While clinically known as OHS, Pickwickian syndrome is named after the character Joe from the 1836 Charles Dickens novel “The Pickwick Papers.” Joe had many of the symptoms later described by ...

This 75-year-old man complained of unbearable pain in both feet, at rest, of two months’ duration. Physical examination revealed blue toes, fissures, petechial hemorrhages, and ulcerating ...

This is because you're symptoms are much more likely to be from a viral infection or a condition like irritable bowel syndrome or colitis ... poop will have a lot of fat in it.

It is caused by foreign bodies in blood which are known as emboli such as fat, air, blood clot. Symptoms usually depend on the type of embolism. Shortness of breath, chest pain are the most common ...

But these clots rarely lead to pulmonary embolism. In rare cases, pulmonary embolism may be caused by other substances. They include: Small masses of infectious material. Fat. It can be released ...

For more on causes, symptoms, and treatments of Asperger's syndrome, see our Diagnosis Dictionary. As with all autism spectrum disorders, people with Asperger's have difficulties in social situations.

What are the symptoms? Fragile X syndrome causes a wide range of physical, mental and behavioural symptoms, including mild to severe intellectual disability. “ Common behavioural features ...

Fat Joe's son Joey, 33, was diagnosed with Down Syndrome and autism. The rapper claims his ex "abandoned" him and Joey after he was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth.

Without treatment, malabsorption can lead to symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating, or even malnutrition. Malabsorption occurs due to a disruption in at least one part of the digestive process.

WebMD's pictures help explain the true symptoms of CFS so people can get the proper diagnosis and treatment. Chronic fatigue syndrome can lower your quality of life. But a new survey shows that ...

In a recent interview with Shannon Sharpe on his podcast "Club Shay Shay," the rapper said that the mother of his child ...

Pulmonary embolism occurs when an embolus breaks away from a thrombus and blocks the pulmonary artery, generating symptoms that include shortness of breath, chest pain, fainting and haemoptysis.