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Nephritic syndrome, cirrhosis, severe malnutrition [ 2] Treatment. Directed at underlying cause [ 1] Frequency. 5 per 100,000 per year [ 3][ 4] Nephrotic syndrome is a collection of symptoms due to kidney damage. This includes protein in the urine, low blood albumin levels, high blood lipids, and significant swelling.
A secondary disease is a disease that is a sequela or complication of a prior, causal disease, which is referred to as the primary disease or simply the underlying cause . For example, a bacterial infection can be primary, wherein a healthy person is exposed to bacteria and becomes infected, or it can be secondary to a primary cause, that ...
Orthostatic hypotension, also known as postural hypotension, [ 2] is a medical condition wherein a person's blood pressure drops when standing up or sitting down. Primary orthostatic hypotension is also often referred to as neurogenic orthostatic hypotension. [ 3] The drop in blood pressure may be sudden ( vasovagal orthostatic hypotension ...
Symptomatic treatment. Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well-being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing ...
Migraine ( UK: / ˈmiːɡreɪn /, US: / ˈmaɪ -/) [ 11][ 12] is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache, most often unilateral and generally associated with nausea and light and sound sensitivity. [ 1] Other characterizing symptoms may include vomiting, cognitive ...
Supplemental oxygen, diuretics, treat underlying disease process. Pulmonary edema ( British English: oedema), also known as pulmonary congestion, is excessive fluid accumulation in the tissue or air spaces (usually alveoli) of the lungs. [1] This leads to impaired gas exchange, most often leading to shortness of breath (dyspnea) which can ...
The treatment and prognosis of myelopathy depends on the underlying cause: myelopathy caused by infection requires medical treatment with pathogen specific antibiotics. Similarly, specific treatments exist for multiple sclerosis, which may also present with myelopathy. As outlined above, the most common form of myelopathy is secondary to ...
Causes vary between the different types of disorders but most include damage to the memory portions of the brain. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Treatments depend on how the disorder is caused. Medication and therapies are the most common treatments; however, for some types of disorders such as certain types of amnesia , treatments can suppress the symptoms ...