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  2. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    The hero Spider Jerusalem has I-pollen degenerative disorder, a disease he gained as a result of coming into contact with information pollen, pollen used to transmit information. In 98% of the cases, the disease will cause the victim to lose all motor and cognitive skills. It is comparable to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Inferno virus ...

  3. List of abbreviations for diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Doss porphyria/ALA dehydratase deficiency/Plumboporphyria (the disease is known by multiple names) DPT Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus: DRSP disease Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae disease DS Down syndrome: DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome: DTs Delirium tremens: DVD Developmental verbal dyspraxia: DVT Deep vein thrombosis

  4. List of eponymous diseases - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  6. Your winter illness guide: What to know about COVID ... - AOL

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    Dr. Jessica Justman, a professor of infectious disease at Columbia University, tells Yahoo Life that the most prevalent COVID variants currently circulating are KP.3.1.1 (accounting for 44% of ...

  7. Diseases of affluence - Wikipedia

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    Conditions and diseases associated with heart disease include: stroke, coronary heart disease, congenital heart disease, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, and cardiomyopathy. [32] Cardiovascular disease is known as the world's biggest killer. 17.5 million people die from it each year, which equals 31% of all deaths.

  8. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Antigen detection, polymerase chain reaction assay, virus isolation, and serology: Most infections are mild and require no therapy or only symptomatic treatment. Under research [1] Trypanosoma brucei: African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) Identification of trypanosomes in a sample by microscopic examination

  9. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    The low blood pressure seen in those with sepsis is the result of various processes, including excessive production of chemicals that dilate blood vessels such as nitric oxide, a deficiency of chemicals that constrict blood vessels such as vasopressin, and activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels. [41]