List Diseases – T
It was found that infertile men with subclinical hypothyroidism, the mean values of testosterone levels in the blood decrease. It is shown that the formation of testicular dysfunction occurs as a normogonadotropic hypogonadism.
The startle syndrome unites a large group of diseases characterized by an intensified startle reaction (startle - flinch) to unexpected external stimuli. The start reaction (the "generalized motor activation reaction") is a universal component of the orienting reflex for mammals.
People with the Savant syndrome are characterized by an unquestionable mental inferiority, combined with unique abilities.
Hormones, like carcinogens, affect the cell both through the body (indirectly) and directly, exerting a direct effect on its genetic apparatus. Hormones contribute to the reduction of antitumor immunity, resulting in favorable conditions for the development of malignant neoplasms.
The literature data of clinical trials in which obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) syndrome is considered as a risk factor for the development of carbohydrate metabolism disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, are presented.
The Peitz-Jägers-Turen syndrome was first described by J. Hutchinson in 1896. A more detailed description was given by FLA Peutz in 1921 on the basis of observation of 3 members of the family whose face pigmentation was combined with intestinal polyposis. He suggested the hereditary nature of the disease.
Many questions of the pathogenesis of hepatitis A have not been completely resolved to date. In the general pathogenetic concept, which can be taken as a basis, the existence of a direct cytopathic effect of the hepatitis A virus directly on the liver parenchyma is allowed.
Women of childbearing age experience various diseases, some of them are very common, and some are rare, but can potentially interfere with the way of life. One of them is the formation of cysts in the reproductive organs.
In children, especially the early age, the most common is a blood disorder, like anemia. Anemia in children is clinically manifested by varying degrees of pallor of the skin and visible mucous membranes.
At the heart of the Kriegler-Nayar syndrome (nonhemolytic nuclear jaundice) is the complete absence in the hepatocytes of the enzyme glucuronyltransferase and the absolute inability of the liver to conjugate bilirubin (microsomal jaundice).
Klein-Levin syndrome manifests itself as periodic hypersomnia, paroxysmal hunger with hyperphagia, periods of motor anxiety, episodic hyperosmia, sexual hyperactivity. Usually during the attacks of the disease the patient sleeps from 18 to 20 hours or more per day. In the waking state, hyperphagia and masturbation are observed.
The hepatic coma is the most severe condition diagnosed in hepatic encephalopathy (PE). PE is understood as the whole spectrum of neuropsychic disorders developing in hepatic-cell insufficiency or portosystemic shunting of blood.
A guttural congenital stridor is a syndrome that appears immediately after birth or during the first weeks of a newborn's life. This syndrome is characterized by a pronounced impairment of the respiratory function of the larynx, accompanied by a stridiform sound.
How to distinguish the pain of the tooth from the pain caused by the inflammation of the gums, especially since the gum is often very painful, grabbing the entire jaw? In order to independently differentiate a painful condition and choose ways to neutralize pain, you need to know what causes pain in the gums may occur.
The sebaceous nevus is a hamartoma of the sebaceous glands, usually existing from birth, however, cases were recorded when this developmental defect was latent until the puberty period and only with the onset of the latter manifested itself clinically.
A sulfur plug is an accumulation of earwax in the external auditory canal, which reflects its lumen; Observe with hypersecretion of sulfur glands. Earwax is a mixture of the secretion of sebaceous glands located superficially, as well as sulfuric and apocrine glands located deeper in the skin of the external auditory canal.
Granuloma silicic is formed when the quartz, siliceous dust, sand, glass particles, gravel, bricks get through the damaged skin.
Ring-shaped granuloma is a benign, chronic idiopathic condition characterized by the presence of papules and nodules that, as a result of peripheral growth, form rings around normal or slightly atrophic skin.
The follicular cyst is a fairly common type of neoplasm, belonging to the category of functional benign cysts. The cyst is formed if ovulation for some reason is not present, when the ripened follicle is full of fluid, but not torn due to lack of ovulation.
The esophageal membrane (Plummer-Vinson Syndrome or Peterson-Kelly, Sideropenic Dysphagia) is a thin membrane of the mucosa that grows across the lumen of the esophagus.