Evidence-Based Medical Encyclopedia
Explore thousands of diseases with authoritative clinical information from WHO, CDC, NIH, and international medical guidelines. Every condition features an interactive journey from diagnosis to treatment.
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Urology
Cluster Headaches
Extremely severe, unilateral headaches occurring in daily bouts, accompanied by eye tearing and nasal congestion, often driving the patient to physical agitation.
Myasthenia Gravis
An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder causing fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles, often starting with drooping eyelids and double vision.
Trigeminal Neuralgia
A nerve disorder causing sudden, severe, electric shock-like pain in the face, often triggered by simple actions like brushing teeth or chewing.
Alzheimer Disease
A fatal neurodegenerative disease defined by amyloid plaques and tau tangles, causing progressive memory loss, cognitive decline, and eventual loss of independent function.
Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders
A brain disorder causing unprovoked, recurrent seizures due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
An acute autoimmune nerve disorder triggered by a recent infection, causing rapidly worsening, ascending muscle weakness and loss of reflexes.
Prostate Cancer
An androgen-dependent adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland, often asymptomatic early on but can progress to metastatic bone disease if untreated.
Huntington Disease
An inherited, fatal neurodegenerative disease causing chorea, dementia, and psychiatric issues, caused by CAG repeat expansions in the HTT gene.
Acute Ischemic Stroke
An acute ischemic stroke is a 'brain attack' where a blood clot blocks blood flow to a part of the brain, causing sudden weakness, speech difficulty, or vision loss.
Meningioma
The most common brain tumor, usually slow-growing and benign, arising from the coverings of the brain and causing symptoms by pressing on brain tissue.
Diabetic Neuropathy
Nerve damage from diabetes causing numbness, tingling, and severe pain, typically starting in the feet.
Peyronie Disease
Formation of scar tissue inside the penis leading to painful erections and significant penile curvature.