Health Library - Illnesses/Conditions

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A

• abruptio placenta
• acne (acne vulgaris)
• acne rosacea (rosacea; adult acne)
• addison's disease (adrenal insufficiency)
• agranulocytosis (granulocytopenia; neutropenia)
• aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
• alcoholism
• alopecia areata
• altitude illness
• alzheimer's disease (presenile dementia)
• amebiasis (amebic dysentery; entamebiasis)
• amenorrhea
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als; lou gehrig's disease)
• anal fissure
• anaphylaxis (allergic shock--life threatening emergency)
• anemia, aplastic
• anemia during pregnancy
• anemia, folic-acid deficiency
• anemia, hemolytic
• anemia, iron-deficiency
• anemia, pernicious (b-12 deficiency anemia)
• aneurysm
• angina pectoris
• animal bites
• ankylosing spondylitis (marie-strumpell disease)
• anorexia nervosa
• anxiety
• appendicitis
• arthritis, infectious (septic arthritis)
• arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid
• arthritis, rheumatoid
• asbestosis
• asthma
• atelectasis
• atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
• athlete's foot (tinea pedis; ringworm of the feet)
• atrial fibrillation
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)

B

• back pain (sciatica)
• balanitis
• baldness, pattern, male & female
• barotitis media (barotrauma)
• bed-wetting (enuresis)
• bell's palsy
• bladder tumor
• blastomycosis (north american blastomycosis; gilchrist's disease)
• blepharitis
• blood poisoning (septicemia; septic shock; bacteremia)
• blood-transfusion reaction
• boils (furuncles; carbuncles)
• bone fracture
• botulism
• brain or epidural abscess
• brain tumor
• breast cancer
• bronchiectasis
• bronchiolitis
• bronchitis, acute
• bronchitis, chronic
• brucellosis (undulant fever; bang's disease)
• buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
• bulimia nervosa
• bunion (hallux valgus)
• burns
• bursitis

C

• calcium imbalance (hypercalcemia; hypocalcemia)
• canker sores (aphthous ulcers)
• carbon monoxide poisoning
• carcinoid syndrome
• cardiac arrest
• cardiomyopathy
• carpal-tunnel syndrome
• cat-scratch disease
• cataract
• Celiac disease (gluten enteropathy; non-tropical sprue)
• cellulitis (erysipelas)
• cerebral palsy (cp)
• cervical erosion
• cervical polyps
• cervical spondylosis
• cervicitis
• cervix cancer
• chalazion
• chickenpox (varicella)
• chlamydia infection
• cholecystitis or cholangitis
• cholesterol, high (hypercholesterolemia)
• chronic fatigue syndrome
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd; emphysema)
• cirrhosis of the liver
• claudication
• cold, common
• colic in infants
• colitis, ulcerative (granulomatous colitis)
• congestive heart failure
• conjunctivitis (pink eye)
• constipation
• convulsion, febrile
• cor pulmonale (pulmonary hypertension)
• corn or callus
• corneal abrasion and ulcer
• coronary-artery disease (arteriosclerotic heart disease)
• costochondritis (tietze's syndrome)
• crohn's disease (regional ileitis; granulomatous ileitis or ileocolitis)
• croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
• cryptococcosis (torulosis)
• cushing's syndrome
• cystic fibrosis (cf)
• cystitis (bladder infection)

D

• decompression sickness (bends)
• dehydration (fluid & electrolyte loss)
• dementia (senility)
• depression
• dermatitis, atopic
• dermatitis, contact (housewives' eczema)
• dermatitis, herpetiformis
• dermatitis, seborrheic
• diabetes insipidus
• diabetes mellitus, insulin-dependent (type i diabetes; iddm)
• diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
• diabetic foot & skin problems
• diabetic hypoglycemia
• diaper rash
• diarrhea, acute
• diarrhea, chronic, non-specific of childhood
• diphtheria
• disk, ruptured (herniated disk; slipped disk)
• dislocation or subluxation
• disseminated intravascular coagulation (defibrination syndrome; consumption coagulopathy; dic)
• diverticular disease (diverticulosis; diverticulitis)
• down syndrome (trisomy 21)
• drowning, near
• drug abuse & addiction
• drug hypersensitivity
• dumping syndrome
• dysentery, bacillary (shigellosis)
• dyshidrosis
• dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps)
• dyspareunia
• dysphagia
• dysplastic nevi
• dysthymia (low-grade depression)

