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Asymptomatic HIV infection
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Asymptomatic HIV infection is a phase during chronic infection with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) during which there are no symptoms of HIV infection.
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Asymptomatic HIV infection is, by definition, characterized by the absence of symptoms associated with HIV, such as fevers, weight loss, oral thrush, or any opportunistic infections (such as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegalovirus, ...
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Asymptomatic conditions
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Asymptomatic means there are no symptoms. A person is asymptomatic if an illness or condition is present without recognizable symptoms.
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Asymptomatic neurosyphilis precedes symptomatic syphilis and is present in 15% of those with latent (hidden) syphilis. In this case, abnormalities may be present in the cerebrospinal fluid, but no symptoms are present.
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Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis is the diagnosis when the patient does not complain of pain or discomfort but has infection-fighting cells in his semen.
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ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION
Most persons with amebiasis have no noticeable symptoms.
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symptomatic (B)
For example, stage IIIB is disease that is symptomatic, involves lymph node regions or structures on both sides of the body, and is further classified depending on the organs and areas involved.
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Asymptomatic patients can be monitored for evidence of disease progression without immediate need for chemotherapy.
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ASYMPTOMATIC: Without symptoms. In HIV/AIDS literature, this term is often used to describe someone who has a positive reaction to one of several tests for HIV antibodies but who shows no clinical symptoms of the disease.
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ACAS asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis study.
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Even during the asymptomatic period, the virus is actively multiplying, infecting, and killing cells of the immune system.
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Lyme disease may be asymptomatic or may produce symptoms that develop in three stages.
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Asymptomatic
Infection without symptoms. Someone who is asymptomatic has antibodies (for example, to HIV) but does not have any visible signs or symptoms (example, of HIV infection).
Chronic
Long-lasting and severe, opposite of Acute.
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It is the most commonly diagnosed cause of infectious vaginal discharge; in as many as 60% of cases, the woman is asymptomatic.
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These patients are sometimes called antibody-negative asymptomatic (without symptoms) carriers, because they do not have any symptoms of AIDS and there is no detectable quantity of antibody in the blood serum.
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LEONARD STERN, MD: The body is remarkably resilient, and you could be largely asymptomatic with loss of as much as 85% to 90% of kidney function, but when you reach about 10% of kidney function, you begin to get symptoms.
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Women are often asymptomatic, but may have a vaginal discharge or burning sensation on urination; men may have a discharge from the penis and pain on urination. Examination of the discharge reveals the presence of the bacteria.
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A 1987 study involving routine examination of asymptomatic (that is, no symptoms) boxers found angle recession in 19%, with 8% having angle recession in both eyes.
Worldwide, the incidence of eye trauma is similar to that found in the United States.
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This condition, known as asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis, may be diagnosed when men are evaluated for other urological conditions such as prostate cancer or infertility.
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Normally, this condition is asymptomatic (the person with bipartite patella is not affected by it), but sometimes a blow to this type of patella disrupts the two “parts" of the patella, causing symptoms similar to a fracture.
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Reye's syndrome may be a metabolic condition — one without symptoms (asymptomatic) — that's unmasked by viral illnesses. Reye's syndrome occurs most commonly in children between the ages of 4 and 12.
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Mitral valve prolapse is often an asymptomatic condition but it may be marked by mitral regurgitation with symptoms (as chest pain, fatigue, dizziness, dyspnea, or palpitations) with a tendency in some cases to endocarditis or ventricular ...
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ENTEROVIRUS - A Picornavirus, small, single-stranded RNA virus that can survive in sewage and chlorinated water with organic debris. Asymptomatic infection common. Epidemics of gastroenteritis are common in summer and fall.
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asymptomatic carotid stenosis, or narrowing of one of the arteries in the neck
sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that forms abnormal red blood cells
high cholesterol levels in the blood, including total cholesterol and LDL or "bad cholesterol.
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The disease can be spread by people who do not have any symptoms and may not know they carry the virus. These people are called asymptomatic carriers.
What are the symptoms?
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The rash is often asymptomatic, but can be itchy -- as in your case. The rash follows the cleavage lines of the skin and has a “Christmas Tree" appearance down the back.
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an affected daughter (although the risk is less than one per cent) is possible. Testing of babies with suspected Rett syndrome will lead to earlier diagnosis and may also be offered to sisters of girls with RS to check whether they are asymptomatic ...
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two copies of the gene responsible for a hemoglobin abnormality—one from each parent. Individuals with only one copy of the gene have a much milder form of the disease called thalassemia minor or thalassemia trait and are usually asymptomatic and ...
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