MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES

• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)


  A group of more than 10 disorders, characterized by over-flexible joints, stretchy skin, and abnormal growth of scar tissue. (mild-disabling)
• Epidermyolysis Bullosa (EB)


  Makes skin so fragile that it tears or blister as a result of a minor bump, stumble, or even friction from clothing. Some form of these disease may involve in digestive tract, respiratory, muscles, or the bladder. Caused by defects of several proteins in the skin.
• Marfan Syndrome


  Affects the bones, ligaments, eyes, heart, or blood vessel. People with this disease tend to be tall and have extremely long bones and this “spider-like” finger and toes.
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta


  condition of brittle bones, low muscle mass, and lax joints and ligaments.
• Tuberculosis 


  The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. This disease spreads through the air when a person with this disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or talks.
• Beta Blocker


  a class of drugs used to treat heart conditions In excess, they can cause difficulty breathing, coma, and heart failure.
• These are two related diseases in which there is inflammation of the muscles (polymyositis) and skin (dermatomyositis).
• Rheumatoid Arthritis 


  is a disease in which the immune system attacks the thin membrane (called the synovium) lining the joints, causing pain, stiffness, warmth and swelling of the joints, and inflammation throughout the body.