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Eosinophilic cellulitis, also known as Wells' syndrome (not to be confused with Weil's disease), is a skin disease that presents with painful, red, raised, and warm patches of skin. [2] The rash comes on suddenly, lasts for a few weeks, and often repeatedly comes back. [2] Scar formation does not typically occur. [1]
Ozone therapy is an alternative medical treatment that introduces ozone or ozonides to the body. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits all medical uses of ozone "in any medical condition for which there is no proof of safety and effectiveness", stating "ozone is a toxic gas with no known useful medical application in ...
The disease is caused in 60% of cases by a mutated gene called CIAS1 that is known to be involved in other syndromes that appear somewhat similar, such as Muckle–Wells syndrome and familial cold urticaria. In many patients, the parents do not have the same mutation, indicating the problem was not inherited, even though it is a genetic disease.
Symptoms are typically vague and non-specific, such as fatigue or headaches. [12] These symptoms, although they can be disabling, are called non-specific because they are not associated with any single specific medical condition. Symptoms affect a variety of different organ systems.
It is a well-known fact that ozone, a very strong oxidant, is used in water treatment disinfection.. It shows an extensive range of applications; drinking water, wastewater, water disinfection, color removal, micropollutants, pulp & paper bleaching, process water, ballast water, cooling towers, beverage and water bottling, aquaculture, aquariums (zoos), cyanide regeneration, food/ produce ...
Cryptosporidium are a chlorine-resistant enteric pathogens that cause gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) with symptoms such as diarrhea. Other symptoms include stomach cramps, dehydration, nausea, vomiting, fever, or weight loss. [3] Symptoms can be more severe for people who are immunocompromised, for whom diarrhea can lead to death. [4]
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a condition in which people develop symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. [1] In scientific literature, SBS is also known as building-related illness (BRI) , building-related symptoms (BRS) , or idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) .
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy and also called water cure, [1] is a branch of alternative medicine (particularly naturopathy), occupational therapy, and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the ...