The motor neuron disease Madras is a disease that is essentially characterized by a pronounced weakness of the extremities of the affected patients. The disease usually begins during puberty. Atrophy of the limbs develops, in addition, there are paralysis of various nerves of the brain. In addition, the individuals suffer from sensorineural hearing loss. What…
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LMS – Limb Mammary Syndrome
LMS stands for Limb -mammary syndrome which is a disease that belongs to the category of ectodermal dysplasia. Limb-mammary syndrome is already present at birth in the affected person. The disease is known by the abbreviation LMS and occurs comparatively rarely. Limb-mammary syndrome is characterized by pronounced anatomical deformities in the feet and hands in…
ICB – Intracerebral Hemorrhage
ICB stands for intracerebral hemorrhage. An intracerebral hemorrhage (ICB or IZB) is bleeding within the brain tissue. It is a hemorrhagic stroke that presents with symptoms similar to those of an ischemic stroke. The prognosis of this bleeding depends on its location in the brain, its severity and the start and course of medical treatment. What is an intracerebral hemorrhage?…
KRS – Cardiorenal Syndrome
Cardiorenal syndrome is a disease that affects the heart and kidneys at the same time. The syndrome is also often referred to by the abbreviation KRS. A chronic or acute impairment of the function of one organ leads to an impairment of the other. The name originally comes from the treatment of cardiac insufficiency. The cardiac insufficiency…
JMML – Juvenile Myelomonocyte Leukemia
JMML stands for Juvenile myelomonocyte leukemia. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia is a malignant form of leukemia that occurs in infants and young children. In many cases, juvenile myelomonocyte leukemia is simply referred to by the abbreviation JMML. In the context of juvenile myelomonocyte leukemia, there is a malignant transformation of the hematopoietic stem cells, which are precursors of…
AMGS – Abnormal Mammary Gland Secretion
AMGS stands for Abnormal mammary gland secretion. Abnormal mammary gland secretion is one of the secreting (ie secreting a secretion) diseases within the mammary gland. This results in a discharge of a secretion from the nipple outside of breastfeeding. What is abnormal mammary gland secretion? A pathological mammary gland secretion can first be recognized by the…
KS – Kostmann Syndrome
KS stands for Kostmann syndrome. Kostmann syndrome is a congenital and severe neutropenia characterized by the absence of neutrophilic granulocytes. Without these components of the immune system, patients with the syndrome are far more susceptible to infection than average. Long-term administration of G-CSF is an option as a therapeutic measure. What is Kostmann Syndrome? Patients with…
LS – Lichen Sclerosus
LS stands for lichen sclerosus which is a rare skin disease with inflammation-related changes in the connective tissue, the cause of which is assumed to be a dysregulation of the immune system. Lichen sclerosus affects women 5 to 10 times more often than men. What is lichen sclerosus? In the affected adolescents and adults, lichen…
HC – Hypertensive Crisis
Hypertensive crisis or hypertensive emergency is a sudden rise in blood pressure to levels greater than 200/130 mmHg. The disease must be treated immediately, otherwise it can turn into a life-threatening hypertensive emergency. What is hypertensive crisis? Headaches, shortness of breath and pain in the chest are typical of the disease. This is usually accompanied…
KS – Korsakoff Syndrome
Doctors understand Korsakoff syndrome to be a form of memory impairment (amnesia), which is one of the mental disorders. The patient has great difficulty remembering what he has just experienced or learned. Korsakoff syndrome often occurs as a result of long-term alcohol abuse. What is Korsakoff Syndrome? In many known cases, Korsakoff’s syndrome was caused…
CBD – Corticobasal Degeneration
Corticobasal degeneration is a disease that is classified as one of the so-called tauopathies. According to abbreviationfinder, the disease is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation CBD. In the context of corticobasal degeneration, components of the tau protein are deposited in the human brain. As a result, the ability of the brain to function becomes…
NCAA – National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, “ensidable”) unites more than one thousand two hundred educational institutions, sports leagues (conferences) and other organizations related to college sports in the United States and Canada. The NCAA is a non-profit organization, its mission is not to make a profit, but to support sports programs at universities and colleges, organize competitions and solve many…
MLB – Major League Baseball
According to abbreviationfinder, Major League Baseball ( MLB ) is an organization that unites professional baseball teams in North America. The league was created in 2000 after the merger of the National (NL) and American (AL) baseball leagues (created in 1876 and 1901, respectively). MLB, along with the NFL (American football), NBA (basketball) and NHL (ice hockey) is one of the “Big Four” of the most popular professional sports…
RNA – Ribonucleic Acid
According to abbreviationfinder, the ribonucleic acid (RNA) -from English ribonucleic acid or RNA ) is a nucleic acid comprising a chain of ribonucleotides. It is present in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and is the only genetic material of certain viruses (RNA viruses). Cellular RNA is linear and single-stranded, but in the genome of some viruses it is double-stranded. In cellular…
Hyper IgD Syndrome
The doctor calls Hyper-IgD syndrome – also known as HIDS – a hereditary disease that is mainly characterized by recurring episodes of fever. For this reason, the hyper-IgD syndrome is also one of the so-called periodic fever syndromes. During the fever episodes, those affected complain of diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, among other things….
