Dyscrasia, is a concept from ancient Greek medicine with the word "dyskrasia", meaning bad mixture. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the [1]
Ancient use
To the Greeks, it meant an imbalance of the four humors: blood, black bile, yellow bile, and water (phlegm). Humorism, or humoralism, was a theory of the makeup and workings of the human body adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells €”such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products Erich Adickes, Eduard Spränger, Ernst Kretschmer, and Erich Fromm all theorized on the four temperaments (with different names and greatly Phlegm ( is sticky Fluid secreted by the Mucous membranes of Humans and other Animals. These humors were believed to exist in the body, and were the direct cause of all disease. A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly
This is similar to the Asian concept of Yin and Yang that an imbalance of the two polarities caused ailment. In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin and yang ( is used to describe how seemingly opposing forces are bound together intertwined and interdependent in the
Modern use
It is still occasionally used in medical context for an unspecified disorder of the blood. [2] Specifically it is defined in current medicine as a morbid general state resulting from the presence of abnormal material in the blood, usually applied to diseases affecting blood cells or platelets. [3]
Antimetabolitic agents such as Leucovorin, Methotrexate, etc. An antimetabolite is a chemical with a similar structure to a substance (a Metabolite) required for normal biochemical reactions yet different enough to interfere with the normal Folinic acid ( INN) or leucovorin ( USAN) generally administered as calcium folinate (or leucovorin calcium) is an Adjuvant may cause blood dyscrasias. Spironolactone (Potassium sparing diuretic), when used as a pro-drug to treat Conn syndrome may cause this side effect
References
- ^ Aphorism 79 or Organon of Medicine by Dr. Spironolactone (marketed under the trade names Aldactone, Novo-Spiroton, Spiractin, Spirotone, Verospiron or Berlactone Potassium-sparing diuretics are Diuretic drugs that do not promote the secretion of Potassium into the Urine. Primary Aldosteronism, also known as primary Hyperaldosteronism and Conn syndrome, is characterized by the overproduction of the Mineralocorticoid Samuel Hahnemann
- ^ d_31/12316913 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ^ Stedman's medical dictionary, 6th edition