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Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosisPulmonary hypertensionAnterior uveitisGlaucoma and blindness (rare) Cardiac arrhythmiasCranial or peripheral nerve palsies Kidney stones Organ failure, leading to the need for a transplant.
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The prognosis for sarcoidosis is quite good. About 60-70% of the time, sarcoidosis cures itself within a year or two.
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Pulmonary fibrosis develops when the alveoli, tiny air sacs that transfer oxygen to the blood, become damaged and inflamed. The body tries to heal the damage with scars, but these scars collapse the alveoli and make the lungs less elastic.
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Pulmonary hypertension is a rare lung disorder characterized by increased pressure in the pulmonary artery. The pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood from the lower chamber on the right side of the heart(right ventricle) to the lungs where it...
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Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.Partial blindness means you have very limited vision.
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Visual impairment or low vision is a severe reduction in vision that can''t be corrected with standard glasses or contact lenses and reduces a person''s ability to function at certain or all tasks. Legal blindness(which is actually a severe visual i...
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A kidney stone is a solid mass made up of tiny crystals. One or more stones can be in the kidney or ureter at the same time.
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Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney.
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Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney.
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Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney.
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Peripheral neuropathy is a problem with the nerves that carry information to and from the brain and spinal cord. This can produce pain, loss of sensation, and an inability to control muscles.Peripheral neuritis; Neuropathy- peripheral; Neuritis- p...
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Peripheral neuropathy is a condition involving the nerves of the peripheral portion of the nervous system. Neurobiologists describe the peripheral nervous system as any part of that system found in the arms or legs.
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The term peripheral neuropathy encompasses a wide range of disorders in which the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord—peripheral nerves—have been damaged. Peripheral neuropathy may also be referred to as peripheral neuritis, or...
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The brain, in turn, sends messages back to those areas. With peripheral neuropathy, damage has occurred to the nerves that connect peripheral portions of the body, and the patient feels pain or numbness.Peripheral neuropathy is not usually conside...
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Cranial mononeuropathy VI is a nerve disorder that causes people to see two of the same image(double vision).Cranial mononeuropathy VI is damage to the sixth cranial(skull) nerve. This nerve, also called the abducens nerve, helps control eye movem...
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Hepatorenal syndrome is a condition in which the kidneys fail suddenly in a person with cirrhosis of the liver. It is a serious complication of cirrhosis.Hepatorenal syndrome occurs when there is a decrease in kidney function in a person with a li...
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Glaucoma refers to a group of disorders that lead to damage to the optic nerve, the nerve that carries visual information from the eye to the brain.Open-angle glaucoma; Chronic glaucoma; Closed-angle glaucoma; Congenital glaucoma.Glaucoma is the s...
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Glaucoma is a condition where the optic nerve is subject to damage—usually, but not always, because of excessively high intraocular pressure(pressure within the eye, also called IOP). If untreated, the optic nerve damage results in progressi...
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Glaucoma is a slowly progressive eye condition that causes damage to the optic nerve. It is the leading cause of blindness among African-Americans and older adults in the United States.
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Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that results in vision loss due to a failure to maintain the normal fluid balance within the eye. If fluid pressure builds up, then damage to the optic nerve occurs, leading to vision loss.
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Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that results in vision loss due to a failure to maintain the normal fluid balance within the eye. If detected in its early stages, vision loss can be prevented through the use of medications or surgical procedu...
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Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases characterized by damage to the optic nerve usually due to excessively high intraocular pressure(IOP).This increased pressure within the eye, if untreated can lead to optic nerve damage resulting in progressive, ...
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An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate(pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast(tachycardia), too slow(bradycardia), or irregularly.Dysrhythmias; Abnormal heart rhythms; Bradycardia; Tachycardia.Normally, the four chambers of the he...
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An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart''s rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.Arrhythmias are deviations from the normal cadence of the heartbeat,...
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