List Diseases – W
Wounds are open mechanical damage to soft tissues and internal organs (in case of penetrating wounds) with a violation of their integrity, accompanied by gaping and bleeding.
Non-penetrating superficial damage to the cornea - erosion (defect of the corneal epithelium, scratch) - is accompanied by significant pain, lacrimation, photophobia, and a sensation of a foreign body.
The most common complication of the postoperative period in surgery is suppuration of the postoperative wound.
There is no doubt about the biological and personality differences between women and men. Traditionally, affective, anxiety, and cynical disorders are more common among women in the general population, so women are much more likely to abuse sedatives (usually tranquilizers) both independently and as prescribed by a doctor.
Wolfram syndrome (DIDMOAD syndrome - Diabetes Insipidus, Diabetes Mettitus, Optic Atrophy, Deafness, OMIM 598500) was first described by DJ Wolfram and H.P. WagenerB in 1938 as a combination of juvenile diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy, which was subsequently supplemented by diabetes insipidus and hearing loss. To date, about 200 cases of this disease have been described.
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome has been described in more than 150 publications.
If your teeth are loose, you need to take this symptom seriously. Because loose teeth, even in the absence of pain, can signal the presence of not only pathology in the oral cavity itself, but also diseases of the internal organs.
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is characterized by impaired cooperation between B and T lymphocytes and is characterized by recurrent infections, atopic dermatitis, and thrombocytopenia.
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is characterized by eczema, recurrent infections, and thrombocytopenia. Symptoms of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome appear in the neonatal period or in the first months of life. Most often, children die at an early age. In the neonatal period, bleeding is often represented by melena, later purpura occurs.
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) (OMIM #301000) is an X-linked disorder characterized by microthrombocytopenia, eczema, and immunodeficiency. The incidence of the disease is approximately 1 in 250,000 male births.
Wine is an aromatic alcoholic drink with an exquisite taste based on grapes or fruit and berry raw materials. Low strength and excellent taste qualities make it popular among both men and women.
Wilson-Konovalov disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) is a rare hereditary disease, predominantly of young age, which is caused by a disorder in the biosynthesis of ceruloplasmin and copper transport, leading to an increase in copper content in tissues and organs, primarily in the liver and brain, and is characterized by cirrhosis of the liver, bilateral softening and degeneration of the basal nuclei of the brain, and the appearance of greenish-brown pigmentation along the periphery of the cornea (Kayser-Fleischer ring).
Wilms' tumor, or so-called nephroblastoma, accounts for about 6% of all malignant tumors in childhood. It is named after the surgeon Max Wilms, who discovered it.
Wilms' tumor (embryonic nephroma, adenosarcoma, nephroblastoma) is a malignant tumor that develops from a pluripotent renal anlage - metanephrogenic blastema.
Often children with this diagnosis have amazing oratory skills, great success in musical art, and are distinguished by a high level of empathy.
Von Willebrand disease is a congenital deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF) that results in platelet dysfunction. It is usually characterized by mild bleeding. Screening shows prolonged bleeding time, normal platelet counts, and possibly a slight increase in partial thromboplastin time.
Von Willebrand disease is an autosomal dominant inheritance disorder that results from a quantitative deficiency or qualitative defect in von Willebrand factor.
A wide nasal tip is a deformation that can be caused by an increase in the angle between the medial and lateral crura of the large cartilages of the wings of the nose or the radius of the arc formed by the transition of the lateral crura to the medial ones.
Nausea during pregnancy is a typical complaint made by almost every third woman who is expecting an addition to the family. It is believed that nausea is a sign of toxicosis or autointoxication of the body.
The left testicle hurts - men often turn to a urologist with this complaint, experiencing real panic, since the pain symptom is quite strong, and its cause has no objective, visible reason.