Cartilage is an example of a connective tissue. There are many types of connective tissue disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and scleroderma. The most common affected areas are joints, muscles, and skin. Your organs, eyes, nervous system, and blood vessels can also be affected....
Physical examination is very helpful in trying to localize a potential brain lesion. A careful neurologic exam may be useful in finding weakness, changes in sensation (including light touch, pain, vibration, and position sense), and coordination. Mental status, agility, and other organ systems are...
We calculated birth weight and length <10th percentile using standard infant and child growth curves.20,21 Anomalies were assessed by organ system, and criti- cal congenital heart defects were defined in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.22 Information was also gathered ...
It is unclear which of Ramis' organs and tissues were affected by the disease or which kind of blood vessels were damaged. Some forms of vasculitis can be a side-effect of an infection. The condition can also be part of other autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. People ca...
Dry eye is a chronic and multifactorial ocular surface disease caused by tear film instability or imbalance in the microenvironment of the ocular surface. It can lead to various discomforts such as inflammation of the ocular surface and visual issues. Ho
According to the Arthritis Foundation, when you have autoimmune inflammatory arthritis, the immune system attacks healthy tissue, including joints in the spine, hands and feet. It can become systemic, affecting the eyes, skin, heart and other organs.Rheumatoid arthritisis the most common form; ther...
Type 5/Type V:This type is needed to make the surface of cells, as well as hair strands and tissue found in women’s placentas (the organ that develops in the uterus during pregnancy, provides oxygen and nutrients to the growing baby, and removes waste). ...
If you havetype 2 diabetes, your chances of getting gout are higher. And the same is true in reverse. Gout boosts your chance ofdiabetes. Goutis a kind of arthritis that causes sudden pain and swelling in your joints. It usually shows up first in the big toe, but it can occur in ot...
Your spleen is an organ in your belly that stores about a third of all your platelets and helps your immune system fight infections. Some conditions that can cause low platelet count include: Aplastic anemia. This is a rare blood disorder that happens when your bone marrow can't make enough...
Functional Medicine principles view the body as one integrated system, not a collection of independent organs divided up by medical specialties. It is commonly called, the science of “why”. Functional lab testing is the cornerstone of functional medicine. Functional lab testing is used to assess...