List Diseases – S
Sjogren's syndrome is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology (assumed autoimmune nature), characterized by dry mucous membranes (including the oral cavity, the organ of vision).
The symptom, manifested as a decrease in the rhythm of contractions of the heart, does not necessarily indicate a disease. For example, when a person sleeps, the heart rate is lower than in a waking state.
Since the development and implementation of resuscitative techniques, the main symptom of clinical death - cardiac arrest - has been called not simply death, but "clinical death", to reflect the possibility of its resumption.
Anemia associated with impaired synthesis or utilization of porphyrins (sidero-sacramental, sideroblastic anemia) is a heterogeneous group of diseases, hereditary and acquired, is associated with a disruption in the activity of enzymes involved in the synthesis of porphyrins and heme. The term "sideroachrestic anemia" was introduced by Heylmeyer (1957). With sideroahrestic anemia, the serum level of iron is elevated.