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Charbon
Charbon Known also as anthrax, charbon is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but rather an infection of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are highly susceptible. Humans (and swine) are generally resistant to anthrax. Anthrax can take different forms. With the lung form of the disease. People inhale the anthrax spores and, if untreated, are likely to die. An intestinal form is caused by eating meat contaminated with anthrax. But most human anthrax comes from skin contact with animal products. Cutaneous (skin) anthrax was once well known among people who handled infected animals, like farmers, woolsorters, tanners, brushmakers and carpetmakers in the days when the brushes and carpets were animal products. The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of boils, that ulcerates in an ugly way. Typically this lesion has a hard black center surrounded by bright red inflammation.
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Charbon
Known also as anthrax, charbon is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but rather an infection of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are highly susceptible. Humans (and swine) are generally resistant to anthrax. Anthrax can take different forms. With the lung form of the disease. People inhale the anthrax spores and, if untreated, are likely to die. An intestinal form is caused by eating meat contaminated with anthrax. But most human anthrax comes from skin contact with animal products. Cutaneous (skin) anthrax was once well known among people who handled infected animals, like farmers, woolsorters, tanners, brushmakers and carpetmakers in the days when the brushes and carpets were animal products. The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of boils, that ulcerates in an ugly way. Typically this lesion has a hard black center surrounded by bright red inflammation.
Bacterial
Of or pertaining to bacteria. For example, a bacterial lung infection.
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
Skin
Skin is an organ of the integumentary system; which is composed of a layer of tissues that protect underlying muscles and organs. Skin is used for insulation, vitamin D production, sensation, and excretion (through sweat).
Cutaneous
Having to do with the skin.
Carbuncle
A hard, painful, pus-filled infection of the skin. Carbuncles are larger than boils and frequently have more than one opening.
Cluster
In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer or birth defect, closely grouped in time and place. The number of cases in the cluster may or may not exceed the expected number. This is determined by cluster analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze clusters.
Lesion
Injury of bodily tissue due to infection, trauma or neoplasm
Inflammation
A reaction to an injury to the body - by infection, chemicals or physical agents. The symptoms can be - depending on the location of the injury- redness, swelling, heat and pain. The purpose of the inflammation is to dilute and destroy the agent causing the inflammation. To do this, the immune system starts a cascade of actions that causes active cells to gather at the affected location. It is these cells and fluids that cause the redness, swelling, heat and pain.
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Char syndrome
A genetic disorder characterized by patent ductus arteriosis and unusual facial features including a long philtrum (increase in the distance between the nose and upper lip), down-slanting palpebral fissures (eye slits), and thick lips as well as incurving fifth fingers.
Charcot joint
Unusually destructive hypertrophic arthropathy resulting from impairment of sensory nerve supply. May occur in syphilis, syringomyelia and diabetes mellitus.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Progressive, generally painless weakness of the legs, along with foot deformity.
Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome
Loss of dreaming after a stroke. In more technical terms the syndrome is characterized by visual agnosia and the inability to revisualise images.
Chardzhou doctors
All doctors near Chardzhou, Turkmenistan. Doctors who can assist a patient in Chardzhou.
Chargaff rule
The rule that in DNA there is always equality in quantity between the bases A and T and between the bases G and C. (A is adenine, T is thymine, G is guanine, and C is cytosine.)
CHARGE association
A constellation of congenital malformations (birth defects). The name of the condition is an acronym of some of the most frequent features: C = Coloboma (cleft) of the eye (80% of cases) and Cranial nerve abnormalities, B78H = Heart malformation, A = Choanal Atresia (blockage of the nasal passageways) (58% of cases), R = Retardation of growth after birth (87% of cases) and Retardation of development (94% of cases), G = Genital hypoplasia (underdevelopment) in males (75% of cases) and urinary tract malformations, and E = Ear malformations and/or deafness (88% of cases). ]
Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin
The Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin is a hospital in Germany.
Charleroi doctors
All doctors near Charleroi, Belgium. Doctors who can assist a patient in Charleroi.
Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital
Charles A. Cannon Jr. Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Linville, North Carolina (USA).
Charles A. Cannon Junior Memorial Hospital
The Charles A. Cannon Junior Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Linville, North Carolina, United States.
Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital
The Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Greenville, Maine, United States.
Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home
Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home is a hospital in Greenville, Maine (USA).
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Coudersport, Pennsylvania (USA).
Charles University Hospital
The Charles University Hospital is a hospital in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Charleston Area Medical Center
Charleston Area Medical Center is a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia (USA).
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina (USA).
Charley horse
Painful stiffness from muscular strain in an arm or leg.
Charlotte Amalie doctors
All doctors near Charlotte Amalie, the United States Virgin Islands. Doctors who can assist a patient in Charlotte Amalie.
Charlotte Carolinas Medical Center -Mercy
The Charlotte Carolinas Medical Center -Mercy is a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Charlotte Carolinas Medical Center- University
The Charlotte Carolinas Medical Center- University is a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
Charlotte doctors
All doctors near Charlotte, the United States of America. Doctors who can assist a patient in Charlotte.
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is a hospital in Torrington, Connecticut (USA).
Charlotte Regional Medical Center
Charlotte Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Punta Gorda, Florida (USA).
Charlton Memorial Hospital
Charlton Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts (USA).
Charnley
Orthopaedic surgeon who devised first replacement hip prosthesis.
Charnwood doctors
All doctors near Charnwood, Great Britain. Doctors who can assist a patient in Charnwood.
Chart
Log of dental or medical records.
Charter Behavioral Health System
The Charter Behavioral Health System is a hospital in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Charter Fairmount Behavioral
The Charter Fairmount Behavioral is a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Change, single base
A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base changes are also called SNPs or "snips."
Channelopathy
A disease involving dysfunction of an ion channel. Channelopathies are known that involve the ion channels for potassium, sodium, chloride and calcium. There are also channelopathies involving the acetylcholine receptor, the glycine receptor, and other receptors. Each channelopathy can play a role in a number of different diseases. For example, the calcium channelopathies include familial hemiplegic migraine, malignant hyperthermia (a rare but often fatal genetic condition during anesthesia), episodic ataxia type 2, spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, hypokalemic periodic paralysis type I, central core disease (a cause of the floppy baby syndrome), congenital night blindness and stationary night blindness.
Chaperone
Any protein that is required for the proper folding or assembly of another protein or protein complex without being a component of the final structure.
Chapped lips
Dry, cracked or sore lips, usually in cold, windy, dry weather and less often in warm weather. Sun exposure can contribute to chapping of the lips. Licking or biting the lips does not help the situation.
Char syndrome
A genetic disorder characterized by patent ductus arteriosis and unusual facial features including a long philtrum (increase in the distance between the nose and upper lip), down-slanting palpebral fissures (eye slits), and thick lips as well as incurving fifth fingers.
Charbon
Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome
Loss of dreaming after a stroke. In more technical terms the syndrome is characterized by visual agnosia and the inability to revisualise images.
Chargaff rule
The rule that in DNA there is always equality in quantity between the bases A and T and between the bases G and C. (A is adenine, T is thymine, G is guanine, and C is cytosine.)
CHARGE association
A constellation of congenital malformations (birth defects). The name of the condition is an acronym of some of the most frequent features: C = Coloboma (cleft) of the eye (80% of cases) and Cranial nerve abnormalities, B78H = Heart malformation, A = Choanal Atresia (blockage of the nasal passageways) (58% of cases), R = Retardation of growth after birth (87% of cases) and Retardation of development (94% of cases), G = Genital hypoplasia (underdevelopment) in males (75% of cases) and urinary tract malformations, and E = Ear malformations and/or deafness (88% of cases). ]
Chasing the dragon
A practice of heroin use involving heating heroin and then inhaling it. Some heroin users have gone to this practice because they believe erroneously that it will protect them against contracting HIV and other diseases associated with injecting heroin.
CHD
Congenital heart disease, a malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart. The term "congenital" speaks only to time, not to causation; it means "born with" or "present at birth."
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