What is it? Reye’s syndrome is a rare, non-inflammatory disease that can cause serious damage to the liver and brain. If the disease is not managed quickly, it can cause irreversible damage to the brain or even be lethal to the individual. The most common subjects affected by Reye’s syndrome are children and young adults under […]
What is it? Proteus syndrome is a rare disease characterized by significant growth of bones, skin and other tissues. The organs and tissues affected by this pathology are disproportionately large in relation to the rest of the body. This abnormal size of certain organs and / or tissues is generally asymmetrical. Indeed, the disease can affect the […]
What is it ? Lyell’s syndrome is an acute, rare and serious disease, most often caused by a drug allergy. It is characterized by the destruction and the sudden detachment of the superficial layer of the skin (epidermis) and the mucous membranes (epithelium) over a large part of the body. The toxic epidermal necrolysis (NET) designation includes […]
Rabies is a zoonotic disease, which affects animals and transmits them to humans through a bite or scratch. Schematically, rabies results in encephalitis, an infection of the brain, that is to say the brain. Cause of rabies: Rabies is a virosis, pathology linked to the contamination of the body by a virus, the lyssavirus, an RNA […]
Progeria is a rare genetic disease characterized by early aging of the child. Definition of progeria Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder. It is characterized by an increased aging of the body. Children with this pathology have early features of old age. At birth, the child has no abnormality. It looks “normal” until […]
What is it ? Macrophage myofasciitis is characterized by histopathological lesions (disease affecting the tissues). These are myopathic consequences, which affect the muscle tissue. This disease has been described following a human biopsy, an adult patient and in 3 children. Damage within the muscle fibers was put forward without the presence of necrosis. Examinations of these lesions (nuclear […]
The infectious mononucleosis is a disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus . Mononucleosis mainly affects teenagers and young adults, but it can also affect children. The mononucleosis most often manifests as sore throat , a very great fatigue and a feeling of weakness throughout the body. The degree of fatigue can vary a lot from person to person. Some hard-hit people have to stop for a few weeks. It is […]
What is it ? What is commonly known as sleeping sickness is African human trypanosomiasis . Like malaria , it is a tropical disease, more specifically a tsetse-transmitted parasitosis, which occurs exclusively on the African continent. In the absence of treatment, parasites injected into the body by an infected tsetse fly invade the central nervous system, causing sleep and behavioral disturbances […]
What is it ? Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium: Bacillus antracis . This bacterium is characterized by a rod shape (bacillus) and is Gram + type. This Gram stain allows a classification of bacteria according to their morphological characteristics. The mode of contamination is via the infected animal or ingestion of contaminated animal products. Man can be exposed […]
What is it? Cat scratch disease is the name commonly given to Bartonellosis. This pathology is of bacterial origin of vector Bartonella henselae, a gram-negative bacterium with facultative intracellular character. The reservoir of this bacterium is the cat. The dog can also be a minority bacterial reservoir. Currently, researchers suspect ticks and fleas to be an additional vector of […]
Micropenis Causes, Sympto...
From birth, we speak of micropenis if the penis of a small boy is less than 1.9 centimeters long (after stretching and measured from the pubic bone to the tip of the glans) and if this small size is associated with no penile malformation .
The appearance ...
Scabies: symptoms and tre...
The scab is a disease of contagious skin caused by a mite, mite. It causes itching of nocturnal predominance that is sometimes very intense and insomniating, especially in the hands, underarms, belly and genital area.
It is a benign parasitosis in the vast majority of cases, but requires treatment because it ...
Phimosis: what is it? Cau...
The phimosis occurs when the foreskin (the fold of skin covering the glans penis) can retract to expose the glans. This condition can sometimes increase the risk of inflammation between the glans and the foreskin .
Phimosis exists only in men whose penis is only partially circumcised or ...
Fungal Infections of Skin...
Fungal Infections of Skin
Fungus can attack on any part of the skin and fungal infections are very common and include the most alarming athletes foot, itch, jock, ring worm and sometimes yeast infections as well.
Athlete's Foot
It is the most common ...
Occipital Neuralgia, Caus...
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Occipital Neuralgia
The occipital neuralgia is normally cause by the trauma to the occipital nerve, which is possibly caused by the auto-accident during which the head impacts the headrest. Additionally it may be caused by the spondylosis of your ...
Kawasaki disease Symptoms...
What is it?
Kawasaki disease, or Kawasaki syndrome, is an acute systemic inflammatory disease that occurs primarily in children under 5 years of age and can lead to serious heart damage and death. It is the leading cause of acquired heart disease ...
Melena, what is it? Cause...
Melena is a form of digestive hemorrhage. This is, in most cases, hemorrhage (blood loss) from the right angle of the colon.
Definition of melena
Melena is a form of hemorrhage of the digestive system. It is then the evacuation of black blood, through ...
Non-Hodgkin’s lymph...
Note . Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is one of two types of cancer of the lymphatic system . The second category, Hodgkin's disease , is rarer. It is the subject of another sheet.
The non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a type of cancer of the lymphatic system , an important component of the immune system. When this disease occurs, it ...
Intertrigo Causes, Sympto...
The term intertrigo comes from Latin inter, between and tergo, I rub. It therefore refers to dermatoses located in areas where two areas of skin touch and rub, called folds.
Definition of intertrigo
What is it ?
Intertrigo is a dermatosis localized to skin ...
Premature work (pre-term)...
Completed pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks . Premature labor (or pre-term labor) occurs when contractions begin to dilate the cervix before 37 weeks of pregnancy .
When premature labor cannot be avoided, the baby is born earlier, which can be risky for one's health. Babies born before ...
Genital herpes Causes, Sy...
The herpes genital is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), characterized by the appearance of small painful blisters on the genitals. These vesicles are transparent and filled with liquid (see diagram).
The symptoms are manifested by outbreaks . The vesicles are visible for 5 to 10 days, then disappear often for several months ...
Breast cancer Symptoms ca...
A cancer signifies the presence of abnormal cells that multiply uncontrollably. In the case of breast cancer, cells can remain in the breast or spread through the body through the blood or lymphatic vessels. Most of the time, the progression of breast cancer takes several ...
Gonorrhea, hot piss, gono...
Gonorrhea, hot piss or gonorrhea: definition
Gonorrhea, commonly known as "hot-piss," urethritis or gonorrhea, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. It has been on the rise in France since 1998, like most STIs.
Gonorrhea is more often ...
Fistula Causes, Symptoms...
A fistula is the abnormal formation of a connection between two internal organs, between the vagina and the intestine for example, between an organ and the surface of the body, as between the rectum and the skin, or between two blood vessels ...
Effects of Alcohol and Ca...
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Alcohol and caffeine can be perfectly acceptable contents of your diet but in small quantities, but in large quantities they are harmful and impose negative effects on your health. The well balanced diet which include healthy nutrients are ...