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OCCULT DISEASE [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Subclinical disease refers to the initial period of a disease when no symptoms or signs have yet manifested.

Key term(s)
  • sub-clinical disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Des autopsies révèlent en effet la présence de maladies sous-cliniques chez de nombreuses personnes sans symptôme correspondant.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Whipple's disease is rare; it occurs most commonly in middle-aged men and is characterized by gastrointestinal cramping pain, diarrhea, and occult blood loss(80%) ;arthralgias(65%-90%) ;weight loss(60%) ;hypotension(63%) ;lymphadenopathy(52%) ;and various atypical symptoms, including spondylitis.

OBS

Schönlein-Henoch Purpura. ... Gastrointestinal lesions may cause severe cramping, abdominal pain, intussusception, hemorrhage, protein-losing enteropathy, or rarely, perforation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil digestif
DEF

Douleur localisée à l'épigastre, s'accompagnant ou non de troubles digestifs. Ces douleurs prennent souvent le caractère de crampes.

CONT

Purpura rhumatoïde. [...] Les manifestations gastro-intestinales (dues à un purpura muqueux) sont en général bénignes : douleurs abdominales isolées ou accompagnées d'un léger méléna. Elles sont rarement sévères : gastralgie vomissements, douleurs abdominales vives avec arrêt des matières et des gaz, contracture pariétale, méléna abondant, invagination intestinale pouvant obliger à une intervention chirurgicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Aparato digestivo
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