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Disseminated intravascular coagulation or DIC is a syndrome that is the most common cause of an abnormal hemorrhage tendency during pregnancy and the puerperium and reflects systemic activation of the coagulation cascade by circulating thromboplastin material, with secondary activation of the fibrinolytic system. A condition in which the over activation of …

A general way of walking in which a child tries to walk on balls of his or her feet and the heels do not touch the floor is called as toe walking. It is a walking pattern which is common in children who are learning to walk.Idiopathic toe walking is diagnosed in …

Narcolepsy is defined as neurological sleep disorder which is chronic. It is characterized by severe, irresistible daytime sleepiness and sudden loss of muscle tone (cataplexy), and can be associated with sleep-onset or sleep-offset paralysis and hallucinations, frequent movement and awakening during sleep, and weight gain. The diagnosis is based upon …

Macroorchidism is a disorder or a condition found in males where a person has abnormally large testes than the normal size. This condition is generally inherited and usually it is regarding delicate X disorder which is additionally the second most basic hereditary reason for intellectual incapacity. Macroorchidism by and large can be …

Tonsillar ectopia is also known as tonsillar herniation, tonsillar descent or Chiari malformation type 1. It is a congenital anomaly in which the brain tissues grow extensively into the spinal canal which result in the elongation of the cerebral tonsils and pushed down the skull through an opening at the …

Human skin is comprised of numerous layers and one of them is dermis or corium which lie between the epidermis and subcutaneous tissues which is commonly comprised of the thick and irregular connective tissues. It is mainly divided into parts; Papillary dermis/Dermal Papilla: The uppermost layer of the dermis which …

Plexopathy is a neural disorder causing the damage to a network of nerves, blood vessels or lymph vessels resulting in pain, loss of motor control and sensory deficits. It generally affects the nerves at the brachial and lumbosacral region leading to its two main types; Brachial plexopathy It is also …

Angiokeratoma of Fordyce is typically asymptomatic disease which consist of blue to red papules varying in size from 2 to 5mm along scaly surface on the scrotum, shaft of penis and/or inner thighs. As a result of this condition along many other general reasons; black spots appear on the skin …

Polyradiculopathy is commonly called as “pinched nerve”. It is a condition “which affects more than one nerves which leads to many neuro problems such as pain (radicular pain), weakness, loss of control of muscles, and numbness”. This problem majorly affects the root part of the nerves near the exit point …

Learn all about glossopharyngeal neuralgia pictures, symptoms, causes, treatment and surgery. The International Headache Society Guidelines define glossopharyngeal neuralgia as a “severe transient stabbing pain experienced in the ear, base of the tongue, tonsillar fossa, or beneath the base of the jaw”. Glossopharyngeal neuralgia is characterized by a sharp, jabbing …