Diseases

Vasculitis disease.children ward in hospital
Diseases

Vasculitis

Vasculitis is a term that refers to a group of conditions that all lead to inflammation and necrosis of a blood vessel with subsequent impairment

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Diseases

Sjogren’s Syndrome

Sjogren’s Syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that most commonly affects the glands that produce saliva and tears, leading to decreased production of saliva

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Skin disorder, pepper appearance from scleroderma, autoimmune disease male hand
Diseases

Scleroderma

Scleroderma is a multi-system disease characterized by functional and structural abnormalities of small blood vessels, thickening of the skin and internal organs, and immune system

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Diseases

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves inflammation of the lining of joints in the body. In early RA, for reasons that are not yet fully understood, inflammatory

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Diseases

Reactive Arthritis

Reactive arthritis refers to a form of peripheral arthritis often accompanied by one or more extra-articular manifestations that appears shortly after certain infections of the

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Diseases

Psoriatic Arthritis

Psoriasis affects about one percent of the population in North America. Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis seen in 4 to 6 percent of patients

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Diseases

Myositis

Myositis is a group of related conditions of unknown cause that lead to muscle injury, resulting in subsequent inflammation. The characteristic diseases include, but are

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Diseases

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease, marked by low bone mass and microarchictectural deterioration that leads to an increased susceptibility to fractures. Fractures are the single

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elderly man sitting on a sofa in the living room at home and touching his knee by the pain
Diseases

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative joint disease, is the most common form of arthritis in the United States and it affects more than 40 million

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