Hyperandrogenemia
Hyperandrogenemia describes a dysfunction of the ovaries and/or the adrenal glands, which can be triggered by various causes and occurs in different forms. The disease results from an excessive release of male sex hormones (androgens). Without treatment, hyperandrogenemia often leads to infertility and the resulting unfulfilled desire to have children. What is hyperandrogenemia? Hyperandrogenemia is…
HMS – Haim-Munk Syndrome
According to digopaul.com, Haim -Munk syndrome is a genetic disease that is very rare. Typical signs of the disease are rashes in the form of reddish, raised spots on the skin. These can also be seen on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. The skin is highly susceptible to infection….
EHH – Esophageal Hiatal Hernia
According to Abbreviationfinder.org, EHH stands for Esophageal Hiatal Hernia. A hiatal hernia, also popularly known as a diaphragmatic hernia, occurs when part of the stomach pushes through the diaphragm into the chest cavity. In most cases, a hiatal hernia will go undetected and will not cause any problems. In more serious cases, treatment up to…
Acute Urinary Retention – AUR
The inability to empty one’s own bladder is also referred to in medicine as so-called urinary retention or urinary obstruction. Depending on the respective symptoms, a distinction is made between acute urinary retention and chronic urinary retention. What is urinary stasis? If there is an obstruction in the urinary tract, the affected person’s urine can…
CSF – Cervical Spine Fracture
The doctor understands a cervical spine fracture or a cervical spine fracture to be a complete or partial vertebral fracture of the cervical spine . Colloquially, a cervical vertebra fracture is often referred to as a broken neck. This injury carries the risk of paraplegia if the spinal cord of the cervical spine is also…
COC – Glandular Odontogenic Cyst
Glandular odontogenic cysts are very rare cysts in the jaw area. They cause little or no discomfort to the patient for a long time, but if left untreated they can lead to bone damage. They must be treated surgically, with options ranging from conservative to aggressive depending on the number and location of the cysts….
ECI – Ear Canal Inflammation
An inflammation of the ear canal, or otitis externa, is usually associated with severe ear pain. It can sometimes be quite lengthy, but complications rarely occur. If attention is paid to proper treatment, the disease heals without any consequential damage. If the ear canal inflammation develops while swimming, bathing or diving, it is also called…
ECF – Epiphyseal Capitis Femoris
As slipped capital femoral epiphysis an orthopedic disease is referred to at the hip. It is also known as the adolescent femoral head solution. What is epiphyseal capitis femoris? In the case of epiphyseal capitis femoris (ECF), the head of the femoral neck becomes detached and slips off within the femoral neck growth plate. Since…
DORV – Double Outlet Right Ventricle
A double outlet right ventricle is understood to mean different malformations of the heart. The large arteries pulmonary artery and aorta have their origin exclusively in the right ventricle. What is the double outlet right ventricle? Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is the English name for right double outlet ventricle. This means congenital malformations of…
CML – Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
The chronic myeloid leukemia (or CML according to abbreviationfinder) is a special sub-type of leukemia in which the white blood cells in the blood fall ill and have a detrimental effect on the whole organism. But how exactly can a disease with CML be diagnosed? And how can chronic myeloid leukemia be treated? What is…
CCA – Corpus Callosum Agenesis
The corpus callosum agenesis is a hereditary disease and inhibition malformation with a partial or total malposition of the cerebral bar. Those affected often show behavioral problems and can suffer from symptoms such as impaired vision and hearing. The agenesis is treated symptomatically as there is no causal therapy. What is corpus callosum agenesis? The…
CUP Syndrome – Cancer of Unknown Primary
A CUP syndrome is used when the organism has metastasized (tumor colonization) and the primary tumor cannot be identified. About two to five percent of cancer patients are affected by CUP syndrome, which in most cases is lethal (ie fatal). What is CUP Syndrome? According to AbbreviationFinder, the CUP syndrome (Cancer of Unknown Primary –…
CHILD – congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects
The CHILD syndrome belongs to the group of hereditary skin diseases, which are called genodermatoses. It is a very rare disease that only affects one half of the body, usually the right half. In addition to genodermatosis, malformations of limbs and anomalies of internal organs occur at the same time. What is CHILD Syndrome? According…
CPPS – Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS) describes chronic pelvic pain syndrome, a disease that is difficult to treat. A combination of different factors is what causes the symptoms that are associated with it. What is Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome? When Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, is a condition of pain in the pelvic…
ABN – Aseptic Bone Necrosis
Necrotic degradation processes of the human bone substance that cannot be traced back to an infection but to a vascular infarction are called aseptic bone necrosis. Depending on the location and type of aseptic bone necrosis, both sexes can be affected differently. What is aseptic bone necrosis? According to DigoPaul, the term aseptic bone necrosis…