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Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR, pronounced as fever) is a genetic disorder affecting the growth and development of blood vessels in the retina of the eye. This disease can lead to visual impairment and sometimes complete blindness in one or both eyes. FEVR is characterized by incomplete vascularization of the peripheral retina.
Pappataci fever. Pappataci fever (also known as phlebotomus fever and, somewhat confusingly, sandfly fever and three-day fever) is a vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus. It occurs in subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. The name, pappataci fever, comes from the Italian word for sandfly; it ...
Coccidioidomycosis is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in the endemic areas of the United States. [ 4] Infections usually occur due to inhalation of the arthroconidial spores after soil disruption. [ 4] The disease is not contagious. [ 4] In some cases the infection may recur or become chronic.
None reported [ 3] African tick bite fever (ATBF) is a bacterial infection spread by the bite of a tick. [ 1] Symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle pain, and a rash. [ 1] At the site of the bite there is typically a red skin sore with a dark center. [ 1] The onset of symptoms usually occurs 4–10 days after the bite. [ 4]
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] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...
Septic arthritis should be considered whenever a person has rapid onset pain in a swollen joint, regardless of fever. One or multiple joints can be affected at the same time. [ 2][ 11][ 12] Laboratory studies such as blood cultures, white blood cell count with differential, ESR, and CRP should also be included.
Adoption of ICD-10-CM was slow in the United States. Since 1979, the US had required ICD-9-CM codes [11] for Medicare and Medicaid claims, and most of the rest of the American medical industry followed suit. On 1 January 1999 the ICD-10 (without clinical extensions) was adopted for reporting mortality, but ICD-9-CM was still used for morbidity ...
The key symptoms of PFAPA are those in its name: periodic high fever at intervals of about 3–5 weeks, as well as aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis and/or adenitis. In between episodes, and even during the episodes, the children appear healthy. At least 6 months of episodes. Diagnosis requires recurrent negative throat cultures and that other ...