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List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
Diseases of neonates and children younger than five years. Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. Candida albicans infection. Candida parapsilosis infection. Cytomegalovirus infection. diphtheria. human coronavirus infection. respiratory distress syndrome. measles.
Prognosis. Good with treatment, poor if widespread disease [ 1] Sporotrichosis, also known as rose handler's disease, [ 2] is a fungal infection that may be localised to skin, lungs, bone and joint, or become systemic. [ 2][ 4] It presents with firm painless nodules that later ulcerate. [ 3]
tick bites, e.g. Ixodes scapularis. Balantidiasis. Balantidium coli. intestinal mucosa, may become invasive in some patients. stool (diarrhea=ciliated trophozoite; solid stool=large cyst with horseshoe shaped nucleus) ingestion of cyst, zoonotic infection acquired from pigs (feces) Blastocystosis. Blastocystis spp.
Reye syndrome is a rapidly worsening brain disease. [2] Symptoms of Reye syndrome may include vomiting, personality changes, confusion, seizures, and loss of consciousness. [1] While liver toxicity typically occurs in the syndrome, jaundice usually does not. [2] Death occurs in 20–40% of those affected with Reye syndrome, and about a third of ...
Epstein–Barr virus infectious mononucleosis (Mono) Fever – usually lasting 14 days; often mild. Sore throat – usually severe for 3–5 days, before resolving in the next 7–10 days. Swollen glands – mobile; usually located around the back of the neck (posterior cervical lymph nodes) and sometimes throughout the body.
Four motor symptoms are considered cardinal signs in PD: slowness of movement ( bradykinesia ), tremor, rigidity, and postural instability. [1] Typical for PD is an initial asymmetric distribution of these symptoms, where in the course of the disease, a gradual progression to bilateral symptoms develops, although some asymmetry usually persists.