Here you can look through thousands of and diseases, ailments, medical conditions and illnesses. You can find the symptoms. Read about any ailment's diagnosis and find medications that can be used and the correct treatments that are needed.
Diseases, Illnesses & Ailments Starting from Letter P
- Pontiac Fever
Pontiac fever pertains to a disease caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium, which typically manifests with flu-like symptoms. Pontiac fever is actually a mild from of legionellosis; the severe form being Legionnaires disease. [read more] - Poor Color Vision
Poor color vision is a condition wherein the person afflicted is unable to distinguish among certain shades of color, more commonly shades of red and green, caused by the lack of one or more light-sensitive chemicals in the color-sensitive cells at the back of the retina. [read more] - Popliteal Cyst
Popliteal cyst, also known as the baker's cyst, is a condition in which a bulge, and a feeling of pain and tightness behind the knee is experienced. The pain gets worse upon extension of the knee. [read more] - Popliteal Pterygium Syndrome
Popliteal pterygium syndrome is a condition that affects the face, limbs, and genitalia. It was named based on the popliteal pterygium, which is a weblike membrane behind the knee. The condition is also referred to as the popliteal web syndrome or facio-genito-popliteal syndrome. [read more] - Popliteal Pterygium Syndrome, Lethal Type
Pterygium Popliteal Lethal Type is a severe form of popliteal pterygium syndrome in which affected individuals often die at the neonatal or intrauterine stages. It is also known as Bartsocas-Papas syndrome. [read more] - porencephaly
Porencephaly is a disorder of the central nervous system due to a cyst or cavity in a cerebral hemisphere that may occur before or after birth. [read more] - porphyria
Porphyria is a group of various disorders due to abnormalities in the chemical process that produce heme. The largest amounts of heme are found in the blood and bone marrow, in which it carries oxygen. [read more] - Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), is a disease characterized by having low levels of the enzyme used in producing heme, a molecule vital to all organs of the body. There are basically two types of PCT, the familial type and the sporadic type. The main difference between the two is that, as its name suggests, the familial type PCT is inherited. [read more] - Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Familial Type
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), familial type, is the type of PCT that is inheritted. It constitutes 20% of all cases of the disease. In general, PCT is a disease characterized by having low levels of the enzyme used in producing heme, a molecule vital to all organs of the body. [read more] - Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Sporadic Type
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), sporadic type, also known as Type I PCT, is characterized by a deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which produces an enzyme that is essential to the production of heme, a molecule vital to all organs of the body. Clinic manifestations of PCT among individuals with TYPE I PCT are usually caused by risk factors such as alcohol abuse and Hepatitis C. [read more] - Porphyria, Acute Intermittent
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a metabolic disorder characterized by decreased level of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase. It is a rare disease that affects the production of heme, a prosthetic group of hemoglobin responsible for oxygen binding. [read more] - Portal Hypertension
Portal hypertension is called as such because it is a type high blood pressure condition that occurs in the portal vein and its branches. The condition is often defined by the difference in pressure between the portal vein and the hepatic veins, which is known as the portal pressure gradient, of 5 mm HG or higher. [read more] - Portal Vein Thrombosis
Portal vein thrombosis is a type of venous thrombosis that affects the hepatic portal vein. This condition often leads to reduction in the blood supply to the liver as well as portal hypertension. [read more] - Portal Vein Thrombosis
Portal vein thrombosis is a type of venous thrombosis that affects the hepatic portal vein. This condition often leads to reduction in the blood supply to the liver as well as portal hypertension [read more] - Post Polio Syndrome
Post Polio syndrome (PPS) is a disorder that is experienced by individuals who have suffered from an initial paralytic attack of poliomyelitis, a viral infection that affects the nervous system. [read more] - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to one or several terrifying events that involved physical harm or the threat of it. These events may include a threat to the life of the patient, a death of someone close to the patient or serious physical injury or threat of it. Some cases may be caused solely by a severe psychological trauma. [read more] - Post-Concussion Syndrome
Post-concussion syndrome is a disorder wherein the symptoms of concussion (a type of mild traumatic brain injury, usually occurring after a blow to the head) remains to be felt for weeks or even months after the impact which caused the concussion. [read more] - Post-Nasal Drip
Post-nasal Drip or PND (although this tern is deemed obsolete) happens when excessive mucus is produced by the sinus. This excessive mucus can accumulate in the throat or the back of the nose. It is now referred to as Chronic Upper Airway Cough Syndrome. [read more] - Post-Polio Syndrome
Post-polio syndrome is a condition wherein a person who has had polio, experiences certain late effects of the disease, many years after the illness. [read more] - Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a disorder characterized by late post-traumatic seizures (PTS) which are caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) or damaged to the brain caused by physical trauma. It is estimated that PTE makes up 5% of all epilepsy cases and 20% of all symptomatic epilepsy. The more sever the trauma the more likely that PTE will develop. [read more]
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