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A skin abscess, a collection of pus that forms inside the body. Antibiotics are often not very helpful in treating abscesses. The main treatments include hot packs and draining ('lancing') the abscess, but only when it is soft and ready to…
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Show more- Alcohol, pregnancy The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus.
- Aetiology The study of the causes. For example, of a disorder. The word 'aetiology' is mainly used in medicine, where…
- Poikiloderma congenita Better known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Test, allergy skin Allergy skin: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering the…
- Diagnosis, differential The process of weighing the probability of one disease versus that of other diseases possibly accounting for…
- Lights, flashing A sensation of flashing lights is created when the vitreous (the clear, jelly-like substance that fills the…
- Deficiency, ceruloplasmin Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain…
- Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency A genetic (inherited) condition that results in a immune deficiency disorder called severe combined…
- Nasoenteral tube See: Nasogastric tube
- Forgotten disease Name sometimes given to Lemierre syndrome
- Disease, fifth See Gaucher disease, type 1.
- Chest X-ray Chest X-ray: Commonly used to detect abnormalities in the lungs, but can also detect abnormalities in the…