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General Illness Information Medical Term: Nothing specified Common Name: Sleep disorders Description: Sleep disorders are changes in sleeping patterns or habits that can negatively affect mental and physical health of a person. Types: Insomnia is a disorder in the process of falling asleep, as well as the inability to go to sleep and fall asleep for a long time. Such violations are considered psychosomatic, that is, they arise due to…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Plasmodium infection Common Name: Malaria Description: Malaria is a group of diseases caused by the introduction into human erythrocytes of various species of the single-cell plasmodium microorganism (Plasmodium). Causes: The disease is caused by one of four types of malarial parasites, called plasmodia. Plasmodium enters the bloodstream of a person with a bite of an infected mosquito. It is known that mosquitoes of the Anopheles…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Hemorrhoids Common Name: Hemorrhoids, piles Description: Hemorrhoids is a disease of the so-called hemorrhoidal veins located around the rectum and anus. The disease is accompanied by a pathological increase in the volume of these vessels, as well as their thrombosis, which often leads to the formation of nodes, their prolapse from the rectum to the outside, changes in the mucous membranes. The disease causes considerable…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Bladder carcinoma Common Name: Bladder cancer Description: Bladder cancer is a malignant tumor invasion of the mucosa or wall of the bladder. Causes: Until now, scientists can not find the exact cause of bladder cancer and can not fully define what provokes healthy cells to turn into malignant cells. But they highlight the most important and frequently occurring causes that trigger the onset of cancer….

General Illness Information Medical Term: Hypoglycemia Common Name: low blood sugar Description: Hypoglycemia is a pathological condition characterized by a low level of glucose in the blood (below 3.3 mmol / l). Causes: Factors that can trigger a drop in glucose levels are numerous. However, the most common risk factors are the following: Starvation; Insulinoma (a hormone-active tumor of pancreatic β-cells); The intake of insulin, oral hypoglycemic drugs, less often…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Vaginitis Common Name: Vaginal inflammation Description: Vaginitis is an inflammation of the vaginal mucosa caused by the activity of pathogenic microorganisms. The most common types of vaginitis: Bacterial vaginitis, as a result of the excessively rapid growth of one of several organisms present in the vagina; Fungal infections, which are usually caused by a Candida albicans fungus; Trichomoniasis, which is caused by a parasite and…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Hypokalemia Common Name: Low potassium, potassium deficiency Description: Hypokalemia is a decrease in the concentration of potassium in the blood below 3.5 mmol / l. Normal potassium content in the blood is 3.5-5.5 mmol / l. Causes: The main causes leading to hypokalemia are: Significant removal of potassium from the body due to vomiting, hyperglycaemia, diarrhea, hyperaldosteronism, metabolic alkalosis, kidney disease, and some diuretic medications….

General Illness Information Medical Term: Eczema Common Name: fungal infections, fungus infections. fungal diseases, fungal skin infections. Description: Fungal infections are infectious diseases, caused by representatives of fungi. These include heterogeneous infections, most of which occur against the background of immunodeficiency states. Classification: Fungal infections are divided into the following forms (by type of pathogen): Candida infections (fungus of the genus Candida); Trichophytosis (fungal infections of the skin, nails, mucous membranes); Cryptococcosis…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma Common Name: ACC, adrenal cortical carcinoma, adrenal cortical cancer, adrenal cortex cancer Description: Adrenal cortical carcinoma is a malignant tumor that develops from the adrenal cortex cells. The disease is considered extremely rare. Causes: No one knows the exact causes of cancer development, although research work in this direction is very active. It is known that some genes (sections of our DNA) contain instructions for…

General Illness Information Medical Term: Ovarian Carcinoma Common Name: Ovarian cancer, ovarian tumor Description: Ovarian cancer is a group of different types of neoplasms that arise in various tissues in the ovaries. The most common type of cancer is one in which the spread of cancer cells occurs along the surface of the ovaries. Causes: Genetic predisposition. There are genes that increase the likelihood of developing ovarian cancer. According to…