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This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
Alzheimer's disease: AD Attachment disorder: ADD Attention deficit disorder: ADD-RT Attention deficit disorder – residual type ADEM Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: AERD Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease: AF or A-fib Atrial fibrillation: AGS Aicardi–Goutières syndrome: AH Acquired ...
The term medically unexplained symptoms is in some cases treated as synonymous to older terms such as psychosomatic symptoms, conversion disorders, somatic symptoms, somatisations or somatoform disorders; as well as contemporary terms such as functional disorders, bodily distress, and persistent physical symptoms. [6]
Reactive airway disease; Reactive arthritis; Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) Reactive attachment disorder of early childhood; Reactive attachment disorder of infancy; Reactive hypoglycemia; Reardon–Hall–Slaney syndrome; Reardon–Wilson–Cavanagh syndrome; Rectal neoplasm; Rectophobia; Rectosigmoid neoplasm; Recurrent laryngeal papillomas
Autonomic nervous system diseases; Autosomal dominant leukodystrophy with autonomic disease; Autosomal dominant porencephaly type I; Autosomal recessive axonal neuropathy with neuromyotonia; Autosomal recessive isolated ectopia lentis; Avian Flu; Avoidant personality disorder; Axial mesodermal dysplasia; Axial mesodermal dysplasia spectrum ...
Reproductive tract infection (RTI) are infections that affect the reproductive tract, which is part of the reproductive system.For females, reproductive tract infections can affect the upper reproductive tract (fallopian tubes, ovary and uterus) and the lower reproductive tract (vagina, cervix and vulva); for males these infections affect the penis, testicles, urethra or the vas deferens.
Adult-onset immunodeficiency syndrome is a type of immunodeficiency. It is linked to vulnerability to disseminated infections brought on by opportunistic pathogens. People with this condition have increased levels of anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies. These particular immune system proteins mistakenly target an individual's own tissues.
Paraphilias are sexual interests in objects, situations, or individuals that are atypical. The American Psychiatric Association, in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM), draws a distinction between paraphilias (which it describes as atypical sexual interests) and paraphilic disorders (which additionally require the experience of distress, impairment in functioning, and/or ...