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Obsolete term Preferred term Reference Notes Apoplexy: Stroke [1] Also a general term for internal bleeding in a specific organ. Bends: Decompression sickness [2] Referred to the associated musculoskeletal issues of decompression illness. Bilious remitting fever: Dengue fever [3] Used in reference to a 1780 outbreak in Philadelphia. Break-bone ...
Diseases and disorders VACTERL-H Vertebral abnormalities, Anal atresia, Cardiac defects, Tracheoesophageal fistula, Esophageal atresia, Renal and radial abnormalities, Limb abnormalities with Hydrocephalus VAED Vaccine-associated enhanced disease VCFS Velo cardio facial syndrome: vCJD variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: VD Venereal disease: VHF
A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders. A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance. Lists of animal diseases; List of autoimmune diseases; List of cancer types; List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases
The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child.
Leukotriene receptor antagonist-associated Churg–Strauss syndrome; Levator ani syndrome; Leydig cell hypoplasia; Liddle's syndrome; Liebenberg syndrome; LIG4 syndrome; Lima syndrome; Limb girdle syndrome; Limber tail syndrome; Limb–mammary syndrome; Linburg–Comstock syndrome; Li–Fraumeni syndrome; Locked-in syndrome; Locomotive syndrome ...
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
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 ...
Autoimmune diseases: Autoimmune diseases are associated with Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection, and Borrelia miyamotoi infection, [1] and HIV, [6] and the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. [7] Autoimmune thyroid disease is associated with Epstein-Barr virus. [8] Cancer: Anal cancer is associated with human papillomaviruses. [9]