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Allergy immunotherapy
Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is allergic. The aim is to modify or stop the allergy by reducing the strength of the IgE response. This form of treatment is very…
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- Syphilis, tertiary The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Hyperpigmentation Dark spots on the skin. Hyperpigmentation is primarily a cosmetic concern that can be covered with make-up…
- Condyloma subcutaneum Molluscum contagiosum. Wartlike growths around the anus and genitals caused by a virus. Molluscum contagiosum…
- Autoimmune process A process in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys body tissue that it mistakes for foreign…
- Menstrual synchronization A phenomenon that occurs when two or more menstruating women live together, in which the menstrual cycles of…
- Calcium excess Overly high intake of calcium that can result in elevated levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia)…
- Day sight Night blindness. Listed in medical dictionaries under 'Nyctalopia' from the Greek 'nyct' (night) + 'aloas'…
- Nocebo A negative placebo effect as, for example, when patients taking medications experience adverse side effects…
- Hemorrhoids Hemorrhoids: See: Hemorrhoid.
- Acute epiglottitis A very rapidly progressive infection causing inflammation of the epiglottis (the flap that covers the…
- TSH receptor The receptor for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which is also called thyrotropin. Encoded by a gene on…