What is Alcaptonuria and Ochronotics Arthropathy? Alcaptonuria is a rare hereditary disease associated with impaired amino acid metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine, leading to the accumulation in the body of an intermediate product of the
Continue readingWhat is Kawasaki Disease (skin and mucosal syndrome)? Kawasaki disease (BD) is a systemic acute disease of predominantly newborns and young children, characterized by persistent fever, bilateral conjunctivitis, lesions of the mucous membranes of the
Continue readingWhat is Takayasu’s Disease? Takayasu’s disease (arteritis Takayasu, a disease of lack of pulse, brachiocephalic arteritis and other names) is a chronic granulomatous arteritis with a primary lesion of the aorta and its main branches.
Continue readingWhat is Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy (Marie-Bamberger Disease)? Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (Marie-Bamberger’s disease) is a lesion of the musculoskeletal system, manifested by the deflection of fingers in the form of drum sticks, hypertrophic perostomatism of predominantly
Continue readingWhat is Rift Valley Fever? The Rift Valley fever (Febris Rift-Vallée-lat; Fievre de la valee du Rift-French) is a viral zoonosis that affects mainly animals, but also has the ability to infect humans. Infection can
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