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  2. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy

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    In normal individuals, these symptoms disappear quickly, but in sufferers of HNPP even a short period of pressure can cause the symptoms to occur. Palsies can last from minutes or days to weeks or even months. [4] [1] HNPP is caused by a mutation in the gene PMP22, which makes peripheral myelin protein 22.

  3. Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of these disorders include: fatigue, pain, lack of balance, lack of feeling, lack of reflexes, and lack of sight and hearing, which result from muscle atrophy. Patients can also have high arched feet, hammer toes, foot drop, foot deformities, and scoliosis. These symptoms are a result of severe muscular weakness and atrophy.

  4. List of childhood diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Candida albicans infection; Candida parapsilosis infection; Cytomegalovirus infection; diphtheria; human coronavirus infection; respiratory distress syndrome; measles; meconium aspiration syndrome

  5. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children MJD Machado-Joseph disease: ML mucolipidoses: MLD Metachromatic leukodystrophy: MMA Monomelic amyotrophy: MMR Measles, mumps, rubella: MMRV Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella: MND Motor neuron disease: MODY Maturity-onset diabetes of the young: MOH Medication overuse headaches: MPD ...

  6. Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis - Wikipedia

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    Since people with this condition are unable to sweat, they are unable to properly regulate their body temperature. [1] Those affected are unable to feel pain and temperature. [2] [3] The absence of pain experienced by people with CIPA puts them at high risk for accidental self-injury. Corneal ulceration occurs due to lack of protective impulses ...

  7. Medical diagnosis - Wikipedia

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    Medical diagnosis (abbreviated Dx, [1] D x, or D s) is the process of determining which disease or condition explains a person's symptoms and signs. It is most often referred to as a diagnosis with the medical context being implicit.

  8. List of medical triads, tetrads, and pentads - Wikipedia

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    A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has the same medical condition, or diagnosis.

  9. Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Because of the little awareness on AMPS, the condition is frequently not diagnosed when symptoms first present, often with multiple diagnoses of physical conditions before the diagnosis of AMPS. [3] [12] The condition is diagnosed through observation of various patient traits. A full overview of the patients medical history, as well as out rule ...