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Chicken pox (varicella zoster virus)

Chicken pox (varicella zoster virus)

Chicken pox is a contagious, vaccine-preventable infection by the varicella zoster virus. It causes an itchy, red, lumpy rash and is common in children.

16 Jul 2003

Eating disorder: Anorexia nervosa (self-starvation; malnutrition; extreme weight loss)

Eating disorder: Anorexia nervosa (self-starvation; malnutrition; extreme weight loss)

Anorexia is a potentially life-threatening eating disorder, characterised by extreme reluctance to consume food as a result of a disturbed body image.

08 Jul 2003

Insomnia

Insomnia

Insomnia is unsatisfactory sleep that affects daytime functions because of fatigue, irritability, decreased memory and concentration, and malaise.

08 Jul 2003

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Myelodysplastic syndrome is a group of disorders that affect the stem cells in bone marrow that make blood cells. It can progress to leukaemia.

03 Jul 2003

Polycythaemia

Polycythaemia

Polycythaemia is a blood disorder characterised by excessive red blood cells, haemoglobin and packed cell volume, often caused by lack of oxygen.

03 Jul 2003

Delirium

Delirium

Delirium is an acute state of confusion. It is usually temporary and associated with physical or mental illnesses including pneumonia and dementia.

03 Jul 2003

Atrial septal defect (ASD; ostium secundum defect)

Atrial septal defect (ASD; ostium secundum defect)

Atrial septal defect (ASD) or a hole in the heart is a congenital heart defect in which an opening between the two atria (heart chambers)…

28 May 2003

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

Ventricular septal defect is a heart disease characterised by a defect of the septum which separates the two heart chambers (ventricles).

28 May 2003

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)

Patent ductus arteriosus is a congenital heart defect in which a temporary blood vessel near the heart, the ductus artery, fails to close after birth.

28 May 2003