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-pathy

Disease of a named part, used when the process is known to be wrong but not known to be anything more specific.

adenopathy

Adenopathy refers to enlarged lymph nodes, a finding that can result from infection, inflammation, or, less often, a malignant process.

brachial plexopathy

The pattern of what is weak and what is numb points to where along the nerve network the trouble actually sits.

encephalopathy

Confusion, drowsiness or a change in personality can all be the visible face of a chemical problem somewhere else in the body.

homeopathy

Homeopathy is an alternative medicine system based on treating symptoms with extremely diluted substances chosen to mimic those same symptoms.

lymphadenopathy

Lymphadenopathy is enlargement of one or more lymph nodes, a common finding that can reflect infection, inflammation, or, less often, malignancy.

naturopathy

A whole system rather than a single treatment, built on the premise that the body heals itself once the obstacles are removed.

neuropathy

/ noo-ROP-uh-thee /

Disease or dysfunction of one or more nerves.

peripheral neuropathy

A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle weakness in different parts of the body.

plexopathy

A disorder affecting a network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymph vessels.

homeopathic medicine

A system of remedies prepared by repeated dilution, based on principles that predate modern chemistry and conflict with it.

MGUS

MGUS is a generally symptomless blood finding that carries a modest, ongoing risk of eventually progressing to multiple myeloma or a related condition.

sciatica

A symptom rather than a diagnosis, and a word stretched loosely to cover almost any leg pain that seems to start in the back.

spinal cord compression

Timing matters more than the size of the squeeze, since what a person can still do when treatment starts largely predicts what remains.

tendonitis

Tissue from painful tendons usually shows disorganized collagen rather than inflammatory cells, which is why tendinopathy has largely replaced the name.

allopathic medicine

Allopathic medicine is the conventional biomedical system built on drugs, surgery, and other interventions supported by scientific research, in contrast with alternative approaches.

alternative medicine

Alternative medicine refers to practices used in place of standard medical treatment that are not part of conventional care.

atrasentan

Atrasentan is an endothelin receptor antagonist now approved to reduce protein loss in the urine caused by a form of kidney disease.

BAK gel

A substance being studied in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy (pain, numbness, tingling, burning, or weakness in the hands or feet) caused by chemotherapy.

dysesthesia

Dysesthesia is a distorted sense of touch that makes an ordinary stimulus feel painful, unpleasant, or otherwise abnormal.