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Mad Cow Disease: Symptoms, How It Spreads & Treatment

Mad cow disease is a rare brain disease linked to prion-contaminated beef. It can cause memory loss, tremors, trouble walking, and difficulty thinking, and has no cure.

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Parosmia: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Parosmia is a distorted sense of smell that can make normal odors unpleasant. It may occur after infections like COVID-19, sinusitis or colds, and treatment may include medication or smell training.

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Hypercapnia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Complications

Hypercapnia is high carbon dioxide in the blood, causing shortness of breath, drowsiness, headache, and confusion. It may result from lung, heart, nerve, or muscle conditions and can lead to respiratory acidosis.

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Ebola: Symptoms, Transmission & Treatment

Ebola can cause sudden fever, headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and severe bleeding. It spreads through infected bodily fluids and requires urgent hospital treatment.

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Metabolic Acidosis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Metabolic acidosis occurs when acid builds up in the blood or bicarbonate levels drop, causing nausea, weakness, confusion, and rapid breathing. Causes include diabetic ketoacidosis, severe diarrhea, lactic acidosis, alcohol poisoning, and kidney failure.

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Hantavirus: Symptoms (by Type), How It Spreads & Treatment

Hantavirus is a rodent-borne virus that can cause HPS, a serious lung infection, or HFRS, which affects the kidneys. Symptoms, transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention depend on early medical assessment.

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Norovirus: Symptoms, How It Spreads, Treatment & Prevention

Norovirus is a common cause of viral gastroenteritis that leads to diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. Learn about its symptoms, how it spreads, diagnosis, treatment options, and the best ways to prevent infection and dehydration caused by norovirus.

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Typhoid Fever: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection that spreads through contaminated food or water and can cause high fever, chills, headache, digestive changes, and red spots on the skin. Treatment may include antibiotics, rest, fluids, and prevention with safe hygiene habits or vaccination.

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Paraparesis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Paraparesis is partial loss of leg movement that can cause weakness, stiffness, spasms, balance problems, and difficulty walking. It may be linked to genetic changes, spinal damage, or HTLV-1 infection.

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Phenylketonuria: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Phenylketonuria is a rare genetic disorder that causes phenylalanine to build up in the blood, leading to symptoms such as delayed growth, seizures, eczema, and a musty odor.

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Sialolithiasis: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Sialolithiasis causes stones to form in the salivary gland ducts, leading to pain, swelling, dry mouth, and trouble swallowing, often worsening during meals.

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Aerophagia: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Aerophagia is excessive air swallowing that can cause bloating, frequent burping, stomach discomfort, and gas. Causes include eating too quickly, chewing gum, smoking, and CPAP use.

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Venous Ulcer: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Causes & Treatment

Venous ulcer is a slow-healing leg wound often linked to poor circulation, varicose veins, swelling, skin changes, and deep vein thrombosis. Diagnosis and treatment may involve wound care, compression stockings, medication, and surgery.

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Mitral Valve Prolapse: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Mitral valve prolapse is a heart valve condition that can cause palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, or fatigue, and may require monitoring, medication, or surgery in severe cases.

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Fecal Transplant: What It Is & How It's Done

Fecal transplant helps restore healthy gut microbiota and is mainly used for recurrent C. difficile infection. It may also be studied for IBD, IBS, and SIBO.