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Fabry's disease

Disorders of Lipid Metabolism: Fabry's Disease

Face

see also Ears; Eye(s); Mouth; Nose

  • birth defects of

  • Bone and Muscle Defects
    Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: Defects of the FaceFigures

  • brown pigmentation of (melasma)

  • Melasma
    Family Planning: Disadvantages
    Physical Changes During Pregnancy: Skin

  • fractures of

  • Fractures of the Jaw and Face
    Fractures of the FaceFigures

  • injuries to

  • Facial Injuries

  • moon

  • Cushing Syndrome: Symptoms

  • of newborn

  • Physical Examination of the Newborn
    Birth Injury: Nerve Injury

  • pain in

  • Taking the Pressure Off a NerveFigures

  • in Bell palsy

  • Bell Palsy

  • in trigeminal neuralgia

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

  • spasm of

  • Hemifacial Spasm

    Facial muscles

  • in Bell palsy

  • Bell Palsy

  • in Parkinson's disease

  • Parkinson's Disease: Symptoms

    Facial nerve

  • in ear disorders

  • How Ear Disorders Affect the Facial NerveFigures

  • palsy of (Bell palsy)

  • Bell Palsy

  • testing of

  • Testing Cranial NervesTables

    Facioscapulohumeral (Landouzy-Dejerine) muscular dystrophy

    Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy

    Factor IX deficiency

    Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

    Factor VIII deficiency

    Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

    Factor V Leiden

    Thrombophilia: Causes

    Factor XI deficiency

    Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

    Fad diets

    Some Fad DietsTables
    Diets: Fad Diets

    Failure to thrive

    Failure to Thrive

    Fainting

    Fainting
    Fainting: What the doctor doesTables

  • in aortic stenosis

  • Aortic Stenosis: Symptoms and Diagnosis

  • in arrhythmias

  • Abnormal Heart Rhythms: Symptoms

  • in cardiomyopathy

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms

  • in esophageal injury

  • Injury to the Esophagus

  • parade ground

  • Fainting: Causes

  • tilt table testing in

  • Fainting: Testing
    Other Tests for Heart and Blood Vessel Disorders: Tilt Table Testing

    Faintness

    Dizziness and Vertigo
    Some Causes and Features of Dizziness and VertigoTables

    Falciparum malaria

    Malaria: Falciparum Malaria
    Malaria: Drugs

    Fallopian tubes

    Internal Female Genital OrgansFigures
    Female Internal Genital Organs: Fallopian Tubes

  • cancer of

  • Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Fallopian Tube Cancer

  • infection of

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Symptoms

  • in infertility

  • Problems With the Fallopian Tubes

  • inflammation of

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

  • ligation of

  • Sterilization: Tubal Ligation
    Disrupting the Tubes: Sterilization in WomenFigures

  • pelvic inflammatory disease and

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Symptoms

  • pregnancy in

  • Ectopic Pregnancy
    Ectopic Pregnancy: A Mislocated PregnancyFigures

  • torsion of

  • Adnexal Torsion

    Fallot, tetralogy of

    Heart Defects: Tetralogy of Fallot
    Tetralogy of Fallot: Four DefectsFigures

    Falls

    Falls

  • hospitalization and

  • Problems Due to Hospitalization: Falls

  • prevention of

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar
    Falls: Prevention
    Checklist for Preventing Falls in the HomeTables

    Famciclovir

    Antiviral DrugsTables
    Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: Antiviral Drugs
    Shingles: Prevention and Treatment

    Familial adenomatous polyposis

    Mouth Growths: Noncancerous growths
    Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

    Familial insomnia, fatal

    Fatal Familial Insomnia

    Familial Mediterranean fever

    Physical Causes and Features of Chronic Abdominal PainTables
    Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Family caregivers

    Care Providers: Family and Friends
    Avoiding Caregiver BurnoutSidebar

  • elder mistreatment and

  • Elder Mistreatment

    Family planning

    see also Contraception and contraceptives; Oral contraceptives
    Family Planning
    How Effective Is Contraception?Tables
    Comparing Contraceptive MethodsTables
    When Taking Combination Oral Contraceptives Is RestrictedSidebar
    Blocking Access: Barrier ContraceptivesFigures
    Understanding Intrauterine DevicesFigures
    All in the Timing: Natural Family PlanningFigures
    Disrupting the Tubes: Sterilization in WomenFigures

  • information resources on


  • Family relationships

    Social and Emotional Development
    Social Issues Affecting Children and Their Families

  • adoption and

  • Adoption

  • in autism

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Relationships

  • changing structures of

  • The Changing Structures of FamiliesSidebar

  • childhood illness and

  • Childhood Cancers
    Illness in Children

  • divorce and

  • Divorce and Children
    The Changing Structures of FamiliesSidebar

  • foster care and

  • Foster Care

  • infant illness and death and

  • Illness and Death in Infants

  • parent-child discussions and

  • Talking With Children About Difficult TopicsSidebar
    What Is Bullying?Sidebar