E

• ear infection, middle (otitis media)
• ear infection, outer (otitis externa; swimmer's ear)
• eardrum, ruptured (tympanic-membrane perforation)
• earwax blockage (cerumen impaction)
• ectopic pregnancy
• eczema (infantile eczema; neurodermatitis)
• electric shock
• encephalitis, viral
• encopresis
• endocarditis (bacterial endocarditis; infective endocarditis)
• endometrial hyperplasia (adenomatous hyperplasia of the uterus)
• endometriosis
• entropion & ectropion
• epididymitis
• epiglottitis, acute
• erythema multiforme
• erythema nodosum
• esophageal stricture or corrosive esophagitis
• esophagus, cancer of
• exophthalmos (proptosis)
• extradural hemorrhage (epidural hemorrhage)
• eye contusion or laceration
• eye, foreign body in
• eye tumor

F

• failure to thrive
• fainting (syncope)
• fecal impaction
• fertility problems in men
• fertility problems in women
• fetal alcohol syndrome (fas)
• fever of unknown origin
• fibrocystic breast disease (chronic cystic mastitis; benign breast lesions)
• fibroid tumors of the uterus (myomas; leiomyomas)
• fibrositis (fibromyositis; fibromyalgia)
• fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)
• folliculitis
• food allergy & intolerance
• food poisoning
• frostbite

G

• gallstones (cholelithiasis)
• gangrene
• gastric erosion
• gastritis
• gastroenteritis ("stomach flu"; "intestinal flu")
• gastroesophageal reflux disease (heartburn)
• genitourinary injury (bladder injury; kidney injury; urethra injury; ureter injury; penis or testis injury)
• giardiasis
• gilbert's syndrome (hyperbilirubinemia)
• gingivitis
• glaucoma, chronic open-angle (open-angle glaucoma)
• glaucoma, primary angle-closure (acute glaucoma; narrow-angle glaucoma; closed-angle glaucoma)
• glomerulonephritis (post-infectious, acute or chronic glomerulonephritis)
• gonorrhea
• gout
• granuloma annulare
• Granuloma, pyogenic
• guillain-barre syndrome (infectious polyneuropathy; acute idiopathic polyneuritis)

H

• hand, foot & mouth disease
• hantavirus (hantaviral pulmonary syndrome)
• hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
• head injury
• headache, cluster
• headache, tension (stress headache)
• hearing impairment or loss (deafness)
• heart attack (myocardial infarction)
• heart block (atrioventricular block)
• heart murmurs
• heart-rhythm irregularity (arrhythmia)
• heart-valve disease (valvular heart disease)
• heartbeat, rapid (tachycardia; paroxysmal tachycardia)
• heatstroke or heat exhaustion (sunstroke; heat prostration)
• heel spur (calcaneal spur)
• hemophilia
• hemorrhoids (piles)
• hepatitis, viral
• hepatoma (malignant liver tumor; hepatocellular carcinoma)
• hernia
• herpangina
• herpes, genital
• herpes simplex (cold sores; fever blisters)
• herpes zoster (shingles)
• herpetic whitlow
• hiatal hernia
• hiccup (hiccough; singultus)
• hidradenitis suppurativa
• hip dislocation, congenital
• hip fracture (femoral neck fracture)
• histoplasmosis
• hiv infection & aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
• hives (urticaria; giant urticaria)
• hodgkin's disease
• hyperaldosteronism (aldosteronism)
• hyperemesis gravidarum
• hyperhidrosis
• hyperlipidemia, types i, ii, iii, iv, v (hyperlipoproteinemia)
• hypernephroma (kidney tumor)
• hyperparathyroidism
• hypertension (high blood pressure)
• hyperthyroidism (thyrotoxicosis; toxic goiter; graves' disease)
• hypochondriasis
• hypoparathyroidism
• hypothermia
• hypothyroidism

I

• id reaction (autoeczematization; autosensitization)
• idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (ihss)
• immunodeficiency disease
• impetigo (pyoderma)
• impotence, male sexual (erectile dysfunction)
• incontinence
• indigestion (dyspepsia; non-ulcer dyspepsia)
• influenza (flu; grippe)
• insect bites & stings
• insomnia (sleep disorder)
• intestinal obstruction
• intussusception
• irritable bowel syndrome (spastic colon or colitis; mucous colitis)

