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  2. Chronic meningitis - Wikipedia

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    By definition, the duration of signs, symptoms and inflammation in chronic meningitis last longer than 4 weeks. [2] Infectious causes (due to bacteria , fungi and viruses ) are a leading cause and the infectious organisms responsible for chronic meningitis are different than the organisms that cause acute infectious meningitis .

  3. Systemic inflammation - Wikipedia

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    Chronic systemic inflammation is the result of release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from immune-related cells and the chronic activation of the innate immune system.It can contribute to the development or progression of certain conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune and neurodegenerative ...

  4. Organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    The disorder may contribute to the chronic multisymptom illnesses of the Gulf War veterans [3] [4] as well as aerotoxic syndrome (especially tricresyl phosphate poisoning) The exact cause of the syndrome is unknown, although it has been associated with inhibition of patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 6 (PNPLA6, aka neuropathy ...

  5. Inflammaging - Wikipedia

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    Inflammaging (also known as inflamm-aging or inflamm-ageing) is a chronic, sterile, low-grade inflammation that develops with advanced age, in the absence of overt infection, and may contribute to clinical manifestations of other age-related pathologies.

  6. Systemic disease - Wikipedia

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    Chronic fatigue syndrome; Systemic vasculitis e.g. SLE, PAN; Sarcoidosis – a disease that mainly affects the lungs, brain, joints and eyes, found most often in young African-American women. Hypothyroidism – where the thyroid gland produces too little thyroid hormones. Diabetes mellitus – an imbalance in blood glucose (sugar) levels ...

  7. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Cell biology – also called cytology, is a branch of biology that studies the structure and function of the cell, which is the basic unit of life. [110] Cell biology is concerned with the physiological properties, metabolic processes, signaling pathways , life cycle , chemical composition and interactions of the cell with their environment.

  8. Myelitis - Wikipedia

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    Myelitis is inflammation of the spinal cord which can disrupt the normal responses from the brain to the rest of the body, and from the rest of the body to the brain. . Inflammation in the spinal cord can cause the myelin and axon to be damaged resulting in symptoms such as paralysis and sen

  9. Trigeminal autonomic cephalgia - Wikipedia

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    Treatment for TACs varies depending on the exact type, but can include medication such as Indomethacin (in the case of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania) or acute and prophylactic therapy (in the case of cluster headache).