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[2] [3] [4] Other local names given to Paederus dermatitis include spider-lick, whiplash dermatitis, [5] and Nairobi fly dermatitis. [ 2 ] Rove beetles do not bite or sting but cause skin irritations and blisters when accidentally brushed or crushed against the skin provoking them to release their coelemic fluid which contains a strong ...
Chemosis is the swelling (or edema) of the conjunctiva. The term derives from the Greek words cheme and -osis, cheme meaning cockleshell due to the swollen conjunctiva resembling it, and -osis meaning condition. [1] The swelling is due to the oozing of exudate from abnormally permeable capillaries. In general, chemosis is a nonspecific sign of ...
The consequences of whiplash range from mild pain for a few days (which is the case for most people), [50] to severe disability. It seems that around 50% will have some remaining symptoms. [40] [51] Alterations in resting state cerebral blood flow have been demonstrated in patients with chronic pain after whiplash injury. [52]
Hypopyon is a medical condition involving inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber of the eye.. It is an exudate rich in white blood cells, seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera.
Causes of epiphora are any that cause either overproduction of tears or decreased drainage of tears, resulting in tearing onto the cheek. [2] This can be due to ocular irritation and inflammation (including trichiasis and entropion) or an obstructed tear outflow tract, which is divided according to its anatomical location (i.e., ectropion, punctal, canalicular or nasolacrimal duct obstruction).
Weather whiplash is the phenomenon of rapid swings between extremes in weather, [1] which some scientists argue is caused by climate change. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Part of a series on
Whiplash (1959 film), another name for Fiend of Dope Island, a lurid adventure film Whiplash , a 2002 film starring Ernest Borgnine and Bradley Gregg Whiplash (2013 film) , a short film about a jazz drummer and his instructor, directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Johnny Simmons and J. K. Simmons
Blepharochalasis is an inflammation of the eyelid that is characterized by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid edema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue, leading to the formation of redundant folds over the lid margins.