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  2. Pilonidal disease - Wikipedia

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    Acute pilonidal disease (abscess) in the upper gluteal cleft: Specialty: General surgery, colorectal surgery: Symptoms: Pain, swelling, redness, drainage of fluid [1] Usual onset: Young adulthood [2] Causes: Ingrown hair in the natal cleft: Risk factors: Obesity, family history, greater amounts of hair (hirsutism), not enough exercise [2 ...

  3. Health effects of tobacco - Wikipedia

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    Overall life expectancy is also reduced in long term smokers, with estimates ranging from 10 [22] to 17.9 [23] years fewer than nonsmokers. [24] About one half of long term male smokers will die of illness due to smoking. [25] The association of smoking with lung cancer and COPD are among strongest, both in the public perception and etiologically.

  4. Intergluteal cleft - Wikipedia

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    The intergluteal cleft or just gluteal cleft, also known by a number of synonyms, including natal cleft and cluneal cleft, is the groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum, [1] so named because it forms the visible border between the external rounded protrusions of the gluteus maximus muscles.

  5. Gluteal sulcus - Wikipedia

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    Superior gluteal nerve palsy causes injury to the superior gluteal nerve, which results in motor loss that manifests as a disabling gluteus medius limp. [5] The most common cause is an iatrogenic injury during hip surgery or an intramuscular injection. Lesions of the inferior gluteal nerve occur through iatrogenic injuries like surgery, trauma ...

  6. List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia

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    UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023; Countries and territories Life expectancy for population in general Life expectancy for male Life expectancy for female Sex gap; at birth bonus 0→15 at 15 bonus 15→65 at 65 bonus 65→80 at 80 at birth at 15 at 65 at 80 at birth at 15 at 65 at 80 at birth at 15 at 65 at 80 Hong Kong ...

  7. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Previously such individuals had a two-year life-expectancy, normally succumbing to blood and skin infections. Guttmann had learned the technique from the work of Boston physician Donald Munro. [ 52 ] There is lack of evidence on prevention of pressure ulcer whether the patient is put in 30 degrees position or at the standard 90 degrees position.

  8. Nager acrofacial dysostosis - Wikipedia

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    Nager acrofacial dysostosis, also known as Nager syndrome, is a genetic disorder which displays several or all of the following characteristics: underdevelopment of the cheek and jaw area, down-sloping of the opening of the eyes, lack or absence of the lower eyelashes, kidney or stomach reflux, hammer toes, shortened soft palate, lack of development of the internal and external ear, possible ...

  9. Rheumatoid arthritis - Wikipedia

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    Low red blood cells, inflammation around the lungs, inflammation around the heart [1] Usual onset: Middle age [1] Duration: Lifelong [1] Causes: Unknown [1] Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms, medical imaging, blood tests [1] [2] Differential diagnosis: Systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis, fibromyalgia [2] Medication