A chronic disorder of soft mouth tissue characterized by small, painful purpuric, raised (bumps), or erosive sores that are often surrounded by erythematous (inflamed) margins. Erosive sores eat away at normal tissue.

Sores in the superficial gastric mucosa characterized by multilocular (many grouped together) peptic ulcers of the gastric antrum, or bottom of the stomach before the pylorus, or end part.

An ulcer that breaks through the wall of the stomach or the duodenum, causing stomach or intestinal contents to leak into the abdominal cavity.

Delayed puberty in boys is characterized by decreased functional activity of the testes, or male gonads. Read Post…

Refractory iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a microcytic type anemia characterized by formation of abnormally small, pale red blood cells and iron depletion, or inadequate iron content in the body, that does not respond to oral iron supplementation. Refractory means… 

Juvenile DM type 1 is an inflammatory autoimmune disease of the pancreas, resulting in a lack of insulin.

An open sore of the lining of the stomach. Also called stomach ulcer.