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The deficiency in pyruvate kinase activity is the second most frequent cause of hereditary hemolytic anemia after the G-6-PD deficiency. It is inherited autosomally recessively, manifested by chronic hemolytic (nesferocytic) anemia, occurs at a frequency of 1:20 000 in the population, observed in all ethnic groups.

Pyrophosphate arthropathy

Pyrophosphate arthropathy, or calcium pyrophosphate precipitation disease of dihydrate is a disease. Caused by the formation and deposition in the connective tissue of calcium pyrophosphate crystals of dihydrate.

Pyokolpos. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Incomplete doubling of the uterus with the presence of an additional closed vagina is accompanied by a one-sided delay in menstrual blood. A characteristic sign of the disease is the presence of persistent algomenorrhea.

Pyoinflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs

The Geneva International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Trauma and Causes of Death (WHO, 1980) has the following nosological forms of inflammatory diseases of the internal genitalia.

Pyoderma is gangrenous. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Gangrenous pyoderma is a chronic, progressive necrosis of the skin of an unknown etiology, often associated with a systemic disease.

Pyoderma

Piodermaids (Greek ruon-pus, derma-skin) - pustular skin diseases caused by pyogenic microorganisms, mainly staphylococci, streptococci, less often - other microorganisms.

Pyelonephritis in the elderly

Pyelonephritis in the elderly is a nonspecific infectious and inflammatory disease of the kidneys, affecting the renal parenchyma, mainly interstitial tissue, pelvis and calyx. The disease can be one- and two-sided, primary and secondary, relapsing and latent.

Pyelonephritis in pregnancy - Overview of information

Acute gestational pyelonephritis, or pyelonephritis during pregnancy complicates the course of pregnancy in more than 10% of women.

Pyelonephritis in children

Pyelonephritis in children is a special case of urinary tract infection (UTI). A common feature of all urinary tract infections is the growth and multiplication of bacteria in the urinary tract.

Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis is an infectious-inflammatory disease of the kidneys with a predominant lesion of the cup-and-pelvic system, tubulointerstitial tissue and often with the involvement of the glomerular apparatus.

Pustular disease of Andrews. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Pustular disease of Andrews arises in the presence of foci of infection in the body, so in its pathogenesis, great importance is given to hypersensitivity reactions to streptococcal antigens.

Purulent-infiltrative omentitis. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnostics. Treatment

Presence of a purulent process in the abdominal cavity or cavity of the small pelvis. In acute inflammatory diseases of the abdominal cavity, the free edge of the large omentum, as a rule, is part of the conglomerate, thus limiting the inflammation focus from the free abdominal cavity.

Purulent tubo-ovarian formations

A sudden onset of diseases with a pronounced clinical picture, general and local changes characteristic of acute inflammation of the internal genital organs, occurs only in one out of three women who fell ill for the first time. For the first time, 30% of women seek medical help, in whom inflammation of the appendages has already turned into a chronic form.

Purulent salpingitis

Acute purulent salpingitis is more often specific, less often polymicrobial etiology. It develops, as a rule, as a result of gonorrhea. Most often, purulent salpingitis begins acutely with fever, sometimes accompanied by chills, the appearance of pains in the lower abdomen, profuse purulent leucorrhoea and cuts during urination.

Purulent rhinitis

In infectious lesions of the upper respiratory tract develops a number of respiratory and ENT diseases, one of the symptoms of which is purulent rhinitis - containing pus nasal discharge.

Purulent otitis in adults

Speaking of otitis, there is always an inflammatory reaction in the ear. However, the ear inflammation can be different - average, external, acute, chronic, catarrhal, purulent, etc.

Purulent mastitis

Purulent mastitis continues to be a topical surgical problem. Long periods of hospitalization, a high percentage of relapses and the consequent need for repeated operations, cases of severe sepsis, poor cosmetic results of treatment continue to accompany this common pathology.

Purulent gynecological diseases

Inflammatory diseases of the genital organs, constituting 60-65% among outpatients and up to 30% among inpatients, are one of the main medical problems and have a significant impact on the health of millions of women of childbearing age.

Purulent atheroma

Most often, purulent atheroma is detected in areas that are injured or irritated, the "leaders" in this list are the scalp, face, inguinal zone and underarm area.

Purulent arthritis

The term "purulent arthritis" is understood to mean various forms of nonspecific inflammatory and necrotic processes occurring in the joint cavity and in paraarticular tissues. Purulent arthritis of large joints in the structure of purulent surgical diseases is 12-20%.

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