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Diseases and disorders GAD Generalized anxiety disorder: GAN Giant axonal neuropathy: GAS disease Group A Streptococcal disease: GAVE Gastric antral vascular ectasia (see Watermelon stomach) GBS Guillain–Barré syndrome: GBS disease Group B Streptococcal disease: GCE Glycine encephalopathy: GD Gestational diabetes: GERD Gastroesophageal ...
Gastroparesis (gastro- from Ancient Greek γαστήρ – gaster, "stomach"; and -paresis, πάρεσις – "partial paralysis") is a medical disorder of ineffective neuromuscular contractions (peristalsis) of the stomach, resulting in food and liquid remaining in the stomach for a prolonged period of time.
The cause of the disease is unknown. [11] ME/CFS often starts after an infection, such as mononucleosis. [12] It can run in families, but no genes that contribute to ME/CFS have been confirmed. [13] ME/CFS is associated with changes in the nervous and immune systems, as well as in energy production. [14]
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Fibromyalgia is a medical syndrome that causes chronic widespread pain, accompanied by fatigue, awakening unrefreshed, and cognitive symptoms. Other symptoms can include headaches , lower abdominal pain or cramps , and depression . [ 9 ]
The stomach does vary in size but its J shape is constant. [citation needed] The stomach lies in the upper part of the abdomen just below the left rib cage. The term gastropathy means "stomach disease" and is included in the name of the diseases portal hypertensive gastropathy, hyperplastic hypersecretory gastropathy (Ménétrier's disease ...
The exact cause of functional dyspepsia is unknown however there has been many hypotheses regarding the mechanisms. Theories behind the pathophysiology of functional dyspepsia include gastroduodenal motility, gastroduodenal sensitivity, intestinal microbiota , immune dysfunction, gut-brain axis dysfunction, abnormalities of gastric electrical ...
Fatigue is a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion [1] or loss of energy. [2] [3]Fatigue (in the medical sense) is sometimes associated with medical conditions including autoimmune disease, organ failure, chronic pain conditions, mood disorders, heart disease, infectious diseases, and post-infectious-disease states. [4]