Aerosinusitis or Barosinusitis

This is painful inflammation or edema of the sinuses (especially the frontal sinuses), which may be accompanied by bleeding and preceded by an upper respiratory tract infection or acute exacerbation of allergies. It occurs when flying in an aircraft or during deep sea diving and is due to non-equilibration...

Harlequin ichthyosis or Harlequin baby

A rare autosomal recessive disease of infants in which the baby is encased in a massive, horny shell of dense, plate-like scale (hyperkeratotic ‘cocoon’) with deep cracks (fissures), accompanied by contraction abnormalities of the eyes (ectropion), turning outwards of a lip (eclabium), and flattened...

Maggot Therapy

Also called; Biodebridement, Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) or Larval therapy. This is the controlled, therapeutic application of live blowfly (Lucilia sp) larvae ("maggots") into non-healing wounds to to aid in wound debridement (cleaning), disinfection and/or healing.It can also be termed "Therapeutic...

Myiasis

 Infestation of a live Vertebrate (human or animal)  by the larvae of flies, characterized as cutaneous (subdermal tissue), gastrointestinal, nasopharyngeal, ocular or urinary symptoms depending on the region invaded. Often caused by two-winged (dipterous) flies. Oral Myiasis This condition...