List Diseases – P
Blood pressure is how much blood pushes against the walls of the arteries. If the pressure is too strong, the pressure increases (hypertension). If the pressure increases after 20 weeks of pregnancy, it may be a sign of preeclampsia.
Pre-stroke, also known as an ischemic attack (or by the English term "transient ischemic attack" or TIA), is a medical condition in which a person experiences a temporary disruption of blood supply to the brain.
Postpubertal hypothalamic hypogonadism occurs predominantly in women. It is mainly manifested by secondary amenorrhea (amenorrhea preceded by a normal menstrual cycle). Infertility associated with an anovulatory cycle, sexual dysfunction due to decreased secretion of the vaginal glands and libido are possible.
Postpartum purulent-septic diseases are a serious problem and are one of the main causes of maternal morbidity and mortality.
Postpartum mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland of bacterial origin that develops after childbirth and is associated with the lactation process.
Postpartum hemorrhage is a blood loss of more than 500 ml during or immediately after the third stage of labor. Diagnosis is based on clinical findings. Treatment consists of uterine massage and intravenous oxytocin, sometimes combined with injections of 15-methyl prostaglandin F2a or methyl-ergonovine.
After chickenpox, the Herpes zoster virus remains latent in the body, localizing primarily in the sensory ganglia of the spinal nerves and trigeminal nerve. When reactivated, the virus causes the formation of a characteristic vesicular rash and the appearance of pain in the innervation zone of the corresponding nerve root.
Posthemorrhagic anemia is a deficiency of iron-containing elements in human blood plasma. Anemia caused by blood loss is one of the most common anemias. Doctors distinguish two forms of this disease: chronic and acute.
According to the literature, post-gastrectomy disorders develop in 35-40% of patients who have undergone gastric resection. The most common classification of these disorders is the Alexander-WiUams classification (1990), according to which the following three main groups are distinguished: Impaired gastric emptying as a result of resection of the pyloric section and, consequently, the transport of gastric contents and food chyme bypassing the duodenum.