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Many names, including muscular rheumatism, fibrositis, psychogenic rheumatism, and neurasthenia were applied historically to symptoms resembling those of fibromyalgia. [249] The term fibromyalgia was coined by researcher Mohammed Yunus as a synonym for fibrositis. and was first used in a scientific publication in 1981. [ 250 ]
List of medical symptoms. Medical symptoms refer to the manifestations or indications of a disease or condition, perceived and complained about by the patient. [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals.
Other names: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: Lung with end-stage pulmonary fibrosis at autopsy: Clubbing of the fingers in pulmonary fibrosis: Specialty: Pulmonology: Symptoms: Shortness of breath, dry cough, feeling tired, weight loss, nail clubbing [1] Complications: Pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure, pneumothorax, lung cancer [2 ...
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
The condition only causes symptoms if the visceral pleura is affected. [5] Although fibrothorax may not cause any symptoms, people affected by the disorder may report shortness of breath . [ 6 ] Persistent, recurrent pleural effusions are a possible symptom, caused by the persistent cavity formed by the hardening pleura around the original ...
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) synonymous with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis [5] is a rare, progressive illness of the respiratory system, characterized by the thickening and stiffening of lung tissue, associated with the formation of scar tissue.
Fibrosis, also known as fibrotic scarring, is the development of fibrous connective tissue in response to an injury. Fibrosis can be a normal connective tissue deposition or excessive tissue deposition caused by a disease.