asymptomatic

(adjective)

not exhibiting any symptoms of disease.

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Examples of asymptomatic in the following topics:

  • Flatfoot and Clawfoot

    • Most flexible flat feet are asymptomatic and do not cause pain.
    • However, three military studies on asymptomatic adults suggest that persons with asymptomatic flat feet are at least as tolerant of foot stress as the population with various grades of arch.
    • Asymptomatic flat feet are no longer a service disqualification in the U.S. military.
    • Most flexible flat feet are asymptomatic and do not cause pain.
    • However, three military studies on asymptomatic adults suggest that people with asymptomatic flat feet are at least as tolerant of foot stress as the population with various grades of arch.

  • Blastomycosis

    • Skin lesions, usually asymptomatic, that appear as ulcerated lesions with small pustules at the margins
    • Prostatitis may be asymptomatic or may cause pain on urinating.
    • The incubation period is 30 to 100 days, although infection can be asymptomatic.

  • Gonorrhea

    • Women, on the other hand, are asymptomatic half the time or have vaginal discharge and pelvic pain.
    • Half of women with gonorrhea are asymptomatic while others have vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain or pain with intercourse.
    • Such infection is asymptomatic in 90% of cases, and produces a sore throat in the remaining 10%.

  • Exceptions to Koch's Postulates

    • Koch abandoned the requirement of the first postulate altogether when he discovered asymptomatic carriers of cholera and, later, of typhoid fever.
    • Asymptomatic or subclinical infection carriers are now known to be a common feature of many infectious diseases, especially viruses such as polio, herpes simplex, HIV, and hepatitis C.

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

    • PID can be asymptomatic or present with acute symptoms.
    • Asymptomatic infections should be treated as well, since they can still cause permanent damage to the reproductive tract.

  • Nephroptosis (Floating Kidney)

    • Nephroptosis is asymptomatic in most patients.
    • Nephropexy was performed in the past to stabilize the kidney, but presently surgery is not recommended in asymptomatic patients.

  • Glucosuria

    • In most affected individuals, the condition causes no apparent symptoms (asymptomatic) or serious effects.

  • Amoebic Dysentery (Amoebiasis)

    • Interestingly, individuals can be asymptomatic if infected with trophozoites and can function as carriers by passing cysts in their stool.

  • Bacterial Vaginosis

    • Bacterial vaginosis may be completely asymptomatic.

  • Hydrogen Oxidation

    • However, over 80 percent of individuals infected with the bacterium are asymptomatic.
    • However, over 80 percent of individuals infected with the bacterium are asymptomatic.