Diseases

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Caused by mutations that lead to defects in neuronal proteins. Resulting in distal muscle wastage and lose of sensation.

Compresion of the flexor retinaculum, categorised by thenar wastage and tingling in the first 3 and a half digits.

A collection of blood in the pleural space.

Most common disease caused by demyelination of the CNS

Caused by a thickening of palmar connective tissue into nodules, leading to reduced ability to extend fingers, typically effects ring finger first.

Neuropathy affecting C5/C6 nerves, resulting in waiter's tip deformity.

Neuropathy affecting C8-T1, leads to a claw hand, the same deformity that Kaiser Wilhelm had.

Tendon of a finger becomes inflamed/swollen leading it to catch on the tendon sheath during extension.

A tumour/fluid filled swelling that normally arises on top of a joint or tendon.

Inflamation of extensors of the forearm, a common injury of tennis players. (medical term)

Name given to the mutation that Queen Elizabeth I supposedly had, where one has an additional digit on their hand.

Rare disoder in which your immune system starts to attack your PNS.

Where your stomach protrudes through your diaphragm in to the chest.

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Genetic disease of the connective tissue of the body. People who have it tend to be very tall (an example being Abraham Lincoln) and have a very dilated aorta.

Serious condition in which the inner layer of the aorta splits, leading to blood to surge into the space between the inner and middle layers leading to them seperating.

A whole between the left and right atrium that did not fuse during birth.

Back flow of blood through valves in the heart.

Caused by a branch of clostridium bacteria, leads to painful long lasting muscle spasm. It does this by preventing release of inhibitory neurotransmiters GABA and glycine at the start of motor neurones.

A connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta

Genetic disease that leads to an uncontrolled mucus secretionclogging up the lungs and other places.

Mannose residues not phosphorylated leading to a build up of molecules in the intracellular matrix that need to be broken down by lysosomes.

High cholesterol levels.

When a child's body turns into an adults too soon.

Bacterial disease spread through water, leads to watery diarrhoea dehydration and potentially death if untreated.

Highly infectious disease, starts similar to a cold, but leads to on going heavy coughing with a very distinctive sound.

May be cause by a pancoast tumour, is a disruption of nervous stimulation of the face, normally on one side, leads to drooping eye lid, and decreased pupil size to name a few symptoms.