Diseases and Cure

The clinical constellation of findings with or without symptoms due to prolapse of the mitral valve: a nonejection systolic click accentuated in the standing posture, sometimes multiple, sometimes with mitral regurgitation occurring relatively late in systole, and accompanied by echocardiographic evidence of the mitral valve prolapse, usually with thickened leaflets of the valve. Symptoms are nonspecific and may include vague chest pains and dyspnea on exertion. See Images.......

1. Extension of the great toe and abduction of the other toes instead of the normal flexion reflex to plantar stimulation, considered indicative of pyramidal tract involvement (“positive” Babinski); 2. In hemiplegia, weakness of the platysma muscle on the affected side, as is evident in such actions as blowing or opening the mouth; 3. When the patient is lying supine, with arms crossed on the front of the chest, and attempts to assume the sitting posture, the thigh on the side of an organic paralysis is flexed and the heel raised, whereas the limb on the sound side remains flat; 4. In hemiplegia, the forearm on the affected side turns to a pronated position when placed in a position of supination.

A disorder of childhood and adolescence manifested at home, in school, and in social situations by developmentally inappropriate degrees of inattention, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity. A DSM diagnosis that is established when the specified criteria are met.

Recurring symptoms experienced by some women during the climacteric period; they include hot flashes, chills, headache, irritability, and depression.

A progressive degenerative disease of the brain that causes impairment of memory and dementia manifested by confusion, visual-spatial disorientation, inability to calculate, and deterioration of judgment; delusions and hallucinations may occur. The most common degenerative brain disorder, Alzheimer disease makes up 70% of all cases of dementia. Onset is usually in late middle life, and death typically ensues in 5–10 years. Syn: primary neuronal degeneration, Alzheimer dementia, presenile dementia(2), primary senile dementia. Alzheimer disease (AD) ranks 4th as a cause of death in the U.S., and its annual cost to the nation is nearly $100 billion. Onset is typically insidious, with a progressive deterioration in the ability to learn and retain information. In recalling and repeating new material, the patient makes intrusion errors (insertion of irrelevant words or ideas) and resorts to confabulation. Orientation and judgment decline; 50% of patients experience depression, 20% delusion...

General term used for those diseases with permanent or temporary narrowing of small bronchi, in which forced expiratory flow is slowed, especially when no etiologic or other more specific term can be applied.

Arthritis of the spine, resembling rheumatoid arthritis, that may progress to bony ankylosis with lipping of vertebral margins; the disease is more common in the male, often with the rheumatoid factor absent and the HLA antigen present. There is a striking association with the B27 tissue type and the strong familial aggregation suggest an important genetic factor, perhaps inherited as an autosomal dominant; the mechanism, however, remains obscure. Drugs: Apo®-Diclo, Apo®-Diclo SR, Cataflam®, Novo-Difenac, Novo-Difenac-K, Novo-Difenac® SR, Nu-Diclo, Nu-Diclo-SR, Pennsaid, PMS-Diclofenac, PMS-Diclofenac SR, Riva-Diclofenac, Riva-Diclofenac-K, Solaraze, Voltaren, Voltaren Rapide, Voltaren®-XR, Voltare Ophtha ( I highly recommend the readers to use these drugs only under the recommendation of qualified doctors)

A generalized disease, occurring more often in women, which primarily affects connective tissue; arthritis is the dominant clinical manifestation, involving many joints, especially those of the hands and feet, accompanied by thickening of articular soft tissue, with extension of synovial tissue over articular cartilages, which become eroded; the course is variable but often is chronic and progressive, leading to deformities and disability. Drugs: Humira, Kineret, Alti-Azathioprine, Apo®-Azathioprine, Gen-Azathioprine, Imuran, Capsagel, Capzasin-HP, TheraPatch® Warm, Zostrix®, Zostrix®-HP ( I highly recommend the readers to use these drugs under the qualified doctors instructions)

Reduction in the quantity of bone or atrophy of skeletal tissue; an age-related disorder characterized by decreased bone mass and increased susceptibility to fractures. Osteoporosis affects 20 million Americans, about 80% of them women, and costs U.S. society as much as $3.8 billion annually. About 1.3 million fractures attributable to osteoporosis occur each year in people age 45 and older, and this condition is responsible for 50% of fractures occurring in women over age 50. Although all bones are affected, compression fractures of the vertebrae and traumatic fractures of the wrist and femoral neck are most common. Gradual asymptomatic vertebral compression may be detectable only on radiographic examination. Loss of body height and development of kyphosis may be the only signs of vertebral collapse. After hip fracture, most elderly patients fail to recover normal activity, and mortality within 1 year approaches 20%. Fractures in the elderly often lead to loss of mobility and inde...