Some cancer patients treat the loss of their hair from chemotherapy as a metonymy or metaphor for all the losses caused by the disease.Some diseases are used as metaphors for social ills: "Cancer" is a common description for anything that is endemic and destructive in society, such as poverty, injustice, or racism. AIDS was seen as a divine judgment for moral decadence, and only by purging itself from the "pollution" of the "invader" could society become healthy again. More recently, when AIDS seemed less threatening, this type of emotive language was applied to avian flu and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Authors in the 19th century commonly used tuberculosis as a symbol and a metaphor for transcendence. People with the disease were portrayed in literature as having risen above daily life to become ephemeral objects of spiritual or artistic achievement. In the 20th century, after its cause was better understood, the same disease became the emblem of poverty, squalor, and other social problems. See also
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Health Topics, MedlinePlus descriptions of most diseases, with access to current research articles. OMIM Comprehensive information on genes that cause disease at Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
CTD The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database is a scientific resource connecting chemicals, genes, and human diseases.
Enalapril/hydrochlorothiazide, sold under the brand name Vaseretic among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication used for the treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). It contains enalapril, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, and hydrochlorothiazide a diuretic. It is taken by mouth.The most frequent side effects include dizziness, headache, fatigue, and cough. History
Enalapril/hydrochlorothiazide was approved for medical use in the United States in October 1986. References
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Frishman WH, Goldberger J, Sherman D (December 1987). "Enalapril, hydrochlorothiazide, and combination therapy in patients with moderate hypertension". J Clin Hypertens. 3 (4): 520–7. PMID 2839628. External links
"Enalapril". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Hydrochlorothiazide". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine.