Ankyrin-B–related cardiac arrhythmia is a rare, inherited heart-rhythm disease caused by changes (variants) in the ANK2 gene. This gene makes a scaffolding ...

Cardiac anomalies–heterotaxy syndrome (also called situs ambiguus) means the chest and belly organs did not line up in the usual left-right way during early ...

Capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM) syndrome is a genetic condition that causes two main kinds of blood-vessel changes. First, many ...

Systemic capillary leak syndrome is a rare condition where tiny blood vessels (capillaries) suddenly become very leaky. Fluid and proteins that should stay ...

Idiopathic capillary leak syndrome is a very rare condition where tiny blood vessels (capillaries) suddenly become “leaky.” During an attack, fluid and ...

Clarkson disease is a very rare disorder where fluid and proteins suddenly leak out of tiny blood vessels (capillaries) into the body’s tissues. During an ...

Capillary hyperpermeability syndrome means the tiny blood vessels (capillaries) suddenly become “too leaky.” When they leak, protein-rich plasma leaves the ...

Capillary Leak Syndrome means fluid and proteins leak out of very small blood vessels (capillaries). The fluid moves into the tissues. Blood volume in the ...

Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS) is an asthma-like illness that starts suddenly after one accidental, very high exposure to an irritating gas, ...

“Stripper’s asthma” is an old nickname doctors once used for a lung problem in textile mills. It referred to workers called “strippers” who cleaned or ...

Mill fever is a short-term illness that happens after breathing a lot of textile plant dust, especially in cotton, flax, hemp, jute, or similar fiber mills. ...

Flax-dressers’ disease is a breathing problem caused by regularly inhaling flax plant dust while preparing or processing flax fibers. The very small dust ...

Cotton-dust asthma is breathing trouble caused by inhaling tiny dust particles from raw cotton and other plant fibers (like flax or hemp) in mills, gins, and ...

Cotton workers’ lung disease—also called byssinosis—is a lung problem caused by breathing in dust from cotton, flax, or hemp during processing in mills and ...

Cotton mill fever is a short-lasting, flu-like illness that happens after breathing a large amount of cotton dust, usually inside textile mills. People feel ...

Cotton Dust Pneumoconiosis (Byssinosis) is a lung disease caused by breathing cotton dust (and sometimes flax, hemp, or jute dust) in textile work. The dust ...

Byssinosis is a lung disease caused by breathing in dust from natural plant fibers at work. The dust most often comes from cotton. It can also come from flax ...

CACNB2-Related Brugada Syndrome Type 4 is a heart-rhythm disorder that can cause dangerous fast rhythms in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricular ...

Brugada syndrome caused by mutation in CACNB2 is a heart rhythm condition that makes the heart’s electrical system unstable. It can cause dangerous fast ...

Brugada syndrome 4 is a heart rhythm condition. It affects the tiny electrical signals that make your heart beat. In Brugada syndrome, those signals do not ...