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Description Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy can give birth to babies with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, sometimes known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD). FASD is the umbrella term for a range of disorders. These disorders can be mild or severe and can cause physical and mental birth defects. Types …

Definition Fibroadenoma is not cancerous. They range in size from smaller than a marble to as large as a golf ball. Most appear suddenly and stay the same size. Some shrink or continue to grow. They are affected by hormones and often change size over the menstrual cycle or during …

Definition Felty syndrome is a condition that includes rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen) and granulocytopenia (decreased level of the certain type of white blood cells). In Felty syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis is seropositive, which means that rheumatoid factor can be found in the blood. This syndrome is sometimes seen …

Definition Frozen shoulder is also referred to as adhesive capsulitis and is characterized by pain and loss of motion of the shoulder joint. The exact cause of it is unknown, even though it has been found to affect somewhere between two and five percent of people during their lifetime. Diabetes, …

Introduction Food poisoning is an ailment which occurs when eating foods with viruses, bacteria, fungi, toxins, parasites, and chemicals. It is not a serious illness which may go in two or three days. It is not an unusual and quite uncomfortable for an individual. Contamination of a food by an …

Definition Fibromyalgia is the most common condition in which a person has long-term, body-wide pain and tenderness in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissue. Fibromyalgia has also been linked to fatigue, sleep problems, headaches, depression, and anxiety. The pain of Fibromyalgia Syndrome is usually described as aching, throbbing or …

Definition Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. Usually, males are more severely affected by this disorder than females. Fragile X  syndrome affected boy History In 1943, Martin and Bell showed that a particular form of mental …

Definition Fibrocystic breasts are characterized by lumpiness and usually discomfort in one or both breasts. The lumpiness is due to small breast masses or breast cysts. The condition is very common and benign, meaning that fibrocystic breasts are not malignant (cancerous). Fibrocystic breast disease (FBD) is now referred to as …