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Toxemia

Toxemia: Introduction

Toxemia: A medical condition that occurs when there is a release of toxins from bacteria within the bloodstream. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Toxemia is available below.

Symptoms of Toxemia

• Fever
• Hypotension
• Rash
• Diarrhoea
• Vomiting
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 14 symptoms of Toxemia

Treatments for Toxemia

• Emergency treatment
• Intensive care
• Antibiotics
• Antitoxin
• Treatment of the underlying cause
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Toxemia:

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• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Toxemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Toxemia
• Failure to diagnose Toxemia
• Hidden causes of Toxemia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Toxemia

Toxemia: Related Patient Stories

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Toxemia: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Toxemia.

Types of Toxemia

• Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Toxemia of pregnancy - the old misleading name for preeclampsia; a form of gestational hypertension (high blood pressure) not related to bacteria or any form of toxic blood poisoning.
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Toxemia

Causes of Toxemia

• Septicemia
• Bacteremia
• Local bacterial infection - although not in the blood, the toxins from local bacteria can cause toxemia from certain infections:
  • Diphtheria
  • Tetanus
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Toxemia

More information about causes of Toxemia:

• Underlying causes of Toxemia
• Toxemia as a complication caused by other conditions
• Toxemia as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Toxemia

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Toxemia:

• Toxemia of pregnancy
• Pre-eclampsia
• Hypertension
• Proteinuria
• HELLP syndrome
• Bacteraemia
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Toxemia

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but...read more »

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Toxemia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

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Toxemia: Animations

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Research about Toxemia

Visit our research pages for current research about Toxemia treatments.

Clinical Trials for Toxemia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Toxemia include:

• Predicting Complications in Women With Toxaemia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Treatment Targets for Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - methyldopa,labetalol,nifedipine,clonidine
• Calcium for Pre-Eclampsia Prevention (CPEP) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - calcium
• Oral Calcium in Pregnant Women With Hypertension - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - calcium
• Regulation of Placental Vascular Reactivity in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 13 Clinical Trials for Toxemia

Statistics for Toxemia

• Medical statistics for Toxemia
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Toxemia
• Death and Mortality statistics for Toxemia
• Society statistics for Toxemia

Toxemia: Broader Related Topics

• Blood conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

Types of Toxemia

Toxemia Message Boards

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Definitions of Toxemia:

An abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and edema and protein in the urine - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Toxemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Toxemia, or a subtype of Toxemia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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