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Leishmaniasis : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Leishmaniasis
The prognosis for leishmaniasis is quite variable, and depends on the specific strain of infecting protozoan, as well as the individual patient's immune system response to infection. Localized cutaneous leishmaniasis may require no treatment.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Septic shock
Septic shock is a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection leads to life-threatening low blood pressure.Bacteremic shock; Endotoxic shock; Septicemic shock; Warm shock.Septic shock occurs most often in the very old and the very...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 18, 2008
Septic Shock
Septic shock is a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure due to the presence of bacteria in the blood.Septic shock is a possible consequence of bacteremia, or bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacterial toxins, and the immune system response to them...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Septic Shock
Septic shock is a syndrome in which a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure occurs as a result of an overwhelming bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Bleeding
Bleeding refers to the loss of blood. Bleeding can happen inside the body(internally) or outside the body(externally).
Source:ADAM
Date:January 15, 2009
Bell's palsy
Bell''s palsy is a temporary form of facial paralysis that occurs with damage to the nerve that controls movement of the muscles in the face.Bell''s palsy is a form of cranial mononeuropathy VII. It is the most common type of this nerve damage.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Leprosy
Evidence of leprosy(Hansen''s disease) has been detected in prehistoric human remains, and the disease has been described in Biblical and other historical records dating as far back as the 2nd millennium B.C.E. It was a feared disease, and its vict...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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