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Hematidrosis, also called hematohidrosis, haematidrosis, hemidrosis and blood sweat, is a very rare condition in which a human sweats blood. [1] The term is from Ancient Greek haîma / haímatos ( αἷμα / αἵματος ), meaning blood, and hīdrṓs ( ἱδρώς ), meaning sweat.
Hemosiderosis is a form of iron overload disorder resulting in the accumulation of hemosiderin.. Types include: Transfusion hemosiderosis [1]; Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Brand names and generic names are differentiated by capitalizing brand names. See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs, ranked by sales. Abbreviations are used in the list as follows: INN = International Nonproprietary Name
Signs and symptoms [ edit ] A painful and itchy reddish/purple patch of skin that occurs in the same location with repeated exposures to the causative drug is the classic presentation of a fixed drug reaction.
The symptoms of DRESS syndrome usually begin 2 to 6 weeks but uncommonly up to 8–16 weeks after exposure to an offending drug. Symptoms generally include fever, an often itchy rash which may be morbilliform or consist mainly of macules or plaques, facial edema (i.e. swelling, which is a hallmark of the disease), enlarged and sometimes painful lymph nodes, and other symptoms due to ...
Treatment of eclampsia with morphine, chloral hydrate, quiet and rapid delivery (obsolete term) Stroganoff's method at Who Named It? Tallerman–Sheffield treatment: Lewis A. Tallerman and Evelyn Sheffield: Rheumatism, pain Treatment of pain through baking patients alive Wagner–Jauregg treatment: Julius Wagner Jauregg: Infectious diseases
They are used in the treatment of hypertension. [2] Compared with certain other L-type calcium channel blockers (for example those of the phenylalkylamine class such as verapamil) that have significant action at the heart, the dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers lower blood pressure mainly by relaxing the smooth muscle of the blood vessel ...
Typical treatment for chronic iron overload requires subcutaneous injection over a period of 8–12 hours daily. [ citation needed ] Two newer iron-chelating drugs that are licensed for use in patients receiving regular blood transfusions to treat thalassaemia (and, thus, who develop iron overload as a result) are deferasirox and deferiprone .