See also: Syndrome (homonymy)

A syndrome is a whole of clinical signs and Symptôme S which a patient is likely to present at the time of some Maladie S.

Definition

A syndrome (of the Greek sundromê who means " concours") is thus a whole of symptoms. The procedure diagnoses consists in of medicine gathering the symptoms in syndromes then to determine the Maladie in question. Indeed, a syndrome is not specific of a disease: the same syndrome can be observed in several different diseases.

Examples

In the following example, one sees that association Céphalée + Vomissement S + stiffness of the nape of the neck + Photophobie constitutes a Syndrome meninx translating the irritation of the Méninges (more precisely the ignition of space under-arachnoïdien). The doctor practices then a puncture of the céphalo-rachidian Liquide which will direct it towards the disease in question: méningée Hemorrhage if the liquid contains Sang, purulent Méningite if the liquid is turbid, etc

Many syndromes are thus described in medicine such as for example:

In Neurology

• Syndrome meninx
• pyramidal Syndrome
• extra-pyramidal Syndrome
• cérébelleux Syndrome
• Syndrome of Claude Bernard-Horner
• Syndrome of the tail of horse
• confusional Syndrome
• Syndrome of Wallenberg
• Syndrome of Morton
• Syndrome of Balint
• Syndrome post-commotionnel

In Pneumology

• alveolar Syndrome
• obstructive Syndrome
• restrictive Syndrome
• Syndrome of acute respiratory distress
• Syndrome of Löfgren

In nephrology

• nephrotic Syndrome

In Hematology

• Syndrome of hyperviscosity

In Infectious illness

• inflammatory Syndrome
• Syndrome grippal

In Psychiatry

• dissociative Syndrome
• delirious Syndrome

In Psychology

• Syndrome of Stockholm

etc

Another use of the word syndrome

A certain number of Maladie S are called " syndrome" in general for historical reasons, when doctors had discovered an association of symptoms to which they had given a name before the etiology and the Physiopathologie are not determined by it, as it is the case for example for the Syndrome of acquired immunodéficience (AIDS), or for many genetic diseases whose cause since was identified. With time, some " syndromes" thus became of the " maladies" but preserved their name of origin.

External bonds

Random links:

F2004 Ferrari | Mother's Day | Sociedad Deportivo Quito | Esther Delisle | Good Housekeeping