and vaginal dryness. Sjogren can also affect the kidney‚ gastrointestinal system‚ blood vessels‚ lungs‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ and the central nervous system. Sjogren’s can occur alongside other autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ lupus or scleroderma. The consequences of Sjögren’s syndrome range from difficulty in speaking and eating‚ oral candidosis‚ and rampant caries to chronic sialadenitis‚ blindness and B‐cell lymphoma. Currently‚ there is no cure for this disease. Treatments can improve
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Commissurotomy Commissurotomy is a surgical procedure that can pertain to either the treatment of the cardiovascular system‚ treating psychiatric disorders‚ or treating forms of epilepsy. Scleroderma is a disease that thickens and hardens the skin‚ which can also be treated by a commissurotomy in certain circumstances. For example‚ commissures can be expanded in the corners of the patient’s mouth to enable dental treatment in the oral cavity. A commissurotomy can also resolve a encephalic embolism
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treatment plan. Multiple areas of hair loss is often accompanied by the reddening of the skin and mild scaling. A fungus such as ringworm or bacterial infections are generally associated with this type of hair loss. Another common cause includes scleroderma‚ a skin condition that develops from scar tissue or as a result of a recent vaccination. Symmetrical hair loss have several known causes for this‚ including excessive levels of steroids in the dog’s body produced by the adrenal glands‚ low thyroid
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consideration‚ electromyography‚ single fiber EMG‚ and serologic tests(test clear portion of the blood) may be used. It is standard procedure to test patients with myasthenia gravis for other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ scleroderma‚ and lupus because they are more susceptible to them also. At this time there is no cure for myasthenia
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underlying illness. The most common causes of secondary warm-type AIHA include lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g.‚chronic lymphocytic leukemia‚ lymphoma) and other autoimmune disorders (e.g.‚ systemic lupus erythematosus‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ scleroderma‚ ulcerative colitis) The effects are usually related to the lack of oxygen and manifest themselves in the form of weakness‚ lethargy‚ and an increase in the heart and respiration rate. Vomiting or abdominal pain may be present. Gelacio‚
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muscles or nerves in the throat. Dysphagia can occur due to several reasons such as stroke‚ brain/spinal cord injury‚ post-polio syndrome‚ multiple sclerosis‚ muscular dystrophy‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ polymyositis‚ dermatomyositis‚ esophageal spasm‚ scleroderma‚ gastric reflux disease‚ esophagitis‚ allergic reactions‚ diverticula‚ esophageal tumors‚ or
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Countless people around the world suffer from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Or in other words‚ a numbness and tingling in the hand and arm caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist. Many citizens believe that the issue of Carpal Tunnel Syndrom may be a personal problem. Although‚ in reality it is a major political issue. Many workers miss days at a time because of the pain that working brings. “The median nerve runs from your forearm through a passageway in your wrist (carpal tunnel) to your hand. It provides
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It’s Tuesday morning‚ a typical day for my mom at work‚ she’s a unit clerk. But not for me‚ today I am spending the whole day with her at her workplace‚ hospital‚ to do my paperwork for Medical Terminology class. She started by going through the charts one by one and I did the same thing. Due to hospital policy‚ patient’s names are not to be revealed on this report. 5U-Room 1: Patient was admitted with constant pain on the right side of the abdomen under the rib cage‚ diarrhea‚ nausea‚ vomiting
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Healthy ageing is about ‘optimising opportunities for good health‚ so that older people can take an active part in society and enjoy an independent and high quality of life’(Healthy Ageing: A Challenge for Europe). Ageing is not necessarily a burden‚ and it does not necessarily decrease a person’s ability to contribute to society: older people can make valuable and important contributions to society‚ and enjoy a high quality of life. But this depends on treating ageing as an opportunity rather
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Abstract Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome is an extreme rare genetic disorder that catastrophically influences children in pre-mature aging and dying in their teenagers. So far‚ all drugs used to treat this disease are focusing on reducing complications and extending the life spans of patients‚ but no treatment has been proven to treat this disease directly and effectively. Fortunately‚ the new drug named farnesyltransferase inhibitors appears recently in the research field of Hutchinson–Gilford
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