Medical

Medical related terms of interest to people suffering from Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Pain.

Fibromyalgia Medical Terms and Definitions

Dandy fever

An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash.

ANUG (acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis)

This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums.

Anti-angiogenesis drugs

These drugs, which include angiostatin and Endostatin, halt the process of developing new blood vessels (angiogenesis).

Angina pectoris

Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle.

Angina

Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle.

Amblyopia, nocturnal

Amblyopia refers to blindness so nocturnal amblyopia is, literally, night blindness.

Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG)

This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums.

Acute membranous gingivitis

A progressive and painful infection of the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums.

Brissaud's infantilism

An eponym that is little used (in the USA) for hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features including delays in growth and development a

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