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Feeding difficulties refer to any issues or problems with being able to suck, chew or swallow feed. As a broader term they may refer to any problem with eating, and wanting to eat, including pickiness around food and/or issues feeding oneself. Symptoms may affect multiple parts of the body. Understanding which part of the body […]
Feeding difficulties in infants refer to issues or problems that arise when trying to get an infant to feed or eat. In younger infants, this often means problems getting an infant to suck to drink milk. This suck may then, in turn, be weak or ineffective. In some infants, this can include difficulty in staying […]
Finger symphalangism refers to when the bones, or parts of the bones, of the fingers fuse together abnormally. Symptoms may affect multiple parts of the body. Understanding which part of the body a symptom affects can help us to better understand the potential underlying causes of a symptom, including a rare disease or genetic syndrome. […]
Finger syndactyly is a webbing or fusion of fingers, connecting two fingers to each other in an abnormal way. Any two fingers or more may be partially or completely involved. When the connection includes bone fusion, it is referred to in some cases as bony or complex syndactyly, or as symphalangism in others. Syndactyly can […]
Abnormalities of the nail can often be a result of skin disease or infection. Medical professional examination of fingers and toenails offers a great deal of information, both general and specific, about the patient’s health, including the possibility of malignancy, and specifics of nutritional health. Fingernail dysplasia, that is to say, certain types of abnormal […]
Fixed facial expression is an abnormally low degree of mobility or flexibility of the muscles beneath the skin of the face, leading to an unchanging facial expression that is “fixed in place”. Fixed facial expressions can be a marker for certain diseases or syndromes. This diagnosis also depends on other accompanying features. Symptoms may affect […]
A nostril that appears large, even when at rest. Flared nostrils may occur when a person breathes in and out. But the definition of flared nostrils is when the nostrils are still large even when air is not being forced in and out of them. Symptoms may affect multiple parts of the body. Understanding which […]
Flat forehead, that is an unusually flat forehead, can appear on one or both sides of the forehead. It may also coincide with distortions to the sides and back of the head if certain bones of the skull are involved. Flattened or distorted areas of a baby’s head can be a result of, or confused […]
Focal behavior arrest seizure can include focal aware behavior arrest seizure (with awareness continuing throughout) and focal impaired awareness behavior arrest seizure. “Focal” is an important emphasis in the term to differentiate between these and absence seizures, or generalized non-motor seizures. Brief behavior arrest is very common, and thus, in order to identify a seizure […]