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782.7 Petechiae. 782.8 Change in skin texture. 782.9 Other symptoms involving skin. 783 Symptoms concerning nutrition, metabolism and development. 783.0 Anorexia. Loss of appetite. 783.1 Abnormal weight gain. 783.2 Abnormal loss of weight. 783.3 Feeding difficulties and mismanagement.
Obesity and rapid weight gain is common in DD, with chronic fatigue and pain unresponsive to analgesics. [1] Pain associated with Dercum’s disease can often be severe and may be caused by lipomas pressing on nearby nerves or inflamed connective tissue, also called fascia, which is commonly associated with the lipomas. [2]
Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes an impairment of the myocardium (heart muscle), which can result in heart failure. [ 1][ 5] People with TIC may have symptoms associated with heart failure (e.g. shortness of breath or ankle ...
Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the stomach and abdomen to such an extent that it is likely to harm its bearer's health. Abdominal obesity has been strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, [ 1] Alzheimer's disease, and other ...
Acute coronary syndrome ( ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart muscle is unable to function properly or dies. [ 1] The most common symptom is centrally located pressure-like chest pain, often radiating to the left shoulder [ 2] or angle of the jaw, and ...
The indication is an excess breast weight that exceeds approximately 3% of the total body weight. [3] There are varying definitions of what is considered to be excessive breast tissue, that is the expected breast tissue plus extraordinary breast tissue, ranging from as little as 0.6 kilograms (1.3 lb) up to 2.5 kilograms (5.5 lb) with most physicians defining macromastia as excessive tissue of ...
Costochondritis. Costochondritis, also known as chest wall pain syndrome or costosternal syndrome, is a benign inflammation of the upper costochondral (rib to cartilage) and sternocostal (cartilage to sternum) joints. 90% of patients are affected in multiple ribs on a single side, typically at the 2nd to 5th ribs. [ 1]
Cardiology. Frequency. 5-10 out of 100,000 (From 1 in 10,000-20,000) Inferior vena cava syndrome ( IVCS) is a very rare constellation of symptoms resulting from either an obstruction, or stenosis of the inferior vena cava. It can be caused by physical invasion or compression by a pathological process or by thrombosis within the vein itself.