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The symptoms of DRESS syndrome usually begin 2 to 6 weeks but uncommonly up to 8–16 weeks after exposure to an offending drug. Symptoms generally include fever, an often itchy rash which may be morbilliform or consist mainly of macules or plaques, facial edema (i.e. swelling, which is a hallmark of the disease), enlarged and sometimes painful lymph nodes, and other symptoms due to ...
Allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) typically occurs in persons with preexisting kidney failure. [3]: 119 Weeks to months after allopurinol is begun, the patient develops a morbilliform eruption [3]: 119 or, less commonly, develops one of the far more serious and potentially lethal severe cutaneous adverse reactions viz., the DRESS syndrome, Stevens Johnson syndrome, or toxic epidermal ...
The DRESS syndrome is a Type IV, Subtype IVb, hypersensitivity drug reaction, i.e. a reaction dependent on CD4(+) cells and the cell- and tissue-injuring action of eosinophils. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] Skin lesions inflict 73% to 100% of afflicted individuals; they are generally infiltrative macules and plaques .
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are correlated with each other and often associated with a particular disease or disorder. [1] The word derives from the Greek σύνδρομον, meaning "concurrence". [2]: 1818 When a syndrome is paired with a definite cause this becomes a disease. [3]
Supernumerary nipples–uropathies–Becker's nevus syndrome; Supernumerary phantom limb; Survivor syndrome; Susac's syndrome; Sweet's syndrome; Swyer–James syndrome; Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion; Syndrome of subjective doubles; Syndrome Without A Name; HHH syndrome; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Sézary ...
Sweet syndrome (SS), or acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, [1] [2] is a skin disease characterized by the sudden onset of fever, an elevated white blood cell count, and tender, red, well-demarcated papules and plaques that show dense infiltrates by neutrophil granulocytes on histologic examination.
Peeling skin syndrome (acral peeling skin syndrome, continual peeling skin syndrome, familial continual skin peeling, idiopathic deciduous skin, keratolysis exfoliativa congenita) Pfeiffer syndrome; Photosensitivity–ichthyosis–brittle sulfur-deficient hair–impaired intelligence–decreased fertility–short stature syndrome
Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome; Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome; Aortic Arch Syndrome; Aortocaval compression syndrome; Arthrogryposis–renal dysfunction–cholestasis syndrome; Athletic heart syndrome; ATR-X syndrome; Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; Auditory processing disorder; Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1