List Diseases – M
Megalocornea is defined as a condition in which the horizontal diameter of the cornea exceeds 13 mm and does not tend to further increase. Intraocular pressure is within the normal range
Megaloblast anemia is the result of a deficiency of vitamin B12 and folic acid. Ineffective hematopoiesis affects all cell lines, but in particular erythroid.
Megaloblastic anemia is a group of diseases characterized by the presence of megaloblasts in the bone marrow and macro-cells in the peripheral blood.
Medulloblastoma - a malignant tumor that affects the central nervous system, originates in embryonic cells. Therefore, most often this disease occurs in children under 10 years of age (70% of all intracranial tumors), with boys being observed 2 to 3 times more often than girls.
Medullary spongy kidney belongs to the group of so-called cystic kidney diseases; it is characterized by ectasia and the formation of cysts in segments of collecting tubules localized inside the renal pyramids and papillae.
With expressed dysplasia of lymphoid tissue and malignant lymphomas of plasmocyte differentiation monoclonal gammopathy is often noted. In this case, the nature of gammopathy, as a rule, corresponds to the plasma-cell secretion of the field on which lymphoma develops.
The first reports of the side effects of drugs on the pancreas concerned corticosteroid drugs prescribed for various, rather severe and painful diseases: bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, pemphigus, thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia, etc.
Etambutol in combination with isoniazid and rifampicin is used to treat tuberculosis. Toxicity depends on the dose and duration of treatment and is 6% with a daily dose of 25 mg / kg (15 mg / kg dose is rarely toxic).
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 retinal pigment epithelium and choroid.
Medicinal lesions of the lungs are not an independent nosological unit, but represent a common clinical problem when a patient who has not previously suffered from lung disease begins to detect clinical manifestations from these organs or he exhibits changes in the chest radiograph, impairment of pulmonary function, and / or histological changes in the background of drug therapy.
In the XX century. Side effects of drugs and drug disease continue to be the most urgent medical and social problems.
Allergic reactions of the eyes caused by drugs, referred to as a side effect of the drug, or "eye disease" (drug allergic conjunctivitis), is one of the most frequent manifestations of allergic eye damage.
Liver diseases can complexly influence the excretion, biotransformation and pharmacokinetics of medicinal substances. These effects involve a variety of pathogenetic factors: intestinal absorption, binding to plasma proteins, liver excretion rate, intrahepatic blood flow and portosystemic shunting
Many drugs cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, medical gastroenteritis, which is regarded as side effects. It is necessary to collect in detail an anamnesis concerning the use of the drug.
Since the etiology of the inflammatory process with ulceration is still not specified, a universal medicine for stomatitis does not exist, but in modern dentistry, successful therapeutic complexes are used that help to neutralize inflammation and translate stomatitis into persistent, long-term remission.
Mediastinitis is an inflammatory process in the organs of the mediastinum, which often leads to compression of the vessels and nerves. In clinic all inflammatory processes, which in clinical practice most often determine the mediastinal syndrome, including traumatic injuries, are treated with the term "mediastinitis".
The median cyst of the neck can be formed at an early stage of embryo development - from the 3rd to the 5th week of pregnancy, it is clinically manifested at any age, but more often during intensive growth or during hormonal changes in the body.
Meconial ileus is the obstruction of the terminal ileum in abnormally viscous meconium; almost always this condition develops in newborns with cystic fibrosis. Meconial ileus constitutes up to 1/3 of all cases of small intestinal obstruction in newborns.
Meckel's diverticulum is a congenital sack-shaped diverticulum of the distal ileum, which is observed in 2-3% of people. It is usually located within 100 cm of the ileocecal valve and often contains heterotopic tissue of the stomach and / or pancreas. Symptoms of Meckel's diverticulum are uncharacteristic, but include bleeding, intestinal obstruction and signs of inflammation (diverticulitis).
Measles is an acute infectious disease with an increase in body temperature, intoxication, catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and mucous membranes of the eyes, and spotted-papular rash.