List Diseases – P
The main direction of solving the problem is the systematic prophylaxis of bedsores in patients at risk. It should include the early activation of patients after surgery and serious illnesses, regular changes in the position of the patient's body in a stationary position, the constant replacement of soaked bed linen, the use of anti-bedsore mattresses and other devices for unloading the most affected areas, the use of massage and physiotherapy.
Prolonged pneumonia is an inflammatory process in the lungs that begins acutely, but is resolved over a period of more than 4 weeks. Unlike chronic pneumonia, prolonged pneumonia necessarily ends in recovery.
Uterine prolapse - the uterus is lowered to or beyond the entrance to the vagina. Vaginal prolapse - the descent of the walls of the vagina or vaginal cuff after a hysterectomy. Symptoms are pressure and incontinence.
Falling out of the genitals is a polyethological disease, the basis of which is the degeneration and incompetence of the ligamentous apparatus of the uterus and the muscles of the pelvic floor, increased intra-abdominal pressure.
Prolapse of the rectum is a painless protrusion of the rectum through the anus. Loss - a complete prolapse of the entire wall of the rectum. The diagnosis is established upon examination. Surgical treatment is aimed at correcting prolapse and prolapse of the rectum.
Progressive rubella panencephalitis develops gradually. Characteristic: cerebellar ataxia, spastic syndrome, epileptic seizures, progressive dementia. In the spinal cord, low pleocytosis, an increase in the protein content, mainly of the y-globulin. The course is progressive. The outlook is unfavorable.
Progressive myoclonus-epilepsy refers to polyethological syndromes. Currently, about 15 nosological forms have been isolated, combined with progressive myoclonus-epilepsy.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (subcortical encephalopathy) is a slow viral infection of the central nervous system that develops in immunodeficient states.
In the literature, this disease is known under two terms: half progressive facial atrophy (hemiatrophia faciei progressiva) and bilateral progressive facial atrophy (atrophia faciei progressiva bilateralis).
Progressing supranuclear palsy (Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome) is a rare degenerative disease of the central nervous system, characterized by loss of voluntary eye movements, bradykinesia, muscle rigidity with progressive axial dystonia, pseudobulbar paralysis and dementia.
In general, the prognosis of dilated cardiomyopathy is pessimistic: up to 70% of patients die in the period up to 5 years; approximately 50% of deaths are sudden and result from malignant arrhythmia or embolism.
Violations of the ovario-menstrual cycle are very frequent pathology today, and it ranks first among pathologies that are diagnosed in women of reproductive age and young girls.
Child progeria (sync Hutchinson-Guilford syndrome) is a rare, probably genetically heterogeneous disease, with a predominantly autosomal recessive type of inheritance, the possibility of a new dominant mutation is not ruled out.
Professional cleaning of teeth is a dental procedure, the essence of which is the removal of dental deposits, in particular tartar, and also in the removal of a different kind of plaque on the teeth.
Professional dermatoses account for up to 80% of occupational pathology and arise as a result of the harmful effects of various production factors.
Occupational cancer is defined as a blastomogenic reaction that occurs as a result of a person's professional activity with regular, usually prolonged, contact with some exogenous chemical and physical agents that operate quite intensively.
Sexually transmitted gastrointestinal syndromes include proctitis, proctocolitis and enteritis. Proctitis is observed mainly in individuals practicing anal sex, and enteritis - oral-anal.
Proctitis is an inflammatory process in which the mucous membrane of the rectum is primarily affected. The disease can occur both in acute form and in chronic.
Sleep is an important element of human life. And although we do not sleep for 16 hours a day, like a coteyki, we need no less a dream. During those 6-9 hours, which are given to sleep by the average person, the body has enough time to rest and recover for fruitful work during the day.
Prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive brain damage and lethal outcome.