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Prior to this it was known as Churg–Strauss syndrome, named after Jacob Churg and Lotte Strauss, who first published about the syndrome in 1951 using the term allergic granulomatosis to describe it. [3] It is a type of systemic necrotizing vasculitis. Effective treatment of EGPA requires suppression of the immune system with medication.
The signs and symptoms of GPA are highly varied and reflect which organs are supplied by the affected blood vessels. Typical signs and symptoms include nosebleeds, stuffy nose and crustiness of nasal secretions, and inflammation of the uveal layer of the eye. [3] Damage to the heart, lungs and kidneys can be fatal. The cause of GPA is unknown.
Leukotriene receptor antagonist-associated Churg–Strauss syndrome may occur in asthma patients being treated with leukotriene receptor antagonists, occurring 2 days to 10 months after the antagonist has been started, with features of the syndrome including peripheral eosinophilia, pulmonary infiltrates, and less commonly neuropathy, sinusitis, and cardiomyopathy.
Lotte Strauss (15 April 1913 – 4 July 1985) was a German-American pathologist. [1] [2] She was born in Nuremberg, Germany. [1] Strauss, alongside Jacob Churg, attributed her name to Churg–Strauss syndrome, which is now known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. [3] She was one of the founders of the Society for Pediatric ...
Leukotriene receptor antagonist-associated Churg–Strauss syndrome; Levator ani syndrome; Leydig cell hypoplasia; Liddle's syndrome; Liebenberg syndrome; LIG4 syndrome; Lima syndrome; Limb girdle syndrome; Limber tail syndrome; Limb–mammary syndrome; Linburg–Comstock syndrome; Li–Fraumeni syndrome; Locked-in syndrome; Locomotive syndrome ...
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
It is not fear but exposure that causes moral injury – an experience or set of experiences that can provoke mild or intense grief, shame and guilt. The symptoms are similar to PTSD: depression and anxiety, difficulty paying attention, an unwillingness to trust anyone except fellow combat veterans.
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