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Ankylosing spondylitis 04/20/2013 (40.8%)
Spondylitis; Spondyloarthropathy Causes, incidence, and risk factors: The cause of ankylosing spondylitis is unknown. Genes seem to play a role. The disease most often begins between ages 20 and 40, but it may begin before age 10. |
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Radiation enteritis 08/10/2012 (28.8%)
Radiation enteropathy; Radiation-induced small bowel injury; Post-radiation enteritis Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Radiation therapy uses high-powered x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells. Along with the cancer cells, radiation therapy may also damage cells that make up the lining of the intestines. |
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Marfan syndrome 04/30/2012 (27.2%)
Marfan syndrome is a disorder of connective tissue, the tissue that strengthens the body's structures. Disorders of connective tissue affect the skeletal system, cardiovascular system, eyes, and skin. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Marfan syndrome is caused by defects in a gene called fibrillin-1. Fibrillin-1 plays an important role as the building block for connective tissue in the body. The gene defect also causes too much growth of the long bones of the body. |
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Radiation sickness 02/01/2013 (27.2%)
Radiation sickness is illness and symptoms resulting from excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. There are two basic types of radiation: ionizing and nonionizing. Nonionizing radiation comes in the form of light, radio waves, microwaves and radar. This kind of radiation usually does not cause tissue damage. Ionizing radiation is radiation that produces immediate chemical effects on human tissue . X-rays, gamma rays, and particle bombardment (neutron beam, electron beam, protons, mesons, and others) give off ionizing radiation. |
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Radiation therapy 06/05/2012 (25.6%)
Cancer cells multiply faster than normal cells in the body. Because radiation is most harmful to quickly growing cells, radiation therapy damages cancer cells more than normal cells. This prevents the cancer cells from growing and dividing, and leads to cell death. Radiation therapy is used to fight many types of cancer . |
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Geographic tongue 03/22/2013 (9%)
Patches on the tongue; Tongue - patchy; Benign migratory glossitis; Glossitis - benign migratory Causes, incidence, and risk factors: The exact cause of geographic tongue is unknown. It may be caused by a lack of vitamin B. It also may be due to irritation from hot or spicy foods, or alcohol. The condition appears to be less common in smokers. |