Chancroid
Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a bacteria called Haemophilus ducreyi. It mainly affects the skin and tissues of the genital area and sometimes the nearby groin. The ...
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Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Neuronal, 4 (Kufs Type)
Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal, 4 (Kufs type), often shortened to CLN4 disease, is a very rare inherited brain disease. It mainly affects the nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Over time, ...
Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency (AVP-D)
Arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVP-D) is a condition where your body does not make enough of the hormone arginine vasopressin (also called antidiuretic hormone, ADH). This hormone normally helps ...
CEBPE-Associated Autoinflammation-Immunodeficiency-Neutrophil Dysfunction Syndrome
CEBPE-associated autoinflammation-immunodeficiency-neutrophil dysfunction syndrome is a condition where a change (variant) in the CEBPE gene affects how neutrophils (a main “first-response” white ...
Blastic NK-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Blastic NK-cell leukemia/lymphoma” was often used for a very aggressive blood cancer that looks like leukemia (blood and bone marrow disease) and/or lymphoma (tumor masses), and very often starts in ...
Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type iio
Congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIo is a very rare genetic condition where the body has trouble doing glycosylation (adding sugar “chains” to proteins). Those sugar chains help proteins ...
CCDC 115-CDG – Coiled-Coil Domain Containing 115 Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation
CCDC115-CDG (also called congenital disorder of glycosylation, type IIo / CDG2O) is a very rare inherited (autosomal recessive) condition where the body cannot “finish” adding and shaping sugar ...
CCDC 115 Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation
CCDC115-CDG (also called congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIo) is a very rare inherited disease where the body has trouble doing a key “sugar-finishing” job called glycosylation. ...
Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome Type IIo
Carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type IIo is now usually called Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation, type IIo (CDG-IIo) or CDG2O. It is a rare inherited (genetic) disease where the body ...
CCDC115-CDG
CCDC115-CDG is a very rare inherited disorder where the body cannot “decorate” many proteins with sugar chains in the normal way (this process is called glycosylation). These sugar chains help ...
Cayman Cerebellar Ataxia
Cayman cerebellar ataxia (also called cerebellar ataxia, Cayman type) is a rare genetic (inherited) brain condition that usually starts from birth or early infancy. The main problem is that the ...
Tracheopulmonary Myiasis
Tracheopulmonary myiasis means fly larvae (maggots) live inside the breathing tubes or lungs. The larvae may be in the trachea (windpipe), bronchi (main breathing tubes), or deeper in the air ...
Intestinal Myiasis
Intestinal myiasis is a condition where fly larvae (maggots) are inside the stomach or intestines for a short time and may be passed out in stool. Most often, it happens when a person swallows fly ...
Ophthalmomyiasis
Ophthalmomyiasis (also called ocular myiasis) means fly larvae (maggots) get into or onto the eye area. The larvae can stay on the surface (like the conjunctiva), the eyelids, or rarely go deeper ...
Urogenital Myiasis
Urogenital myiasis (also called genitourinary myiasis) is a rare condition where fly larvae (immature flies) are found in or near the urinary or genital area, such as the vulva, vagina, penis, ...
Nasal Myiasis
Nasal myiasis is a condition where fly larvae (maggots) live and grow inside the nose or nearby sinuses. The flies lay eggs around the nostrils or in nasal wounds. When the eggs hatch, the larvae ...
Aural Myiasis
Aural myiasis (also called otomyiasis) means fly larvae (maggots) are living in the ear canal, and sometimes they can reach the middle ear if the eardrum is damaged. It is a medical emergency because ...
Cavitary Myiasis
Cavitary myiasis is a parasitic disease where fly larvae (maggots) live and grow inside natural body openings instead of on the skin surface. These openings can be the ear canal, nose, mouth, eye ...
Double Tachycardia Induced by Catecholamines
Double tachycardia induced by catecholamines is an old name for a rare heart rhythm disease now called catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). In this condition, stress hormones ...
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a very rare, life-threatening autoimmune blood-clotting disorder. In this condition, the immune system makes harmful antibodies called ...
