Bma Illustrated Medical Dictionary
walking as before. Prolonged use of the arms may also cause pain. Symptoms then become worse until, eventually, pain is present ...
becomes totally incapacitated because the disease usually progresses very slowly. Life expectancy is normal. perphenazineA pheno ...
cause vomiting. In infants, there is a risk of temporary apnoeafollowing a coughing spasm. The illness may last for a few weeks. ...
bloodstream. The substances are taken up in greater concentrations by tissues that are more metabolically active. The substances ...
pharyngeal pouchSee oesophageal di- verticulum. pharyngitisAcute or chronic inflam- mation of the pharynx, causing a sore throat ...
severe learning difficulties. All newborn babies are given the Guthrie testfor phenylketonuria. Affected babies show few signs o ...
photosensitivityAbnormal reaction to sunlight. Photosensitivity usually causes a rash on skin exposed to sunlight. This often oc ...
pilonidal sinusA pit in the skin, often containing hairs, in the upper part of the buttock cleft. The cause is probably hair fra ...
associated withnumbnessand, some- times, a burning feeling. The medical term is paraesthesia. Transient pins-and- needles is due ...
edged, pink spots or patches appears on the trunk and upper arms. It is not contagious and mainly affects children and young adu ...
placenta praeviaImplantation of the placentain the lower part of the uterus, near or over the cervix. Placenta praevia occurs in ...
also called plasma exchange. Blood is withdrawn from the body and the plas- ma portion is removed by machines called cell separa ...
called Bornholm disease, it often occurs in epidemics and usually affects chil- dren. There is sudden severe pain in the lower c ...
pneumonitisInflammation of the lungs that may cause coughing, breathing diffi- culty, and wheezing. Causes include an allergic r ...
called periarteritis nodosa. Areas of arter- ial wall become inflamed, weakened, and liable to aneurysms. The severity of the co ...
causing abdominal pain, breathlessness, nausea, and vomiting, and leg swelling. Premature labour may result. The condition is us ...
skin. Hereditary coproporphyria also has similar effects and may cause addi- tional skin symptoms. Protoporphyria usually causes ...
mental confusion, feelings of worthless- ness, threats of suicide or harm to the baby, and sometimes delusions. Hospital admissi ...
in a similar way to nitrates, and widens both arteries and veins. Possible side effects include flushing, nausea, vomit- ing, an ...
egg implants into an abnormal site, such as a fallopian tube, resulting in an ectopic pregnancy. A normal pregnancy lasts around ...
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