myxedema in English

noun
1
swelling of the skin and underlying tissues giving a waxy consistency, typical of patients with underactive thyroid glands.
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1. On admission cretinism with massive myxedema was diagnosed, which was confirmed by subsequent laboratory findings.

2. Sudden death in association with metabolic crises due to dysfunction of the thyroid and parathyroid glands (e.g. thyrotoxicosis, parathyrotoxic crisis, myxedema and acute hypoparathyroidism) is rarely seen in forensic practice.

3. Conclusions: Depending on the analysis and treatment of this case, the nodules on shanks might originate from myxedema caused by hypothyroidism and can be cured by eliminating the origin of a disease.

4. ‘a Comatose patient’ ‘A common misconception is that a patient must be Comatose to be diagnosed with myxedema coma.’ ‘Constant infusions may be useful in patients with constant dyspnea or patients who are Comatose.’ ‘The patient remained Comatose and was transported to …

5. Cretin Congenital hypothyroidism Endocrinology A person with defective thyroxine or thyroglobulin synthesis Etiology Goiter, iodine deficiency in the mother while pregnant; thyroid gland defects–aplasia, hypoplasia or dysgenesis Clinical Cold intolerance, serosal effusions, myxedema, ↓ metabolic rate, ↑ cholesterol, profound mental retardation–hypothyroid idiocy, ↓ growth.

6. ‘lying in a Comatose state’ ‘A common misconception is that a patient must be Comatose to be diagnosed with myxedema coma.’ ‘Constant infusions may be useful in patients with constant dyspnea or patients who are Comatose.’ ‘The patient remained Comatose and was transported to the computed tomographic scanner.’

7. Thus the compound of general formula [1] is useful in the treatment and prevention of autoimmune diseases fundamentally caused by immunopathy or abnormally accelerated cell adhesion, for example, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, sclerema, mixed connective tissue disease, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis/dermatomyositis, Sjögren's syndrome, Behcet's disease, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune diabetes, Hashimoto's disease, psoriasis, primary myxedema, pernicious anemia, serious adynamia, ulcerative colitis, chronic active hepatitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.