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1% of people admitted to hospital [4] Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a condition in which blood clots form throughout the body, blocking small blood vessels. [1] Symptoms may include chest pain, shortness of breath, leg pain, problems speaking, or problems moving parts of the body. [1] As clotting factors and platelets are used ...
Disseminated disease can refer to disseminated cancer which is the movement of cancerous cells from the original tumor to other areas of the body, [1] or disseminated infection which is the pathogen's entry into the host, growth, and dissemination, which results in illness. [2] After exiting the main tumor, cancer cells circulate throughout the ...
Neurology. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), or acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, is a rare autoimmune disease marked by a sudden, widespread attack of inflammation in the brain and spinal cord. As well as causing the brain and spinal cord to become inflamed, ADEM also attacks the nerves of the central nervous system and damages ...
Coccidioidomycosis is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the endemic areas of the United States. [4] Infections usually occur due to inhalation of the arthroconidial spores after soil disruption. [4] The disease is not contagious. [4] In some cases the infection may recur or become chronic.
Septicemic plague; Other names: Septicaemic plague: Septicemic plague resulting in necrosis: Specialty: Infectious diseases : Symptoms: DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation) which causes : tissue death due to lack of circulation/perfusion to that tissue, bleeding into the skin and other organs, which can cause red and/or black patchy rash and hemoptysis/hermatemesis
The adrenal glands lie above the kidneys. Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome (WFS) is defined as adrenal gland failure due to bleeding into the adrenal glands, commonly caused by severe bacterial infection. Typically, it is caused by Neisseria meningitidis. [1] The bacterial infection leads to massive bleeding into one or (usually) both adrenal ...
Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3][4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9][12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs. [13][14] It most commonly infects the nose, sinuses, eyes ...
Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection of mainly the lungs, presenting as a pneumonia, and brain, where it appears as a meningitis. [4][9] Cough, difficulty breathing, chest pain and fever are seen when the lungs are infected. [5] When the brain is infected, symptoms include headache, fever, neck pain, nausea and vomiting, light ...