Diseases named after discoverers

Leprosy, also known as '''Hansen's disease (HD'), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damage may result in the loss of nociception, which can lead to the loss of parts of a person's extremities from repeated injuries or infection through unnoticed wounds. An infected person may also experience muscle weakness and loss of eyesight. Leprosy symptoms may begin within one year or take 20 years or more.

progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss

long-term degenerative neurological disorder

chromosomal condition

type of inflammatory bowel disease

neurodevelopmental condition

rare neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia

autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system

chromosomal variation where a person is born with a 45X chromosome pattern rather than the typical 46XX

adrenal cortical hypofunction that is characterized by insufficient steroid hormone production by the adrenal glands

degenerative neurological disorder

hypersensitivity reaction type II disease affecting the exocrine glands

endocrine disease

lymphoma that is marked classically by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells

human chromosomal condition

genetic disorder of the connective tissue

type of arthritis in which there is long term inflammation of the joints of the spine

Progeria (also Hutchinson–Gilford syndrome or Hutchinson–Gilford progeroid syndrome; HGPS) is a type of progeroid syndrome. A single gene mutation is responsible for causing progeria. The affected gene, known as lamin A (LMNA), makes a protein necessary for holding the cell nucleus together. When this gene mutates, an abnormal form of lamin A protein called progerin is produced. Progeroid syndromes are a group of diseases that cause individuals to age faster than usual. People born with progeria typically live until their mid- to late-teens or early twenties. Severe cardiovascular complication

adrenal gland overactivity caused by a tumor of the pituitary gland or by medication

autoimmune disease

human disease in which blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed

disorder of the inner ear, characterized by potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear

facial paralysis resulting from dysfunction in the cranial nerve VII (facial nerve)

group of genetic connective tissue disorders

human disease

medical condition in which spasm of arteries cause episodes of reduced blood flow

syndrome characterized by acute brain damage and liver function problems

rare genetic disorder

Human medical condition

human disease

human genetic disorder

Human disease

rare disease

neuromuscular disease that is characterized by a slowly progressive degeneration of the muscles of the foot, lower leg, hand and forearm

skin disease

human disease characterized by deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase which results in the accumulation of harmful quantities of the glycolipid glucocerebroside throughout the body

rare immune-mediated small-vessel systemic vasculitis in humans

human disease

Human disease

monogenic disease characterized by glomerulonephritis, endstage kidney disease, and hearing loss

atypical form of encephalitis

rare human genetic lysosomal storage disorder

congenital, genetically widespread disease considered to be a type of dwarfism affecting boys and girls equally

osteochondrosis that results in death and fracture located in hip joint

bone formation disease that has material basis in hyperactive osteoclast which results in abnormal osteoblast bone formation located in skull, located in pelvis, located in vertebral column, located in set of limbs

osteochondrosis

form of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism which is also accompanied by a total lack or partial loss in the sense of smell. The condition affects people with XX or XY chromosomes and causes atypical puberty and infertility

Human disease

a systemic vasculitis realized as blood vessel inflammation, with symptoms asthma along with hay fever, rash and gastrointestinal bleeding

shared psychosis, a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief are transmitted from one individual to another

adhesions or fibrosis of endometrium of uterus

syndrome characterized by a combination of hearing loss and visual impairment

congenital disorder of the nervous system

rare dissociative disorder previously classified as a factitious disorder

severe metabolic disorders in which sphingomyelin accumulates in lysosomes in cells

autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by the development of benign hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmented macules on the lips and oral mucosa (melanosis)

mucopolysaccharidosis characterized by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate sulfatase

rare disease

genetic disease

Lethal autosomal recessive disorder