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Hairy cell leukemia
Alternative name(s): leukemic reticuloendotheliosis
Definition: An uncommon malignancy of blood-forming tissues.
Hallervorden-Spatz disease
Definition: An inherited, progressive, and degenerative disease that begins in childhood and has no effective treatment. Signs include progressive muscle rigidity, vision disturbances, involuntary slow and twisting movements, and mental retardation. Most usually die in their early twenties. This disease is inherited as a recessive trait.
Hand - foot - mouth disease
Alternative name(s): Coxsackievirus infection
Definition: A viral infection that usually begins in the throat. It is caused by the Coxsackievirus
Hand or foot spasms
Alternative name(s): foot spasms; carpopedal spasm; spasms of the hands or feet
Definition: Contractions of the hands, thumbs, feet, or toes that is sometimes seen with muscle cramps, twitching, and convulsions (tetany). These contractions of the muscles can be violent and painful.
Hand Tremor
Alternative name(s): shaking of the hands; tremor - of the arms or hands
Definition: Involuntary shaking of the hands or other parts of the body
Hartnup disorder
Definition: An inherited metabolic disorder of the amino acid tryptophan.
Headache
Alternative name(s): cephalalgia; pain in the head
Definition: A pain in the head from any cause. See also benign headache; migraine headache, classical; migraine headache, common; tension headache; and the cluster headaches documents
Hearing loss
Alternative name(s): decreased hearing; deafness; loss of hearing
Definition: The total or partial inability to hear sound in one or both ears.
Heart disease
Alternative name(s): cardiovascular disorders
Definition: A disorder that affects the heart muscle or the blood vessels of the heart. A vascular disorder is a blood vessel problem such as poor circulation caused by blockage (see peripheral vascular disease).
Various forms of heart disease include:
alcoholic cardiomyopathy
aortic valve prolapse
aortic valve stenosis
arrhythmias
cardiogenic shock
congenital heart disease
dilated cardiomyopathy
heart attack
heart failure
heart tumor
heart valve pulmonary stenosis
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
idiopathic cardiomyopathy
ischemic cardiomyopathy
mitral regurgitation; acute
mitral regurgitation; chronic
mitral stenosis
mitral valve prolapse
peripartum cardiomyopathy
stable angina
tricuspid regurgitation
See also chest pain in the symptoms section.
Heart failure
Alternative name(s): CHF; congestive heart failure
Definition: A disorder in which the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently, thereby failing to meet the demands of the body.
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