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Hyperventilation
Overbreathing. This can cause dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, shortness of breath, a sense of unsteadiness, muscle spasms in the hands and feet, and tingling around the mouth and fingertips. All of these symptoms are the result of…
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- Hairy cell leukemia A form of chronic leukemia in which malignant B-lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) are seen in the bone…
- Slipped disc Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Chemoembolization Chemoembolization is a procedure in which the blood supply to a tumor is blocked and anticancer drugs are…
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma See: Adult T-cell leukemia
- Cutis anserina Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of…
- Gallbladder agenesis This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Stent, coated See: Coated stent
- Seizure, salaam See: Infantile spasms
- Psoriasis, guttate A type of psoriasis characterized by red, scaly patches of inflamed skin on all parts of the body. It is…
- Juvenile CML Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- MCD Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…