K

• kaposi's sarcoma
• keloids
• keratitis
• keratoses, seborrheic
• keratosis, actinic
• keratosis pilaris
• kidney infection, acute (pyelonephritis, acute)
• kidney infection, chronic (pyelonephritis, chronic)
• kidney, polycystic

L

• labyrinthitis
• lactose intolerance (milk intolerance; lactase deficiency)
• large-intestine cancer (colon cancer; colorectal cancer)
• large-intestine polyp
• larva migrans, cutaneous (creeping eruptions)
• laryngitis
• larynx cancer (laryngeal cancer)
• lead poisoning
• legg-perthes disease (slipped femoral epiphysis; coxa plana)
• legionnaire's disease (legionella pneumophilia bronchopneumonia)
• leukemia, acute
• leukemia, chronic lymphocytic
• leukoplakia
• lice (pediculosis; head lice; body lice; "crabs")
• lichen planus
• lipomas
• liver cancer
• lung abscess
• lung cancer (bronchogenic carcinoma)
• lupus erythematosus, discoid (dle)
• lupus erythematosus, systemic (sle)
• lyme disease (lyme arthritis)
• lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv; lymphogranuloma inguinale)
• lymphoma, non-hodgkin's (lymphosarcoma; reticulum cell sarcoma)

M

• mastitis (breast abscess)
• measles (red measles; rubeola)
• melanoma
• meniere's disease
• meningitis, aseptic (viral meningitis)
• meningitis, bacterial (spinal meningitis)
• menopause
• menorrhagia
• migraine
• miscarriage (spontaneous abortion)
• mitral valve prolapse
• molluscum contagiosum
• mononucleosis, infectious (mono)
• morning sickness during pregnancy
• motion sickness (car, sea or air sickness)
• mouth or tongue tumor, benign
• multiple myeloma (primary bone-marrow cancer)
• multiple sclerosis (ms)
• mumps
• muscular dystrophy
• myasthenia gravis
• myocarditis

N

• narcolepsy
• nasal polyps
• nasal septum, deviated
• nephrotic syndrome (nephrosis)
• nose fracture
• nosebleed (epistaxis)

O

• obesity
• obsessive compulsive disorder
• oral cancer
• osgood-schlatter disease (osteochondrosis)
• Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease)
• osteomyelitis
• osteoporosis
• otosclerosis
• ovarian cancer
• ovarian tumor, benign

P

• paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans)
• pancreas cancer
• pancreatitis
• panic disorder
• paralysis
• parkinson's disease
• paronychia
• pelvic inflammatory disease (pid)
• penis cancer
• pericarditis, acute
• periodontitis (gum inflammation)
• peripheral neuropathy (peripheral neuritis)
• peritonitis
• pharyngitis
• pheochromocytoma
• phobias
• photosensitivity
• pica
• pilonidal cyst
• pinworms (enterobiasis)
• pituitary gland, underactive (hypopituitarism)
• pituitary tumor
• pityriasis alba
• pityriasis rosea
• placenta previa
• pleural effusion (empyema; hemothorax)
• pleurisy
• pneumoconiosis
• pneumonia, bacterial
• Pneumonia, mycoplasma (primary atypical pneumonia; "walking pneumonia"; eaton-agent pneumonia)
• pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii
• pneumonia, viral
• pneumothorax
• poison ivy, oak, sumac
• polyarteritis nodosa (polyarteritis; necrotizing angiitis)
• polycystic ovarian syndrome (stein-leventhal syndrome)
• polycythemia
• polymyalgia rheumatica or temporal arteritis
• polymyositis & dermatomyositis
• porphyria
• postpartum depression (postnatal depression)
• post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
• potassium imbalance
• premature ejaculation
• premature labor
• premenstrual syndrome (pms)
• priapism
• prickly heat (miliaria rubra)
• proctitis
• prostate cancer
• prostate, enlarged (prostate hypertrophy;
• prostatitis
• pruritis ani (anal itching)
• pruritis vulvae
• pseudogout
• pseudomembranous enterocolitis
• psittacosis (parrot fever; ornithosis)
• psoriasis
• psoriatic arthritis
• ptosis
• puerperal infection (puerperal fever; postpartum infection)
• pulmonary edema
• pulmonary embolism
• purpura, allergic (anaphylactoid purpura)
• pyloric stenosis, congenital (hypertrophic pyloric stenosis)

