Metabolic disease: Metabolic disease is listed as an alternate name or description for symptom:
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Metabolic disorder (medical symptom): occurs when abnormal chemical reactions occur in the body
Metabolic disorder (medical symptom): The metabolic syndrome, which affects about one-quarter of all adults in the U.S., has emerged as just as strong a contributor to early heart disease as cigarette smoking. The metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X or insulin resistance syndrome, is a constellation of metabolic risk factors that significantly increases the risk for coronary events. (Source: excerpt from Drop-in Article (2001 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit): NHLBI)
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Metabolic disease: Metabolic disease is listed as an alternate name or description for Metabolic disorders. For a medical symptom description of 'Metabolic disease', the following disease information may be relevant to the symptoms: Metabolic disorders (disease information). However, numerous other possible causes of the symptom may be possible.
Metabolic disease (medical condition): Disorders that affect the metabolic system in human
Metabolic disease (medical condition): Metabolic disorders refers to diseases or disorders of the internal body chemistry that causes the body's metabolism. The term metabolic disorders usually does not include hormonal disorders or endocrine disorders which refer to the interactions between body glands and hormones.
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... Metabolic acidosis (defined as a serum bicarbonate <20 mEq/L) can be due to a primary metabolic cause, or it can represent a secondary metabolic compensation for a primary respiratory>... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Increased Anion Gap Renal failure, acute or chronic Ketoacidosis Diabetic Alcoholic ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Chloride-Responsive (Urine Cl – <10 mEq/L) Vomiting, nasogastric suction Gastric drainage or fistula Diuretics Posthypercapnic state Villous> ... READ EXCERPTS »
... 1. Fauci AS, et al (eds): Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14/e. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. 2. Becker KL (ed): Principles and ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Metabolic acidosis is a physiologic state of excess acid accumulation and deficient base bicarbonate produced by an underlying pathologic disorder. Symptoms result from the body’s attempts to correct... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »
... A clinical state marked by decreased amounts of acid or increased amounts of base bicarbonate, metabolic alkalosis causes metabolic, respiratory, and renal responses, producing characteristic symptoms (most notably... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Metabolism is the physiologic process that allows cells to transform food into energy and continually rebuild body cells. Metabolism has two phases: catabolism and anabolism. In catabolism, the energy-producing phase... Carbohydrates: Primary energy source ... Fats: Catabolism and anabolism ... Proteins: Anabolism ... Fluid and electrolyte balance ... Regulation of pH ... Assessing homeostasis ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »
... Metabolic syndrome — also called syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, and multiple metabolic syndrome — is a cluster of conditions characterized by abdominal obesity, high blood glucose ... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures ... READ EXCERPTS »
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