List Diseases – P
Damage to the posterior cruciate ligament is one of the most serious injuries to the capsular-ligamentous apparatus of the knee joint. They are much less common than ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament, accounting for 3-20% of all knee joint injuries.
Post-Covid syndrome - this diagnosis raises many questions. As a rule, people think: I got over the infection, recovered, and there is no need to worry anymore. But coronavirus is more insidious than doctors assumed: it can remind of itself for a long time with various pathological signs in the form of the voiced syndrome.
Post-traumatic stress disorder is accompanied by affective disorders: low mood (subdepressive register), subjectively perceived as constant dissatisfaction with oneself (and/or the surrounding situation), and irritability that is difficult to contain.
Post-injection abscess is one of the types of abscesses that occurs after any injection of drugs. Such an abscess after an injection, whether it is an intramuscular or intravenous injection, is manifested by the development of a painful inflammatory element with purulent contents.
Polyhydramnion is a condition characterized by excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid in the amniotic cavity. With polyhydramnion, the amount of amniotic fluid exceeds 1.5 liters and can reach 2-5 liters, and sometimes 10-12 liters or more.
Polytrauma in English-language literature is multiple trauma, polytrauma. Combined trauma is a collective concept that includes the following types of injuries: multiple - damage to more than two internal organs in one cavity or more than two anatomical and functional formations (segments) of the musculoskeletal system (for example, damage to the liver and intestine, fracture of the femur and forearm bones).
Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are rare systemic rheumatic diseases characterized by inflammatory and degenerative changes in muscles (polymyositis) or muscles and skin (dermatomyositis). The most specific skin manifestation is heliotrope rash.
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (catecholaminergic) is a malignant arrhythmia caused by the presence of ventricular tachycardia of at least two morphologies and induced by physical exertion or the introduction of isoproterenol. It is accompanied by syncope and has a high risk of sudden arrhythmic death. The familial variant of polymorphic catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia is presumably considered a hereditary disease.