IMPORTANT DISORDERS AND SYNDROMES

SYNDROMES
Grey baby syndrome	Chloramphenicol over dose in babies
Mysthenia gravis	Due to NM receptor deficiency
Alzimer's disease	Deficiency of cholinergic receptors in brain
Raynaud's disease	Hypertension or high blood pressure
Wilson's disease	Abnormal copper metabolism and its deposition in stomach & liver
Zolinger elison syndrome	Peptic ulcer due to gastrin hormone
Crohn's disease	Ulcer affecting illeum and colon
Travelles diarrohea	Normal diarrohea (lopramide, doxycycline are the drug of choise)
Hepatic coma	Osmotic luxative inhibits the growth of NH3 producing bacteria
Irritable bowl syndrome	Due to constipation & diarrohea gastric motility is affected, pain
Steven johnson syndrome	Adverse effect of sulfonamides
Fanconi syndrome	Is a renal toxicity due to adverse effect of tetracycline
Flu like syndrome	Is a fever due to rifampicin overdose
Dwarfism	Growth hormone deficiency in childs
Symonds disease	Growth hormone deficiency in adults
Acromegaly	Growth hormone over production in adults
Gigantism	Growth hormone over production in childs
Addison's disease	Hyposecretion of sex hormones
Cushing syndrome	Hypersecretion of sex hormones
Cretinism	Hyposecretion of thyroid hormones in childs
Myoxidema	Hyposecretion of thyroid hormones in adults
Endemic goiter	Hyposecretion of thyroid hormones in adults
Exopthalmic goiter	Hypersecretion of thyroid hormones (bulging of eyes)
Hyperglycemia	Decreases insulin production, diabetes mellitus results
Hyporglycemia	Adverse effect of oral hypoglycemics
Megloblastic anemia	Folic acid deficiency
Pernicius anemia	Vitamin B12 defeciency
Ricketus	Vitamin D defeciency
Scurvy	Vitamin C defeciency
Heammorage	Vitamin K defeciency
Xeropthalmia	Vitamin A  defeciency