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Kidney stones
liver. Inflammation is swelling that
happens when tissues of the body
Diseases
are injured or infected. When the
liver is inflamed or damaged, its
Kidney stones are small masses of salts and function can be affected. Hepatitis Causes
minerals that form inside the kidneys and can be an acute (short-term) ·Virus ·Medications
may travel down the urinary tract. A kidney infection or a chronic (long-term) ·Drugs ·Toxins
stone can be as tiny as a grain of sand, infection. ·Heavy alcohol use
IMMUNE SYSTEM
·Eating too much ·Urine that smells bad ·Using a scope to
fructose or looks cloudy remove stones foods
·Severe dehydration or not enough urine Causes: HIV, unprotected sexual intercourse, blood transfusion. sharing HIV
may get out of balance.
·A urinary tract obstruction ·Shortness of breath contaminated needles and virus passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy,
·Uncontrolled systemic ·Trouble sleeping birth, or breastfeeding.
disease like heart or ·Nausea and vomiting Prevention Symptoms: Being tired all the time, swollen lymph nodes in your neck or groin, fever,
liver disease ·Make healthy food
choices
night sweats, weight loss and shortness of breath
·Make physical activity Treatment: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Protease inhibitors (PIs), Nucleoside reverse
Treatment part of your routine transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and Fusion inhibitors
·Dialysis ·Aim for a healthy weight Prevention: Use condoms during sexual intercourse, HIV Vaccines and never share
·Kidney transplant ·Get enough sleep
needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment. If you're pregnant, get medical care
·Medical management ·Stop smoking
right away.
Rheumatoid arthritis Endocrine
system
Causes Symptoms Treatments
·Graves disease ·Nervousness and ·Antithyroid
·Toxic multinodular goiter fatigue medications
An autoimmune and inflammatory
Gigantism
·Solitary toxic adenoma ·Restlessness and
·Thyroiditis or
·Radioactive
disease, which means that your difficulty sleeping
inflammation of the iodine
immune system attacks healthy cells ·Goiter and hair loss
thyroid ·Surgery
in your body by mistake, causing Gigantism is a rare condition that ·Unplanned weight loss
inflammation (painful swelling) in ·Excess iodine ·Irregular heartbeat ·Beta-blockers
causes abnormal growth in
the affected parts of the body. This children. This change is most notable in
mainly attacks the joints, usually terms of height, but girth is affected Prevention
many joints at once. In most cases, hyperthyroidism cannot be prevented. It can be passed through
as well. It occurs when your child’s
a family (Graves' disease) or appear when there's an increase in the amount
Causes Symptoms pituitary gland makes too much growth of thyroid hormone produced by your body (during or after pregnancy). A
Smoking, genetics/inherited traits, Tiredness, lack of energy, fever, hormone, which is also known as person with hyperthyroidism should avoid eating excessive amounts of iodine-
obesity, abnormal immunity, eating a weight loss, joint pain, swelling, somatotropin. rich foods.
lot of red meat and don’t consume
and stiffness
Precocious puberty
much vitamin C Causes
Lupus
Gamma Knife, Bromocriptine and cabergoline grow fast at first. But they also stop growing before reaching
Prevention their full genetic height potential.
Gigantism cannot be prevented. Early treatment may prevent the disease
Prevention
from getting worse and help avoid complications. Causes Symptoms Treatment
Lupus is a disease that occurs when ·Breast growth
·Keeping your child
·Tumors or ·GnRH analogue away from external
your body's immune system attacks your growths on the and first period in
therapy sources of
Hyperthyroidism
own tissues and organs (autoimmune ovaries, adrenal girls
·Injections of estrogen and
·Enlarged testicles testosterone such as
disease). Inflammation caused by lupus glands, pituitary
and penis, facial progestin prescription
can affect many different body systems gland, or brain. ·Surgery and
hair and medications for
·Central nervous radiation
including your joints, skin, kidneys, blood Hyperthyroidism (overactive deepening voice adults in the
system problems in boys house or dietary
cells, brain, heart and lungs. thyroid) occurs when your thyroid ·Family history of supplements
·Pubic or
gland produces too much of the the disease underarm hair
containing estrogen
Causes Symptoms Treatment Prevention or testosterone
hormone thyroxine. Hyperthyroidism ·A rare genetic ·Rapid growth ·Encouraging your
Exposure to the High fever, Corticosteroids, Anti- Regular exercise,
syndrome ·Acne and Adult
sun, genetics, rashes, dry inflammatory drugs, quitting smoking, can accelerate your body's child to maintain a
body odor healthy weight
infections, mouth or dry avoiding excess exposure always use metabolism, causing unintentional
medications, to ultraviolet (UV) light, sunscreen when
smoking, stress and
eyes, swollen
eating a healthy diet and you go out, get
weight loss and a rapid or irregular
Reminder!
joints and skin
exposure to toxins taking supplements that enough sleep and heartbeat.
lesions may help to reduce
like silica dust avoid some