This childhood condition occurs when blood supply to the ball part of the hip joint is interrupted for a short time, making the bone fracture easily and heal poorly.
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Melanoma
Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatments for the most serious form of skin cancer.
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Tapeworm infection
Tapeworms in the intestines usually cause mild disease. Immature tapeworms, called larval cysts, can cause serious disease in other parts of the body.
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Frontal lobe seizures
In this common form of epilepsy, the seizures stem from the front of the brain. They can produce symptoms that appear to be from a mental illness.
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Sepsis
Learn more about the symptoms and treatment of sepsis, a serious infection-related illness.
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Intestinal obstruction
A blocked intestine needs prompt medical care. Learn about symptoms and the wide range of causes for this serious but treatable digestive disorder.
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Transverse myelitis
This neurological disorder occurs when a section of the spinal cord is inflamed, causing pain, weakness, sensory problems and dysfunction in the body.
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Sinus headaches
Sinus headaches are often to blame for headache with facial pain — but that pain might actually be a migraine.
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Sex headaches
Learn about the causes and treatment of this type of headache.
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Cough headaches
Often triggered by coughing and other types of straining, these headaches can be harmless or signal another problem in the brain.
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Pulmonary embolism
A blood clot blocks and stops blood flow to an artery in the lung. Often the clot starts in a leg and travels to the lung.
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Trigeminal neuralgia
Learn about this nerve condition that can jolt areas on the face with electric-shock-like pain.