Term Definition
Systemic disease
Disease that affects the whole body.
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Gout is a systemic disease caused by the buildup of uric acid crystals in the joints of the body, causing inflammation, swelling and pain.
Systemic disease
Systemic disease is a disease that affects the whole body. Leukaemias and lymphomas are systemic diseases because the blood system and the lymphatic system are all over the body.
Systemic diseases causing secondary glomerulonephritis:
Immunologic diseases - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Polyarteritis, Wegener's granulomatosis, Mixed connective tissue disease, Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
Systemic diseases. Diabetes and lupus can affect many parts of the body, including the kidneys in some people. In lupus, the immune system becomes overactive and attacks the body's own tissues.
Systemic disease: In breast cancer, this term means that the tumor that originated in the breast has spread to distant sites, such as the liver, brain, bones, or lungs.
Systemic disease
Disease involving the entire body rather than being limited to a single organ or body region.
T cell
Type of white blood cell that attacks virus infected, cancerous & foreign cells.
systemic disease Disease that affects the whole body.
systemic inflammatory response syndrome SIRS. A serious condition in which there is inflammation throughout the whole body.
Systemic Disease: Disease that affects the whole body instead of just one organ.
Systemic Treatment: Treatment affecting the cells throughout the whole body.
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Systemic disease
Treatment for systemic disease is palliative in intent. Goals of treatment include improving quality of life and prolongation of life.
systemic diseases, such as lupus
polyarteritis nodosa group - an inflammatory disease of the arteries
Wegener vasculitis - a progressive disease that leads to widespread inflammation of all of the organs in the body ...
Systemic diseases: In systemic disease, itching may occur with or without skin lesions. However, when itching is prominent without any identifiable skin lesions, systemic disease and drugs should be considered more strongly.
Systemic diseases frequently require more complex treatments.
What is the prognosis?
In acute neuropathies, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, symptoms appear suddenly, progress rapidly, and resolve slowly as damaged nerves heal.
Systemic diseases often affect hair growth either selectively or by altering the skin of the scalp. One example is thyroid disorders. Hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone) causes hair to become thin and fine.
Systemic disease (sepsis) can develop in untreated cases of trench mouth. The prognosis for these infections depends on the nature and severity of the infections at the beginning of treatment.
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Systemic diseases. Occasionally systemic diseases, such as high blood pressure, have been identified as causes of rosacea flare-ups. When flushing is accompanied by itching, breathing difficulties or diarrhea, seek medical attention.
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Systemic disease caused by infection with organisms of the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV)
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A systemic disease, seen more commonly in women which affects connective tissue, particularly the synovial tissue within joints. Arthritis is the main clinical feature and involves many joints in the body, especially those of the hand and feet.
No systemic disease is present and lifespan is normal.
Genetics
Based on the single family reported and the pattern of mutations seen in the DNA, this seems to be an autosomal recessive disorder.
Some systemic diseases are associated with hip pain, including sickle cell disease, in which a joint may swell during a sickle crisis either with or without an underlying infection. The hip joint is not the only joint that may be involved.
Other systemic diseases have effects on iron metabolism causing chronic anemias (known as the anemia of chronic disease). They can also suppress bone marrow, as in systemic lupus erythematosis and other chronic inflammatory conditions.
Acne and Systemic Disease.
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- Cancer is a systemic disease, affecting the entire body and caused by conditions in the entire person. So it cannot be treated by specifics. An entire change in one's way of life is required.
Polymyositis is a systemic disease, which means it affects the whole body. Symptoms include:
Difficulty swallowing
Muscle pain
Muscle weakness in the proximal muscles (shoulders, hips, etc.)
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rheumatic fever - a systemic disease accompanied by fever and inflammation that varies in severity, duration, and outcomes. It is frequently followed by serious heart or kidney disease.
aspx"regurgitation including rheumatic heart disease, infective endocarditis, bicuspid aortic valve, aortoannular ectasia, aortic dissection and aneurysm, and several systemic diseases.
Liver transplantation is indicated in children and adults, whose livers are failing due to liver disease, have primary liver tumors, or systemic diseases where liver replacement will be potentially curative.
A faster than normal rate may indicate a systemic disease, such as lupus. The sedimentation rate isn't specific for any one disease, but it may be elevated if you have lupus, another inflammatory condition or an infection.
Successful treatment of children with ALL requires the control of systemic disease (e.g., marrow, liver and spleen, lymph nodes), as well as the prevention or treatment of extramedullary disease, particularly in the CNS.
Onset usually occurs in infancy (during the first 3-6 months of life) with systemic disease including hepatosplenomegaly, and a severe and early onset neurological syndrome.
