what is still's disease in adults
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Adult Stillâs Disease Adult Still’s disease is a rare type of inflammatory arthritis that is similar to rheumatoid arthritis. It shares characteristics of systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but it begins in adulthood. Inflammation may affect a few joints at first, but may advance to include more joints over time.
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Gum Disease Gum disease is an infection of the tissues that surround and support your teeth. It is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. Because gum disease is usually painless, you may not know you have it.ggressive periodontitis is a highly destructive form of periodontal disease that occurs in patients who are otherwise healthy. Common features include rapid loss of tissue and bone and may occur in some areas of the mouth, or in the entire mouth. Research between systemic diseases and periodontal diseases is ongoing.
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Adult Still's Disease Almost all people with the disease will have fever, joint pain, sore throat, and a rash. Joint pain, warmth, and swelling are common. Most often, several joints are involved at the same time. Often, people with the condition have morning stiffness of joints that lasts for several hours.
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Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities. AD begins slowly. It first involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language.
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Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time. It is the cause of 60% to 70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events (short-term memory loss).
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What Is The Disease Rickets? Rickets is a condition that affects bone development in children. It causes the bones to become soft and weak, which can lead to bone deformities. Rickets in adults is known as osteomalacia or soft bones. The most common cause of rickets is a lack of vitamin D and calcium.
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- Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) is a rare disease of the nervous system. Progressively severe muscle stiffness typically develops in the spine and lower extremities; often beginning very subtly during a period of emotional stress.
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ALS ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive degeneration of nerve cells that control muscle movements. The disease, the most common motor neuron disease among adults, became known as Lou Gehrig's disease after the New York Yankee's Hall of Fame first baseman.
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- What is Hypothyroidism in Adults ? In hypothyroidism in adults, metabolic processes slow down because of a deficiency of the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) or thyroxine (T4). Hypothyroidism is classified as primary or secondary. Primary hypothyroidism stems from a disorder of the thyroid gland itself.
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Dry Alcoholic Symptoms The term refers to a condition in which a person is no longer drinking alcohol but continues to have similar thought patterns and behaviors as an alcoholic who is drinking. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that alcoholism is a disease that continues for a lifetime.
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Home Still’s disease is a form of arthritis that is characterized by high spiking fevers and evanescent (transient) salmon-colored rash (view pictures of the Still’s rash).
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What is Pickâs Disease? Pick’s disease is a rare type of age-related dementia that affects the frontal lobes of the brain and causes speech problems like aphasia, behavior difficulties and eventually death. It was first described by Czech neurologist and psychiatrist Arnold Pick in 1892.
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What Is Cardiomyopathy in Adults? What Is Cardiomyopathy in Adults? Cardiomyopathy refers to diseases of the heart muscle. These diseases have many causes, signs and symptoms, and treatments. The heart muscle becomes enlarged, thick or rigid in cardiomyopathy, and in rare cases the muscle tissue is replaced with scar tissue.
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- Shortness of breath, also called dyspnea, is the feeling that one is not able to breath in enough air to satisfy his... Signs & Symptoms of Mono in Adults Mono is known in the medical world as mononucleosis, but to laymen, the common name of this condition is the kissing disease,... When is a Fever Dangerous in Adults? A fever is a sign that your body is trying to overcome an illness or underlying infection.
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Caring for Teeth âº Gum disease Gum disease (also called periodontal disease) is an infection of the tissues surrounding and supporting the teeth. It is a major cause of tooth loss in adults. In fact, after age 35, about 3 out of 4 adults are affected by some form of gum disease.
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- In 1971, the term “adult Still’s disease” was used to describe a series of adult patients who did not fulfill criteria for classic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but who had features similar to the children with systemic JIA [3]. (See Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Clinical manifestations and diagnosis.)
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Tay-Sachs Disease Late onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS) is less common than the infantile form. It affects teenagers and adults in their twenties and thirties by causing a gradual loss of nerve function. People with LOTS have low levels of Hex-A rather than a complete lack of it.
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- Name of the disease and synonyms Adult Still's disease, adult-onset Still's disease, Wissler-Fanconi syndrome Definition/Diagnostic criteria Adult Still's disease is defined as the association of clinical and biological signs suggestive of this diagnosis: • fever > 39°C, recurring on several consecutive days, fluctuating during the day;
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Still's Disease (Systemic-Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) Still's disease, a disorder featuring inflammation, is characterized by high spiking fevers, salmon-colored rash that comes and goes, and arthritis. Still's disease is also referred to as systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Still's disease was first described in children, but it is now known to occur, much less commonly, in adults (in whom it is referred to as adult-onset Still's disease or AOSD). Still's disease is named after the English physician Sir George F. Still (1861-1941).
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Periodontal (Gum) Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments If you have been told you have periodontal (gum) disease, you’re not alone. Many adults in the U.S. currently have some form of the disease. Periodontal diseases range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease that results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth. In the worst cases, teeth are lost.
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Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (also referred to as adult ADHD, adult with ADHD, or simply ADHD in adults, formerly AADD) is the neurobiological condition of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults.
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Adult Still disease Adult Still's disease is a rare illness that causes high fevers, rash, and joint pain. It may lead to long-term (chronic) arthritis. Still's disease is a severe version of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), which occurs in children. Adults can have the same condition although it is much less common. It is also called adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD).
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Tay-Sachs disease 1 Adult/Late Onset TSD. 2  A rare form of the disorder, known as Adult Onset Tay-Sachs disease or Late Onset Tay-Sachs disease (LOTS), occurs in patients in their 20s and early 30s. 3  LOTS is frequently misdiagnosed, and is usually non-fatal.
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Who is at Risk of Adult-Onset Stillâs Disease? What are symptoms and signs of Adult-Onset Still’s Disease? Still’s disease usually begins with systemic (body-wide) symptoms. Extreme fatigue can accompany waves of high fevers that rise daily to 102 F (39 C) or even higher and rapidly return to normal levels or below.
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Pick Disease of the Brain: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis Pick's disease is a rare condition that causes progressive and irreversible dementia. Learn about the symptoms, treatment, and outlook. Pick's disease is a rare condition that causes progressive and irreversible dementia.
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Home Due to leadership illness, on September 7th, 2017 – in honor of Still’s Disease Awareness Day – the International Still’s Disease Foundation, Inc. (ISDF) will officially dissolve and all properties, including the website and social media groups, will transfer to IF A A – International Foundation for A utoimmune & A utoinflammatory Arthritis, an international 501c3 nonprofit.