Showing posts with label progressive disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progressive disease. Show all posts

Friday, 7 August 2020

Hypertensive heart disease

 ICD-11: Hypertensive diseases 

A common degenerative condition, caused by chronic uncontrolled hypertension.

 

Causes

 

Pathophysiology

  • The pressure of the fluid in the circulatory system is too high.
  • The myocardium undergoes hypertrophy to maintain cardiac output.

Thursday, 13 June 2019

Spinal muscular atrophy

Disease class: Motor neuron disease
Disease class: Spinal cord diseases

This refers to a group of diseases.

 

Diagnosis

  • Genetic testing

 

Management

Supportive

Medical

  • Nusinersen
  • Onasemnogene
  • Abeparvovec

Spinocerebellar degenerations

Disease class: Cerebellar diseases
Disease class: Spinal cord diseases 

Types

  • Friedreich ataxia
  • Myoclonic cerebellar dyssynergia
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophies
  • Spinocerebellar ataxias

Sunday, 2 June 2019

Penile induration

Disease class: Connective tissue diseases
Disease class: Penile diseases
 

Also known as

  • Peyronie disease 

 

Definition

  • This refers to a progressive thickening of the tissues along the penile shaft, causing contraction and curvature towards the affected area. There is often pain associated with the lesion.

 

Management

Conservative

Minimise any sources of penile trauma

 

Surgical

Aims to correct deformity and restore function.
May cause reduction in penile length or cause chronic pain.

 

Medical 

Injections
Vibration therapy

Huntington disease

Disease class: Basal ganglia diseases 
Disease class: Chorea 
Disease class: Cognition disorders
Disease class: Dementia
Disease class: heredodegenerative disorders, Nervous system