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The tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infectious disease that is caused by the TBE virus. These, in turn, are mostly transmitted by ticks or wooden ticks. Since around 5% of…

The retinopathy of prematurity (retinopathy of prematurity) is a vascular proliferation of retinal tissue (retina), which can occur in preterm infants, particularly in babies who are born before 32 weeks…

According to ACRONYMMONSTER, the Frühdyskinesie is a term is described in the medical, common with a right-side-effect of drugs in the dopamine engage -Metabolism. Since such drugs are mainly used…

The Cheerful syndrome is very rare and is caused by a hypothalamic tumor. This creates an imbalance in the hormones that disrupts some regulatory mechanisms in the body. There is…

Intestinal fructose intolerance is an intolerance to fruit sugar (intestinal means that the disease affects the digestive tract, fructose is fruit sugar, intolerance means something like intolerance). It manifests itself…

In an amniotic fluid embolism is a dangerous complication during childbirth. In the process, amniotic fluid is washed into the mother’s bloodstream. What is an amniotic fluid embolism? According to…

The name of frostbite or Perniones is misleading, because with a real frostbite they have nothing to do and a real bump does not form too. Rather, they tend to…

An injury to one or more front teeth caused by a mechanical force is referred to as anterior tooth trauma. Most anterior tooth trauma is the result of an accident.…

In frontal lobe syndrome there are injuries to the frontal lobe. Lesions in this area of the brain usually manifest themselves in cognitive and behavioral disorders such as pseudopsychopathy. Treatment…

The Friedreich’s Ataxia is a genetic condition neurological disease. Symptoms are mainly paralysis, often heart failure and diabetes. There is no causal therapy. The main medical task in the treatment…

As Frey syndrome is called an abnormal sweating, which is triggered in the face and neck during consumption of food or by various stimuli such as chewing or taste. What…

According to PERCOMPUTER, the foreign accent syndrome is a rarely explored world language disorder. So far, only 60 cases from England, America, Germany and Australia have been documented. The tone…

A foreign body is present when foreign bodies enter the respiratory organs and channels. In the majority of cases, foreign body aspiration occurs in young children. In principle, however, it…

The Fregoli syndrome belongs to the group of Miss identification syndromes (DMS, delusional misidentification syndromes). It is a very rare mental illness, most of which is the result of schizophrenia.…

When Fraser syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder that is characterized by multiple physical malformations. The extent of the individual deformities is not uniform, so that in addition to…

The yam disease is a non-venereal infectious disease of tropical countries, which is caused by the bacterium Treponema pertenue. The disease, which is contagious through skin contact, belongs to the…

The Fragile X syndrome, also Martin-Bell syndrome called, is a genetic alteration of an X chromosome. The main characteristics of the disease are mental deficits and a changed appearance. Fragile…

The Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome is a urination disorder that is often associated with polycystic ovary syndrome and is associated with urinary retention. Presumably the complex of symptoms is based on hormonal…

The Foville syndrome is a midbrain syndrome, which manifests itself in the form of gaze palsy, Faszialislähmung and mutual hemiplegia. The cause are usually circulatory disorders or tumors in the…

When Fournier gangrene is a disease that is associated with a fasciitis of the genitals and groin. Fournier’s gangrene is a rare disease that is triggered by an infection. The…

The Foster-Kennedy syndrome is characterized by a combination of increased intracranial pressure and compressed optic nerve. The disease is often due to neoplasms, especially in the frontal lobe of the…

Polyps as a form of tumors can in principle develop wherever there is mucous membrane, such as colon polyps that grow in the large intestine (colon). Even if they are…

According to abbreviationfinder, CLL stands for Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. A chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a cancer of the lymphatic system, which is accompanied by an increased synthesis of non-functional lymphocytes. With…

As cystinosis an inherited metabolic disease is called. This leads to an excessive accumulation of cystine in numerous organs. What is cystinosis? Cystinosis is a congenital metabolic disease that is…

The Brugada syndrome is a congenital, autosomal dominant hereditary cardiomyopathy. The disease is one of the ion channel diseases and is due to a mutation. The treatment includes the implantation…

In CADASIL is a disease whose origin is genetic and is accompanied by heaping stroke in the affected people. The disease term CADASIL comes from English and stands for Cerebral…

The Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome is an ectodermal dysplasia. The main symptoms of the disease are malformations of the skin appendages. The focus of the therapy is the heat emission, as the…

Aspergillosis describes a mold infection caused by Aspergillus species. The sinuses and lungs are often affected by the infection. But other organ systems such as the skin, the gastrointestinal tract…

A atrophy is a reduction of a tissue or organ. The cells in the affected area lose volume and mass. This can have both physiological and pathological causes. What is…

The temporal arteritis is an inflammatory disease that affects the primarily the elderly. Early therapy usually leads to rapid symptom relief. What is temporal arteritis? Temporal arteritis is an inflammatory…