Ankylosing spondylitis is also a systemic disease, meaning it can affect other tissues throughout the body.
systemic disease [plasma cell type]). Most often, they occur in the chest, stomach, and/or neck (i.e., localized disease [hyaline-vascular type]). Less common sites include the armpit (axilla), pelvis, and pancreas.
Adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) is a rare inflammatory disorder that affects the entire body (systemic disease). The cause of the disorder is unknown (idiopathic).
Because rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease (meaning it can affect the entire body), you also may have inflammation in other areas, including the heart, lungs or eyes. Symptoms vary between people and even in one person over time.
A systemic disease with arthralgic pain and myalgias has been observed in 1%. A lupus erythematosus-like syndrome with skin rash and multiforme organ involvement is even less frequent.
African trypanosomiasis, also called African sleeping sickness, is a systemic disease caused by a parasite and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. There are two types of the disease, named for the areas of Africa in which they are found.
Cupping is most often used to alleviate symptoms of systemic diseases and conditions such as asthma, arthritis, bronchitis and abdominal pains.
For adults younger than 50 years of age with no signs or symptoms of systemic disease, symptomatic therapy without imaging is appropriate.
Individual susceptibility to hepatic injury in drug-induced hepatitis can be affected by genetic factors, age, gender, nutritional status, exposure to other drugs and chemicals, systemic disease, and other factors (4).
In the young, cataracts are generally congenital or hereditary; later they are usually the result of degenerative changes brought on by aging or systemic disease (diabetes).
Rheumatoid arthritis: A chronic systemic disease that causes inflammatory changes in the synovium, or joint lining, that result in pain, stiffness, swelling, ...
Late manifestations of congenital syphilis are the result of scarring from the early systemic disease and include involvement of the teeth, bones, eyes, and gummas in the viscera, skin, or mucous membranes.
However, identifying PAD while asymptomatic may be life-saving for women, since it allows the easy, cheap identification of a systemic disease that may be treated. Treatment may greatly influence the woman's outcome.
Mantle cell lymphoma is a systemic disease with frequent involvement of the bone marrow and gastrointestinal tract (generally showing polyposis in the lining). There is also a not-uncommon leukemic phase, marked by presence in the blood.
Women in good health or who have only moderate systemic disease and are under 49 years of age have the lowest surgical mortality rate (0.054); men in all categories have a surgical mortality rate twice that of women.
Definition Syphilis is an infectious systemic disease that may be either congenital or acquired through sexual contact or contaminated needles.
Causes of conjunctivitis may be considered in patients such as including parasitic, autoimmune, and systemic diseases (eg, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, Reiter syndrome, Kawasaki disease).
But if you have a history of gum disease, if you smoke, or if you have a systemic disease such as diabetes, you should probably see your dentist more often because these can aggravate gum disease.
Dry eyes can also be a symptom of some systemic diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Rosacea or Sjogren's Syndrome.
Various tests to rule out conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, acid reflux, heart disease, neuromuscular disease, and immune deficiency.
Various tests for systemic diseases linked to chILD.
African trypanosomiasis (also called "African sleeping sickness") - a systemic disease caused by parasite of the Trypanosoma brucei family, and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly.
Lymphoma tends to be a total-body or systemic disease. So chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment. The exact medicines, doses, duration of treatment, and combination with radiation therapy depend on the type of lymphoma.
This appearance may occur in rosacea, in certain systemic diseases like ataxia-telangiectasia, scleroderma or in some long-term therapy with topical fluorinated corticosteroids.
It is important when assessing a solitary nodule that has been histologically called lymphoma, in the absence of any definable systemic disease, to consider the benign cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates in the differential diagnosis.
Additionally, retinal detachment may result from fluid seeping into the subretinal space as an effect of inflammation, tumors, or systemic disease.
Newlin AC, Sugar J. Corneal and external eye manifestations of systemic disease. In: Yanoff M, Duker JS, Augsburger JJ, Azar DT. Opthalmology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby; 2004:chap 66.
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It may be affected by systemic diseases causing polyneuropathy (damage to multiple nerves) such as diabetes or polyarteritis nodosa. It may be damaged by pressure from lesions such as tumor, abscess, or bleeding into the knee.
Systemic means body-wide. For example, a systemic disease affects the entire body.
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Cardiac amyloidosis
Hereditary amyloidosis
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This helps evaluate kidney function, urine sugar levels and ketone levels, as well as help diagnose systemic diseases and urinary tract disorders.
Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection characterized by diarrhea, systemic disease, and a rash -- most commonly caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi (S. typhi).
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