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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for Small vessel disease
  1. ... is the most common complication of sickle cell disease. Sickle cells traveling through small blood vessels can get stuck and block blood flow throughout ...
  2. ... with connective tissue beneath the skin, harming blood vessels and internal organs. Addison disease happens when the body doesn't produce enough ... Many people believe that vitiligo is a rare disease," says National Institutes of Health-supported researcher John E. ... Johnson was 41 years old when she noticed a small, white spot on her leg. It wasn't ...
  3. ... additional pressure can damage your heart and blood vessels, increasing our risk for strokes, heart disease, and kidney failure. But knowing if you have ...
  4. ... An example image from the tool, highlighting blood vessels in the breast, is shown here. Wearable blood pressure patch A new small blood pressure patch , roughly the size of a ...
  5. ... medicine that focuses on the study of parasites—small organisms that survive by living off the human body. The Parasitology and International Programs Branch and the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
  6. ... risk. There are two general types of the disease Localized scleroderma (also known as morphea), which usually affects only the skin and can sometimes go away on its own. Systemic scleroderma, which usually affects small or large areas of skin. It can also ...
  7. ... hard-to-detect areas of damage to blood vessels in the brain, called ... scanner to see these small spots. Scanning for this type of damage after ...