11 May 2012
| by Stephen Robinson
Early diagnosis of the most common inflammatory rheumatic disorder seen by GPs is being hindered...for other conditions.
Experts believe early diagnosis is vital to allow clinicians to rule out more ...
and the average GP will see five new cases a year. The condition is disabling but once identified it can ...
the Rheumatology 2012 conference in Glasgow this month: 'It has been traditionally seen as a benign condition ...
02 May 2012
Computer-aided digital skin lesion analysis can improve biopsy sensitivity for melanoma, US...The researchers asked 179 dermatologists attending an educational conference to evaluate 24 pigmented lesions, five of which were melanomas, and decide whether they would biopsy in each case. Then information from a multispectral digital skin lesion analysis (MSDSLA) device, which assesses the level ...
02 May 2012
| by Susana Tettey and Dr Anshoo Sahota
Section 1: Epidemiology and aetiology
Psoriasis is a chronic, common inflammatory relapsing and remitting papulosquamous skin disease, characterised by well-defined, dull red plaques with silvery scales ...
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T-cell mediated disease Psoriasis is a T-cell mediated disease with inflammatory plaques containing ...
on allergic conditions....into underlying allergic conditions and beginning appropriate management.
He has negotiated funding ...
two medical conditions, UK researchers have warned.
23 May 2012
| by Dr Atul Gupta
lymphocytes and mast cells. This results in recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells ...
specialised lung function tests, bronchoscopy, pH study or CT scanning to rule out other conditions ...
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Section 3: Managing the condition
Management of asthma should include asthma education for patients ...
09 May 2012
| by Dr Sidhu Gada
A patient presented with a skin lesion on her upper arm. When the lesion initially appeared ...
. It is not an uncommon condition. There is no proven cause for its occurrence, but a few risk factors will increase its ...
have all been implicated in the occurrence of keratoacanthoma.
The condition is more common in later ...
23 May 2012
| by Stephen Robinson
of suspicious symptoms, he added, but also cancer screening and diagnosis for common benign conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.
He said long waits were unfair and patients not eligible for two-week referral ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Lizzie Croton
-orchitis). Onset is usually gradual, with varying degrees of pain.
Fournier's gangrene is a rare condition ...
and debilitating condition that can develop immediately or many years after a vasectomy. Incidence is thought ...
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Strangulated inguinal hernia.
Infected sebaceous cyst of scrotal skin.
Chronic
Chronic ...
02 May 2012
| by Dr Keith Barnard
palsy, cerebellar ataxia, lower motor neuron disorders, inflammatory arthritis or myopathies ...
moves forward. It usually occurs when one leg is longer than the other, if there is an inflammatory ...