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Renal syndrome with hemorrhagic fever
A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the kidney and elsewhere. Known also…
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- Ophthalmoplegia with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Itch, jellyfish An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency See: MCAD deficiency
- Tuberculosis, miliary The presence of numerous sites of tuberculosis infection each of which is minute, due to dissemination of…
- Daltonism Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Standard of care 1. A diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of patient, illness…
- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Essential oil An oil derived from a natural substance, usually either for its healing properties or as a perfume. Some…
- Anemia, congenital See: Congenital anemia
- Leptospirosis Leptospirosis: An infectious disease caused by a particular type of bacteria called a spirochete transmitted…