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  2. Syringomyelia - Wikipedia

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    The damage may result in loss of feeling, paralysis, weakness, [4] and stiffness in the back, shoulders, and extremities. Syringomyelia may also cause a loss of the ability to feel extremes of hot or cold, especially in the hands. It may also lead to a cape-like bilateral loss of pain and temperature sensation along the upper chest and arms.

  3. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Loss of all four alpha-globin genes (total alpha-thalassemia) leads to severely anemic stillborn babies with small amounts of an abnormal hemoglobin composed of four gamma sub-units (Bart's Hemoglobin) Bastian–Bruns sign: Henry Charlton Bastian, Ludwig Bruns: neurology: spinal cord transection: loss of muscle tone and reflexes below lesion level

  4. Signs and symptoms - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 13 ]

  5. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    Yep, age-related height loss is a typical part of getting older. People usually lose about a centimeter in height every 10 years after age 40, according to Medline Plus , and that pace of height ...

  6. Holding your pee can have dangerous health risks, experts say

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    The latter is a condition in which the kidneys swell and stretch from the buildup. Not emptying your bladder enough can also cause abdominal pain, cramping or bladder stones.

  7. Thoracic outlet syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The neurogenic type is the most common and presents with pain, weakness, paraesthesia, and occasionally loss of muscle at the base of the thumb. [1] [2] The venous type results in swelling, pain, and possibly a bluish coloration of the arm. [2] The arterial type results in pain, coldness, and pallor of the arm. [2]

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  9. Signs and symptoms of Graves' disease - Wikipedia

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    In older patients, emotional instability may be less evident, or depression may occur, and the symptoms and signs are manifestly circulatory. In many, the thyroid is not readily palpable. [4] Symptoms such as rapid heart rate, shortness of breath on exertion, and edema may predominate. Older patients also tend to have more weight loss and less ...