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Health

Injuries and poisonings

Hyperplasia of the condylar process

Hyperplasia of the condylar process is a disease with an unexplained etiology, characterized by a constant and accelerated growth of the condylar process, when its growth should be minimal or complete. Growth ultimately stops on its own.

Temporomandibular joint disorders

The term "temporomandibular joint disorders" is collective for dysfunction states in the jaw joint or jaw and face pain region, usually in or around the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), including chewing and other musculature of the head and neck, fascia or both; other.

Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome

Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (idiopathic environmental intolerance) is characterized by current, uncertain signs attributed to exposure to chemically unbound substances of low level, commonly found in the environment.

Lead poisoning (Saturnism)

In lead poisoning, often initially minimal symptoms can subsequently lead to acute encephalopathy or irreversible organ impairment and usually result in cognitive deficits in children.

Iron poisoning: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Iron poisoning is the main cause of death from poisoning in children. Symptoms begin with acute gastroenteritis, passing into the latent period, then shock and liver failure.

Poisoning with hydrocarbons: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Hydrocarbon poisoning occurs when swallowed or inhaled. Ingestion is more common in children <5 years of age and may cause aspiration pneumonitis.

Poisoning with mushrooms

Many types of fungi when ingested cause poisoning. Distinguishing wild species is a difficult task, even for a knowledgeable mushroom picker, alternative ways to distinguish between poisonous and edible are, as a rule, unreliable.

Poisoning by fish and shellfish

Ciguater poisoning occurs when you eat any of the 400 species of fish that live near the tropical reefs of Florida, West India or the Pacific, where dinoflagellates produce toxins that accumulate in fish meat.

Poisoning by poisonous plants: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

A small number of common plants are poisonous. To the highly toxic and potentially fatal plants are common castor beans, prayer acres, poisonous hemlock, hemlock water, oleander and digitalis containing glycosides.

Acute poisoning with caustic substances: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

When poisoning with caustic substances (strong acids and alkalis) develops a chemical burn of the upper gastrointestinal tract, leading in some cases to perforation of the esophagus or stomach.

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