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Arsenic poisoning (or arsenicosis) is a medical condition that occurs due to elevated levels of arsenic in the body. [4] If arsenic poisoning occurs over a brief period of time, symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, encephalopathy, and watery diarrhea that contains blood. [1]
Alien hand syndrome ( AHS) or Dr. Strangelove syndrome [1] is a category of conditions in which a person experiences their limbs acting seemingly on their own, without conscious control over the actions. [2] There are a variety of clinical conditions that fall under this category, which most commonly affects the left hand. [3]
Illegal drugs. The Cambodian black market trade of illicit drugs includes cannabis, methamphetamine, ketamine, MDMA and heroin. [2] [3] Cambodia remains a major supplier of cannabis to countries in East and Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. [citation needed] Large amounts of heroin are also smuggled throughout the (Golden Triangle).
Whitey (drugs) A whitey or white-out (sometimes "green-out" or "greening") is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis ), begins to feel faint and vomits. [1] The term derives from the "whiteout" weather condition where a snowstorm causes loss of vision, and refers to the ...
Splinting, surgery, etc. Frequency. 1% of the world population [3] [4] [5] Camptodactyly is a medical condition that causes one or more fingers or toes to be permanently bent. It involves fixed flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joints . Camptodactyly can be caused by a genetic disorder. In that case, it is an autosomal dominant ...
Poliomyelitis (/ ˌ p oʊ l i oʊ ˌ m aɪ ə ˈ l aɪ t ɪ s / POH-lee-oh-MY-ə-LY-tiss), commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 75% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe symptoms develop such as headache, neck stiffness, and paresthesia.
Automatism is a set of brief unconscious or automatic behaviors, typically at least several seconds or minutes, while the subject is unaware of actions. This type of automatic behavior often occurs in certain types of epilepsy, such as complex partial seizures in those with temporal lobe epilepsy, or as a side effect of particular medications such as zolpidem.
A pharmaceutical drug, also called a medication or medicine, is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being. [3] Traditionally drugs were obtained through extraction from medicinal plants, but more recently also by organic synthesis. [4] Pharmaceutical drugs may be used for a limited ...