DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Illness condition
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. In humans, "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories...
Illness condition - List of case studies
- Demyelinizing Disease
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(appearance of diffused urticarioid skin eruptions, slight illness, nausea, vomiting and hypotension regressed by means of intravenous ... 5.9. Later blood tests have revealed a hypothyroidism condition due to thyroiditis , therefore the patient underwent treatment with ...
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome / Acute Myeloradiculoneuritis
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first year which was then followed by stabilization of his condition. questions: ... was clearly myelitis. Usually, this is a monophasic illness and it is thought to result from infectious disease (usually viral) ...
- Secondary Malignancy in mesentery following primary rectal cancer with multiple colonic polyps
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three children. He was entirely well until his present illness. There is no relevant family history and he was asymptomatic. In May ... of the chemotherapy it took several weeks for his condition to stabilize. The creatinine remains at 1.8. In ...
- Degenerative eye problems - Bilateral colloid degeneration
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compatible with the patient’s diabetes? 3) Could the illness in question deteriorate to the point where the patient loses her sight? ... to the drusen that are typically seen in this condition. Drusen are white deposits seen in the macula of ...
- List of Symptoms
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Feeling of constriction Feeling of general slight illness Feeling of heaviness Feeling of neck tightness and fullness ... (left upper limb) Hypovision I Illness condition Immediate Post-Injection Reaction (IPIR) Impaired ability ...
- Motor Neuropathy
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but later lack of response and worsening of the clinical condition. questions: ... D6-D7. Clinical considerations on the course of the illness and on the performed therapy (by the patient’s specialist: In ...
- SOL (Space occupying lesion) of brain
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Female, 33 years old, Israeli born Current Illness – History Generally healthy 32-year old, not taking any ... pending clarification of her situation, in a good general condition with the following recommendations: Recommendations on ...
- Metastatic non small cell lung Cancer
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of the patient had breast cancer . Current illness: For two months, the patient has been feeling his general state of ... , and NOT Avastin . Due to the patient deteriorated condition the treating oncologist has decided to start with Weekly Cycles of ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Weakness and pain in right chest Current Illness 67 year old male, father of 3. For two months, the patient has ... Temperature 36.5 P.O Breaths 14 General condition Generally feeling poorly Lymph nodes Small lymph glands felt ...
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
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results. I assume that my condition is classified as high grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma (Aggressive). ... ? hypertension ? lipids ?) Present Illness : Since late 2007, the patient, while asymptomatic ...