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Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.
Alzheimer's disease: AD Attachment disorder: ADD Attention deficit disorder: ADD-RT Attention deficit disorder – residual type ADEM Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: AERD Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease: AF or A-fib Atrial fibrillation: AGS Aicardi–Goutières syndrome: AH Acquired ...
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are a spectrum of autoimmune diseases characterized by acute inflammation of the optic nerve (optic neuritis, ON) and the spinal cord . [1] [2] [3] Episodes of ON and myelitis can be simultaneous or successive. A relapsing disease course is common, especially in untreated patients. [1] [4]
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 ...
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE) is a rare autosomal recessive mitochondrial disease. [2] It has been previously referred to as polyneuropathy, ophthalmoplegia, leukoencephalopathy, and intestinal pseudoobstruction (POLIP syndrome). [3] The disease presents in childhood, but often goes unnoticed for decades.
Nervous system diseases, also known as nervous system or neurological disorders, refers to a small class of medical conditions affecting the nervous system.This category encompasses over 600 different conditions, including genetic disorders, infections, cancer, seizure disorders (such as epilepsy), conditions with a cardiovascular origin (such as stroke), congenital and developmental disorders ...
Disinhibited attachment disorder; Dislocation of the hip dysmorphism; Disorder in the hormonal synthesis with or without goiter; Disorganization syndrome; Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp; Dissociative amnesia; Dissociative hysteria; Dissociative fugue; Dissociative identity disorder; Distal arthrogryposis Moore–Weaver type