% of children and adolescents have one or more diagnosed mental disorders.

Menstrual function

Menstrual function is one of the specific functions of the female body, which also includes reproductive, secretory, sexual. Violations of menstrual function occur in 30-40% of women.

Menopause: symptoms, treatment

Menopause is a physiological or iatrogenic cessation of menstruation (amenorrhea) due to decreased ovarian function. The following clinical manifestations are noted: hot flashes, atrophic vaginitis and osteoporosis. Clinical diagnosis: absence of menstruation for 1 year. In the presence of clinical symptoms of menopause, treatment (for example, hormone therapy or the administration of selective serotonin inhibitors) is necessary.

Menopause keratosis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Currently, many dermatologists are considering climacteric keratoderma as part of a climacteric syndrome. The onset of the disease is associated with hypofunction of the ovaries (fading of the sexual glands) and the thyroid gland. This dermatosis affects 15-20% of women.

Meniscal lesions: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Menisci are fibro-cartilaginous formations of a semilunar form. On a cut have the form of a triangle. The thick edge of the meniscus is turned on the outside and fused with the capsule of the joint, and thinned - inside the joint. The upper surface of the meniscus is concave, and the lower surface is almost flat.

Meningococcal infection in children

Meningococcal infection is an acute infectious disease with clinical manifestations from nasopharyngitis and asymptomatic carriage to generalized forms - purulent meningitis, meningoencephalitis and meningo-coccemia with the defeat of various organs and systems.

Meningococcal infection

Meningococcal infection is an acute anthroponous infectious disease with an aerosol mechanism of transmission of the pathogen, which is characterized by fever, intoxication, hemorrhagic rash and purulent inflammation of the brain membranes.

Meningocele. The reasons. Symptoms Diagnostics. Treatment

Meningocele is a type of pathological condition that refers to anterior cerebral hernia caused by congenital deficiency of bone tissue in the bottom of the anterior cranial fossa during embryonic development under the influence of certain external (infection) and internal (genetic) causes, resulting in a delay in the closure of the protero-vertebral brain plates

Meningitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord. Often the disease is infectious in nature and is one of the most common infectious diseases of the central nervous system.

Meningitis

In rare cases, meningitis develops without fever, which greatly complicates the diagnosis and may indicate disorders of the immune system.

Meningitis

The main pathogens of purulent meningitis in newborns and children - streptococcus group B or D, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Haemophilus influenzae, in adults - pneumococci, staphylococcus, etc. Risk factors include immunodeficiency, craniocerebral trauma, surgery on the head and neck .

Meningism

The term "meningism" is a syndrome that occurs in some common infectious pathologies under the influence of irritation of the meninges. Meningism is characterized by such signs as headache, stiffness of the cervical muscles, an increase in intracranial pressure against the background of an unchanged composition of cerebrospinal fluid.

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