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  2. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  3. List of medical symptoms - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.

  4. Idiopathic chronic fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Neurasthenia has been very rarely reported since the 21st century, and was deprecated in the World Health Organization's most recent International Classification of Diseases, known as the ICD-11. [7] Neurasthenia had previously been categorized as a psychological illness, [ 23 ] and originally as neurological.

  5. Chronic condition - Wikipedia

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    Chronic illnesses cause about 70% of deaths in the US and in 2002 chronic conditions (heart disease, cancers, stroke, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, mental illness and kidney diseases) were six of the top ten causes of mortality in the general US population.

  6. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Many names have been proposed for the illness. The most commonly used are chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and the umbrella term myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Reaching consensus on a name has been challenging because the cause and pathology remain unknown.

  7. Woman accused of faking symptoms of debilitating illness dies ...

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    A 2009 study of patients with heart disease symptoms found 31.3 per cent of middle-aged women “received a mental health condition as the most certain diagnosis”, compared to just 15.6 per cent ...

  8. Myasthenia gravis is one of the rarest and most concerning ...

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    The disease disrupts communication between nerves and muscles, she explains, by interfering with a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which travels between nerves and muscles and affects ...

  9. Fatigue - Wikipedia

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    Fatigue in a medical context is used to cover experiences of low energy that are not caused by normal life. [2] [3]A 2021 review proposed a definition for fatigue as a starting point for discussion: "A multi-dimensional phenomenon in which the biophysiological, cognitive, motivational and emotional state of the body is affected resulting in significant impairment of the individual's ability to ...