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May 20, 2024 · That means anywhere from 220,000-640,000 Americans develop Alzheimer's when they are 45-64. Having early-onset Alzheimer's as young as your 30s is possible, yet rare. Although symptoms such as ...
May 21, 2024 · The UK Sepsis Trust have devised a set of six tell-tale signs of severe sepsis which suggest you should seek medical help urgently and call 999. These signs are slurred speech and confusion ...
May 18, 2024 · Diagnosis. Treatment. Cyanosis is a medical term to describe blue, grayish, or purple skin, lips, or nail beds. It occurs when there isn't enough oxygen in your blood. Cyanosis is a symptom of various heart and lung conditions, autoimmune disease, and drug overdose. The blue tinge of cyanosis means your muscles, organs, and other tissues may ...
3 days ago · Deaths. 805,800 [7] Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. [1] Extreme preterm [2] is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 28 and 32 weeks, early preterm birth occurs between 32 and 34 weeks, late ...
May 24, 2024 · Infective endocarditis (IE), also called bacterial endocarditis, is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or a blood vessel. IE is uncommon, but people with some heart conditions have a greater risk of developing it.
May 4, 2024 · Bronchiolitis is a common lung infection in young children and infants. It causes swelling and irritation and a buildup of mucus in the small airways of the lung. These small airways are called bronchioles. Bronchiolitis is almost always caused by a virus. Bronchiolitis starts out with symptoms much like a common cold.
May 21, 2024 · Mother-to-child transmission of STIs can result in stillbirth, neonatal death, low-birth weight and prematurity, sepsis, neonatal conjunctivitis and congenital deformities. HPV infection causes cervical and other cancers. Hepatitis B resulted in just over 1 million deaths in 2022, mostly from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
