List Diseases – P
Pancreatic cancer occurs, according to various sources, in 1-7% of all cancer cases; more often in people over 50 years of age, mainly in men.
Professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) Henry Pancoast, who described this neoplasm in the first third of the last century, defined it as an apical (top) tumor of the lung.
Panaritium (Latin: panaritium) is an acute, purulent inflammation of the finger. It is caused by some local purulent processes that have an independent etiopathogenesis (infected fractures and dislocations, foreign bodies, burns, etc.).
Palmoplantar keratodermas are a large group of diseases that are very different in their morphology. Some of them are independent diseases, others are part of numerous syndromes, and others are one of the manifestations of diffuse keratoses.
Paint vapor poisoning occurs because the toxic components of paint materials adversely affect the skin, respiratory organs and gastrointestinal tract.
Pain at the beginning of pregnancy along with active changes in the body frighten many women. The "riot" of hormones leads to changes in appearance: some have thicker and silkier hair, while others experience the opposite process - brittleness, dullness, hair loss.
As is known, the human brain consists of several membranes - these are the hard, vascular and arachnoid membranes, which are endowed with certain important functions. The inflammatory process can occur under certain circumstances in any of them. Today we will talk about inflammation in the hard membrane, which in medical circles is called "pachymeningitis".