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A sequela (UK: / s ɪ ˈ k w iː l ə /, [1] US: / s ɪ ˈ k w ɛ l ə /; [2] [3] usually used in the plural, sequelae /-iː /) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, therapy, or other trauma. Derived from the Latin word meaning "sequel", it is used in the medical field to mean a complication or condition following a ...
Complications are not to be confused with sequelae, which are residual effects that occur after the acute (initial, most severe) [1] phase of an illness or injury. Sequelae can appear early in the development of disease or weeks to months later and are a result of the initial injury or illness.
Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring in more than 80% of polio infections. The symptoms are caused by the damaging effects of the viral infection on the nervous system and typically occur 15 to 30 years after an initial acute paralytic attack.
“Frequent — at least annual — eye exams for those with underlying diseases which carry risk of adverse ocular sequelae, even in the absence of ocular or visual symptoms, are to be ...
Post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs) or post-infectious syndromes are medical conditions characterized by symptoms attributed to a prior infection.While it is commonly assumed that people either recover or die from infections, long-term symptoms—or sequelae—are a possible outcome as well. [1]
A period, often very long, of health unaffected by both the initial and the late effect conditions distinguishes a late effect from a sequela or a complication. A code for such a condition was present in the ICD-9 but is no longer present in the ICD-10 .
It is a complication (sequela) of osteomyelitis. The pathological process is as follows: infection in the bone leads to an increase in intramedullary pressure due to inflammatory exudates; the periosteum becomes stripped from the ostium, leading to vascular thrombosis; bone necrosis follows due to lack of blood supply; sequestra are formed
Knowing—and manipulating—your "biological age"is certainly en vogue right, with longevity bros and our surging wellness era taking center stage in the public consciousness.But while it may be ...