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Some Random Medical Conditions
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel is a prescriptionantiplatelet medicine. It reducesyour risk ofgetting blood clots by affecting cells in your blood called platelets.
Urethritis
Urethritis is inflammation of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. It's usually caused by an infection.
Meningitis
Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges).
Predictive genetic test for cancer risk genes
Cancer is not usually inherited, but some types mainly breast, ovarian, colorectaland prostate cancer can be strongly influenced by genes and can run in families.
Knock knees
A person with knock knees has a large gap between their feet when they're standing with their knees together.
Sleep paralysis
Sleep paralysis is a temporary inability to move or speak that occurs when you're waking up or falling asleep.
Rett syndrome
Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects brain development, resulting in severe mental and physical disability.
Swollen ankles
Oedema is abuild up of fluid in the body which causes the affected tissue to become swollen .
Leukaemia, chronic lymphocytic
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells and tends to progress slowly over many years.
Paget’s disease of the nipple
Paget's disease of the nipple, also known asPaget's disease of the breast, is a rare condition associated with breast cancer .
Breast lump
Breast lumps are commonand have a number of different causes.
Dysarthria (difficulty speaking)
Dysarthria is difficulty speaking caused by brain damage or brain changes later in life.
Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsies (HNPP)
Hereditary neuropathy with pressure palsies (HNPP) is an inherited nerve disorder that typically causes numbness, tingling and muscle weakness.
Neonatal herpes (herpes in a newborn baby)
Neonatal herpes is a herpes infection in anewborn baby. It's caused by the herpes simplex virus, a highly contagious virus that can cause coldsores and genital ulcers in adults.
Hypoglycaemia
Hypoglycaemia, or a"hypo",is an abnormally low level of glucose in yourblood (less than four millimoles per litre).
Vestibular schwannoma
An acoustic neuroma is a type of non-cancerous (benign) brain tumour. It's also known as a vestibular schwannoma.
Research and clinical trials
A clinical trial compares the effects of one treatment with another.It may involve patients, healthy people, or both.
Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease is an uncommon viral infection of the intercostal muscles, which join the ribs together. The lining of the lungs is also sometimes affected.