Types of Diseases & Deficiencies – ppsc past papers
Dificiancy And Result.
1 Anaemia – Deficiency of haemoglobin in the blood
- Analgesic – Medicine which alleviates pain
- Arthralgia – Pain in a joint
- Cephalalgia – Headache
- Nephralgia – Pain in the kidney
- Neuralgia – Nerve pain
- Myalgia – Muscle pain
- Otalgia – Ear ache
- Gastralgia – Pain in the stomach
- Pyoderma – Skin infection with pus formation
- Leucoderma -Defective skin pigmentaion
- Hysterodynia – Pain in the uterus
- Hysterectomy – Excision of the uterus
- Nephrectomy – Excision of a kidney
- Adenectomy – Excision of a gland
- Cholecystectomy – Excision of gall bladder
- Thyroidectomy – Excision of thyroid gland
- Arthritis – Inflammation of a joint
- Bronchitis – Inflammation of the bronchi
- Carditis – Inflammation of the heart
- Cervicitis – Inflammation of the cervix
- Colitis – Inflammation of the colon
- Colpitis – Inflammation of the vagina
- Cystitis – Inflammation of the urinary bladder
- Enteritis – Inflammation of the intestines
- Gastritis – Inflammation of the stomach
- Glossitis – Inflammation of the tongue
- Hepatitis – Inflammation of the liver
- Laryngitis – Inflammation of the larynx
- Metritis – Inflammation of the uterus
- Myelitis – Inflammation of the spinal cord
- Nephritis – Inflammation of the kidney
- Pharyngitis – Inflammation of the pharynx
- Blepharitis -Inflammation of the eyelids
- Cholelithiasis – Stone in the gall bladder
- Nephrolithiasis – Stone in the kidney
- Osteomalacia – Softening of bones through deficiency of calcium or D vitamin
- Adenoma -Benign tumour of glandular tissue
- Myoma – Tumour of muscle
- Diplopia – Double vision
- Thrombosis – Formation of a blood clot
- Pyloromyotomy – Incision of pyloric sphincter muscle
- Hedrophobia – Fear of water(Rabies in humans)
- Neuroplasty- Surgical repair of nerves
- Pyloraplasty -Incision of plastic pylorus to widen passage
- Hemiplegia – Paralysis of one side of the body
- Nephroptosis – Downward displacement of the kidney
- Amenorrhoea – Absence of menstrual discharge
- Dysmenorrhoea – Painful menstruation
- Leucorrhoea – Whitish vaginal discharge
- Menorrhoea – Menstrual bleeding
- Haemorrhage- Escape of blood from a vessel
- Arrhythmia -Any deviation of normal rhythm of heart
- Cholestasis – Diminution in the flow of bile
- Haemostatis – Arrest of bleeding
- Neurasthenia – Nervous debility
- Cystostomy – Surgical opening made into the bladder
- Cystotomy – Incision into the urinary bladder
- Hypertrophy – Increase in the size of tissues
- Haematuria – Blood in the urine
- Glycosuria – Presence of sugar in the urine
- Albuminuria – Presence of albumin in the urine
