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Dry Eye Disease

Dry eye disease is a common condition in which the eyes do not make enough tears or the tears evaporate…

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Dry Socket

Dry socket is a painful complication that can develop after a tooth extraction when the protective blood clot is lost…

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited condition, mainly affecting boys, in which a faulty gene prevents the body from making…

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Dupuytren Contracture

Dupuytren contracture is a hand condition in which fibrous tissue in the palm thickens and tightens, gradually pulling one or…

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Dyslexia

Dyslexia is a common, lifelong learning difference that makes reading, spelling, and writing harder than expected for a person's intelligence…

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Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia, also called indigestion, is pain, burning, or uncomfortable fullness in the upper abdomen, usually linked to eating. It can…

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Dysphagia

Dysphagia is the medical term for difficulty swallowing food, liquids, or saliva. It is a symptom rather than a disease…

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Dystonia

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle contractions, leading to twisting movements, abnormal postures, or repetitive spasms.…

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Early Puberty

Early puberty, or precocious puberty, is when a child's body starts adult sexual development before age 8 in girls or…

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Earwax Build Up

Earwax build up is a collection of normal ear wax (cerumen) that becomes trapped in the ear canal, sometimes forming…

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Earwax İmpaction

Earwax impaction is a buildup of hardened or excess earwax that blocks the ear canal and may cause hearing loss,…

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Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are mental health conditions in which thoughts and behaviors around food, weight or body shape become harmful to…

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Ebola Virus Disease

Ebola virus disease is a severe viral infection that requires urgent isolation, supportive treatment, and close monitoring to reduce the…

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Ectopic Pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that implants outside the uterus, most often in a fallopian tube, and it requires prompt…

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Ectropion

Ectropion is a condition in which the lower eyelid turns outward, exposing the inner surface and often causing watering, dryness,…

  • 12 doctors

Eczema

Eczema is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that causes dry, itchy, red, and sometimes cracked or oozing skin, often in…

  • 12 doctors

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, usually caused by gene changes affecting collagen. It leads to…

  • 1 doctors
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Electrolyte Disorders

Electrolytes are charged minerals — sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphate and bicarbonate — that regulate heart rhythm, nerve signalling,…

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Emphysema

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease in which the tiny air sacs (alveoli) are gradually destroyed, causing air trapping and…

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Encephalitis

Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a viral infection or, less commonly, an autoimmune reaction, and it…

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End-Stage Renal Disease

End-stage renal disease is the final stage of chronic kidney failure, in which the kidneys can no longer filter waste…

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Endocarditis

Endocarditis is inflammation of the inner lining of the heart, usually the heart valves, most often caused by bacteria entering…

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Endometrial Cancer

Endometrial cancer is a cancer that starts in the lining of the uterus, often causing abnormal vaginal bleeding and requiring…

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Endometrial Hyperplasia

Endometrial hyperplasia is a non-cancerous thickening of the uterine lining caused by too much estrogen relative to progesterone. It usually…

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