  • problems in

  • Behavioral Problems Due to Parenting ProblemsSidebar

    Family therapy

    Mental Illness in Society: Deinstitutionalization

    Famotidine

    Peptic Ulcer: Acid-reducing Drugs
    Drugs Used to Treat Peptic DisordersTables

  • in elderly persons

  • Some Drugs Particularly Likely to Cause Problems in Older PeopleTables

    Fanconi syndrome

    Fanconi Syndrome

    Fantasy play

    Social and Emotional Development

    Farmer's lung

    Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Causes
    What Causes Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?Tables

    Farsightedness (hyperopia)

    Understanding RefractionFigures
    Refractive Disorders: Causes

  • in children

  • Refractive Errors in ChildrenSidebar

    Farting (flatus)

    Gas
    Some Causes and Features of Gas-Related ComplaintsTables

    Fasciitis

  • eosinophilic

  • Eosinophilic Fasciitis

  • necrotizing

  • Streptococcal Infections: Treatment
    Necrotizing Skin Infections

  • plantar

  • Plantar Fasciosis

    Fasciola hepatica infection

    Other ParasitesTables

    Fasciotomy

    Fractures: Treatment of Compartment Syndrome

    Fasting, hypoglycemia with

    Hypoglycemia: Fasting

    Fat

  • body

  • in metabolic syndrome

  • Metabolic Syndrome

  • cholesterol

  • see Cholesterol

  • dietary

  • Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Fats

  • atherosclerosis and

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet

  • cancer risk and

  • Diet and Cancer: Saturated Fats

  • in coronary artery disease

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet
    Coronary Artery Disease: Diet
    Types of FatSidebar

  • restriction of

  • Diets: Low-Fat Diets
    Dyslipidemia: Treatment
    Dyslipidemia: Treatment
    Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the DietTables
    Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the DietTables
    A Practical Approach to a Low-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated Fat DietTables
    A Practical Approach to a Low-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated Fat DietTables

  • sources of

  • Where's the Fat? Tables
    Comparing Soluble and Insoluble FiberTables

  • types of

  • Types of FatSidebar
    Where's the Fat? Tables

  • embolism of

  • Ischemic Stroke: Causes

  • embolism with

  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Unusual Types of Emboli

  • estimation of

  • Fat Versus Lean: Body CompositionSidebar
    Determining Body Mass IndexTables

  • gain of

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

  • high blood levels of

  • Dyslipidemia

  • in nephrotic syndrome

  • Nephrotic Syndrome: Diagnosis

  • in liver (fatty liver)

  • Fatty Liver
    Common Causes of Fatty LiverSidebar
    Alcohol's Toll on the LiverSidebar

  • metabolism of, disorders of

  • Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
    Other Rare Hereditary Disorders of Lipid MetabolismSidebar

  • in stool (steatorrhea)

  • Malabsorption: Symptoms
    Cholestasis: Symptoms
    Hypolipoproteinemia

  • types of

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet
    Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Kinds of Fat
    Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the DietTables

    Fatal familial insomnia

    Fatal Familial Insomnia

    Fatal illness

    see Death and dying; Terminal illness

    Fat (body)

  • age-associated changes in

  • Changes in the Body With Aging: Muscles and Body Fat

  • in Cushing syndrome

  • Cushing Syndrome: Symptoms

  • gain of

  • see also Obesity
    Calories

  • hormones of

  • Major HormonesTables

  • loss of

  • with dieting

  • Diets: Weight Loss Diets

  • with undernutrition

  • Undernutrition: Symptoms

  • under skin

  • Getting Under the SkinFigures
    Structure and Function of the Skin: Fat Layer

    Fatigue

    Fatigue
    Fatigue: What the doctor doesTables

  • in cancer

  • Symptoms of Cancer: Weight Loss and Fatigue

  • chronic

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue SyndromeSidebar

  • causes of

  • Fatigue: What the doctor doesTables

  • in dying person

  • Symptoms During a Fatal Illness: Fatigue

  • in kidney disorders

  • Chronic Kidney Failure: Symptoms

  • vs. weakness

  • Weakness: Fatigue

    Fat pads, of foot

    Common Foot, Knee, and Leg Conditions in Infants and Young ChildrenSidebar

    Fatty acids

  • essential

  • Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Fatty Acids

  • oxidation of, disorders of

  • Disorders of Lipid Metabolism: Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

    Fatty liver

    Fatty Liver
    Common Causes of Fatty LiverSidebar
    Alcohol's Toll on the LiverSidebar

  • of pregnancy

  • Liver and Gallbladder Disorders During Pregnancy: Fatty liver of pregnancy

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