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21 mai 2024 · Definition. Jet lag disorder is a temporary desynchronisation between endogenous body rhythms and exogenous environmental rhythms, caused by rapid transmeridian travel across different time zones, leading to sleep disturbance, reduced alertness, general malaise, and gastrointestinal symptoms. [1] American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
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1 oct. 2024 · Ramsay Hunt syndrome typically presents with sudden-onset (<72 hours) unilateral peripheral facial palsy, severe ear/facial pain, and a vesicular ear rash. Other presenting symptoms include vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, dry eye, altered taste, and oral lesions. It is caused by reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) and spread to ...
22 mai 2024 · Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in countries with sufficient iodine intake. Caused by TSH receptor antibodies. Extrathyroidal manifestations include orbitopathy, pretibial myxoedema (thyroid dermopathy), or acropachy, which do not occur with other causes of hyperthyroidism. Diagnostic tests are suppressed serum TSH ...
26 juil. 2024 · Definition. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous lung disease state characterised by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. It encompasses emphysema, bronchiolitis, and chronic bronchitis. The airflow limitation is often progressive and is associated with an abnormal ...
20 sept. 2024 · Non-diabetic hypoglycaemia may commonly present with symptoms such as nausea, confusion, tremor, sweating, palpitations, or hunger. Patients may present with a non-specific clinical history. Documentation of a blood glucose <3.3 mmol/L (<60 mg/dL) with accompanying symptoms is crucial to diagnosing clinically significant hypoglycaemia.