R

• rabies (hydrophobia)
• radiation sickness
• rape crisis syndrome
• raynaud's phenomenon
• rectal prolapse (procidentia)
• reiter's syndrome
• renal failure, acute (kidney failure, acute)
• renal failure, chronic (uremia)
• respiratory syncytial virus (rsv)
• retinal detachment
• reye's syndrome
• rh incompatibility (erythroblastosis fetalis)
• rheumatic fever
• ringworm
• rocky mountain spotted fever (tick typhus)
• roseola infantum (exanthem subitum)
• roundworms (ascariasis)
• rubella (german measles)

S

• salivary gland disorders
• salmonella infections
• scabies
• scarlet fever
• scleritis
• scleroderma (progressive system sclerosis)
• scoliosis (curvature of the spine)
• seasonal affective disorder
• sebaceous cyst (epidermoid cyst; wens)
• seizure disorder (epilepsy)
• sexual dysfunction, female
• shock
• shoulder, frozen (adhesive capsulitis)
• sickle-cell anemia & sickle-cell trait
• silicosis
• sinusitis
• sjogren's syndrome
• Skin cancer, basal-cell
• skin cancer, squamous-cell
• skin lesions, benign
• sleep apnea
• small intestine tumor (small bowel neoplasms)
• snakebite
• sodium imbalance
• sores, pressure (bed sores; decubitus ulcers)
• spinal-cord tumor
• sporotrichosis
• sprains & strains (pulled muscle)
• stomach cancer (gastric carcinoma)
• strabismus
• strep throat (streptococcal sore throat)
• stroke (cerebrovascular accident)
• stye (hordeolum)
• subarachnoid hemorrhage
• subconjunctival hemorrhage
• subdural hemorrhage & hematoma
• sunburn
• syphilis

T

• tapeworm (taenia saginata)
• tay-sachs disease
• tear duct infection or blockage (dacryocystitis or dacryostenosis)
• teething (cutting teeth; tooth eruption)
• telogen effluvium
• temporomandibular joint syndrome (myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome)
• tendinitis
• tennis elbow (epicondylitis)
• testes, undescended (cryptorchidism)
• testicular cancer
• testicle torsion
• tetanus (lockjaw)
• thalassemia (mediterranean anemia)
• thoracic-outlet obstruction syndrome
• thrombocytopenia
• thrombophlebitis, superficial (phlebitis; phlebothrombosis)
• thrombosis, deep-vein
• thrombosis & embolus, arterial
• thrush
• thumb-sucking
• thyroid nodule
• thyroiditis
• tinea versicolor
• tinnitus
• toenail, ingrown
• tongue inflammation (glossitis)
• tonsillitis
• tooth abscess (periapical abscess; periodontal abscess)
• tooth decay (caries; dental decay; cavities)
• tooth grinding (bruxism)
• torticollis (wryneck)
• toxemia of pregnancy (pre-eclampsia & eclampsia)
• toxic shock syndrome (tss)
• toxoplasmosis
• transient ischemic attack (tia)
• trench mouth (necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis;
• trichinosis
• trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)
• tuberculosis (tb)
• typhoid fever

U

• ulcer, peptic (duodenal ulcer; gastric ulcer)
• urethritis
• urinary calculi (renal calculi; kidney stones; bladder stones)
• uterine bleeding, dysfunctional (premenopausal abnormal uterine bleeding)
• uterine bleeding, postmenopausal
• uterine cancer (endometrial carcinoma)
• uterine prolapse
• uveitis (iritis; cyclitis; choroiditis; retinitis)

V

• vagina or vulva cancer
• vaginismus
• vaginitis, bacterial (gardnerella vaginitis; nonspecific vaginitis)
• vaginitis, monilial (vaginal yeast infection; vaginal candidiasis)
• vaginitis, postmenopausal (atrophic vaginitis)
• vaginitis, trichomonal (trichomoniasis)
• valley fever (san joaquin valley fever; coccidioidomycosis; "cocci")
• varicose veins
• vitamin a deficiency
• vitamin b deficiencies
• vitamin c deficiency (scurvy)
• vitamin d deficiency
• vitamin e deficiency
• vitamin k deficiency
• vitiligo
• vocal-cord nodules ("singer's nodes")
• vulvovaginitis before puberty

W

• warts (verruca vulgaris; plantar warts)
• warts, venereal (condylomata acuminata;
• whiplash (acceleration-deceleration cervical injury)
• whooping cough (pertussis)
• wilm's tumor (congenital nephroblastoma)

Z

• zinc deficiency