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Acute septic arthritis, infectious arthritis, suppurative arthritis, pyogenic arthritis, [4] osteomyelitis, or joint infection is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent resulting in joint inflammation. Generally speaking, symptoms typically include redness, heat and pain in a single joint associated with a decreased ability to move the ...
Both pigs and humans can act as an intermediate hosts for the larval form however humans are the only definitive hosts for the adult cestode. T. solium larvae are cystic, fluid-filled membrane vesicles containing a tapeworm head ( scolex ) with four suckers and a double crown of hooks, a narrow neck, and a huge body composed of several hundred ...
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 ...
Ophthalmology. Dacryocystitis is an infection of the lacrimal sac, secondary to obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct at the junction of the lacrimal sac. [1] The term derives from Greek dákryon ' tear ' cysta 'sac' and -itis ' inflammation '. [2] It causes pain, redness, and swelling over the inner aspect of the lower eyelid and epiphora.
ICD-10. ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
Lactic acidosis is commonly found in people who are unwell, such as those with severe heart and/or lung disease, a severe infection with sepsis, the systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to another cause, severe physical trauma, or severe depletion of body fluids. [2]
Otitis. Otitis is a general term for inflammation in ear or ear infection, inner ear infection, middle ear infection of the ear, in both humans and other animals. When infection is present, it may be viral or bacterial. [1][2] When inflammation is present due to fluid build up in the middle ear and infection is not present it is considered ...
Pelvic inflammatory disease, also known as pelvic inflammatory disorder (PID), is an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system, namely the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, and inside of the pelvis. [5][2] Often, there may be no symptoms. [1] Signs and symptoms, when present, may include lower abdominal pain, vaginal ...