General Illness Information: Description: Vitamin deficiency (avitaminosis, beriberi) is a disease caused by a severe shortage of vitamins in the body, which leads to serious consequences, sometimes, fatal diseases. Causes: Insufficient intake of vitamins with food, malnutrition, inadequate or poor-quality nutrition; Violation of the digestive process or disruption of the work of organs related to digestion; Taking antivitamins, for example, drugs used in the treatment of high blood coagulability; Features…
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Vitamin Deficiency
(Illness)Anesthesia / Pain Relief
(Illness)Anesthesia: Purpose and Types Anesthesia is an artificially created decrease or lack of sensitivity in the process of medical manipulation. Purpose of anesthesia: The modern anesthesia solves the following problems: providing the surgeon with optimal working conditions during the surgery, which the quality of surgical treatment depends on, carrying out an effective and safe anesthesia of the patient during surgery, maintenance of the life of the patient’s organism before, during…
Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
(Illness)General Illness Information Medical Term: Nothing specified Common Name: Gastrointestinal tract disorders, digestive disorders, gastrointestinal diseases Description: Gastrointestinal tract disorders include diseases of the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, intestines, gallbladder and liver. They are the most common pathologies in the world. 95% of the population suffers from these diseases. Types: Atony of the stomach; Atony of the esophagus; Atresia of the esophagus; Bauthinite; Crohn’s disease; Will’s disease; Botulism; Bulemia; Internal hernia;…
Webber (Calcium Carbonate)
(Herbal)WEBBER® CALCIUM CARBONATE Novartis Consumer Health Calcium Carbonate Calcium Supplement Indications And Clinical Uses: As a dietary supplement where calcium intake may be inadequate: childhood and adolescence, pregnancy and lactation, postmenopausal females and in the aged. In the treatment of calcium deficiency states which may occur in diseases such as: tetany of the newborn (as a supplement to parenterally administered calcium), hypoparathyroidism and senile osteoporosis, rickets and osteomalacia. Contra-Indications: Hypercalcemia…
Pregnancy / Birth Control
(Illness)General Information Description: Pregnancy (Latin – graviditas) is a special condition of a woman’s body, at which her developing reproductive organs contain a developing embryo or fetus. In obstetrics, physiological and pathological pregnancies are distinguished. Normally, any pregnancy ends with act of delivery – a child is born, and in case of multiple pregnancy – twins (homozygous – identical or heterozygous – different). Causes As with any pregnancy, onset is…
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