Hypoxia
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Hypoxia
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1. Acute Pancreatitis
Sudden severe inflammation of the pancreas causing digestive complaints....read more »
2. Acute lower respiratory conditions
An acute condition that occurs in the lower respiratory tract...read more »
3. Acute mountain sickness
A condition that occurs when an un-acclimatized person climbs to high altitudes....read more »
4. Asphyxia neonatorum
A condition where a newborn infant fails to start breathing on its own in the minutes following birth....read more »
5. Asthma
Repeated attacks of breathing difficulty....read more »
6. Bronchiectasis
Chronic bronchiole dilation from secretions and blockages....read more »
7. Bronchiolitis
Inflammation of the bronchioles....read more »
8. Bronchiolitis obliterans
Disease of the lungs in which the bronchioles are plugged with granulation tissue....read more »
9. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
Inflammation of lung tissue (bronchioles and surrounding tissue) which may occur on its own or as a result of other conditions such as certain infections....read more »
10. Bronchogenic carcinoma
When cells of the lung start growing rapidly in an uncontrolled manner, the condition is called lung cancer ....read more »
11. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
A rare form of infant lung disease that usually occurs as a complication of ventilator use in premature babies....read more »
12. COPD
Severe obstruction of bronchial air flow typically from bronchitis and/or emphysema....read more »
13. Chemical poisoning -- Nitrotoluene
Nitrotoluene is a chemical used mainly in industrial applications for the production of things such as agricultural chemicals, explosives, rubber chemicals, sulfur dyes and azo dyes. Ingestion and other exposures to the chemical can cause various symptoms...read more »
14. Chemical poisoning -- Sodium Oleate
Sodium Oleate is a chemical used mainly in insecticides. Ingestion and other exposures to the chemical can cause various symptoms. The type and severity of symptoms varies depending on the amount of chemical involved and the nature of the exposure....read more »
15. Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
A lung disease caused by breathing in coal dust. The condition is generally associated with employees in the coal industry. Symptoms usually resolve when exposure to coal dust stops....read more »
16. Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease affecting the exocrine (mucus) glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines, causing progressive disability due to multisystem failure....read more »
17. Cystic adenomatoid malformation of lung
A rare birth condition where the lungs fail to develop normally during the fetal stage and cysts form in parts of the lung instead of normal alveolar tissue....read more »
18. Diphtheria
Infectious bacterial respiratory disease...read more »
19. Ebstein's anomaly
A congenital heart defect where the tricuspid valve is deformed. The tricuspid valve in the heart normally has three flaps that control blood flow but in Ebstein's anomaly, one of the flaps remains open instead of closing and allows blood to leak through....read more »
20. Eisenmenger Syndrome
Increased lung blood pressure that can result from conditions such as a hole in the wall between the two heart chambers....read more »
21. Emphysema
Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is defined as an abnormal, permanent enlargement of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis....read more »
22. Hamman-Rich syndrome
A rare acute lung disease where the lung sufferers progressive inflammation and fibrosis which often leads to death....read more »
23. Hantavirus
A genus of viruses from the family Bunyaviridae...read more »
24. Heart attack
Serious and often fatal acute heart condition...read more »
25. Legionnaires' disease
A severe respiratory disease which is caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacteria. The condition can result in pneumonia and can be life-threatening....read more »
26. Liver failure
Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon condition in which the rapid deterioration of liver function results in coagulopathy and alteration in the mental status of a previously healthy individual....read more »
27. Malignant hyperthermia
A very rare genetic disorder where sufferers suffer episodes of adverse reactions when certain anesthetics or muscle relaxants are administered....read more »
28. Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Lung disease mostly in premature newborns; see also adult RDS....read more »
29. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
A severe, potentially fatal reaction to antipsychotic drugs....read more »
30. Pneumonia
Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus....read more »
31. Poisoning
The condition produced by poison...read more »
32. Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
A rare chronic lung condition where accumulation of protein or phospholipids material in the lung air sacs prevent the lungs from effectively clearing any inhaled particles such as sawdust. The condition may disappear, remain stable or progress. Chronic f...read more »
33. Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, congenital
A rare lung disease where protein and fat molecules accumulate in the distant parts of the lungs and affect breathing....read more »
34. Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect
A congenital heart defect where the pulmonary artery is closed off so that blood is unable to flow out to the lungs via the pulmonary artery. An abnormal opening between the two sides of the heart also allow blood to flow between the two heart chambers. T...read more »
35. Pulmonary edema
Severe condition of excess fluid in the lungs....read more »
36. Pulmonary embolism
Blocked lung blood vessel often from a blood clot....read more »
37. Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension refers to high blood pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood to the lungs. Blood pressure in other parts of the body is normal or sometimes even low. The condition may be caused by such things as lung conditions (e.g. emphyse...read more »
38. Pulmonary valve stenosis
Often a congenital defect but may be caused by such things as rheumatic fever or bacterial endocarditis. Severity depends on the degree of narrowing of the pulmonary valve....read more »
39. Pulmonary venous return anomaly
A rare disorder where one or more of the four veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs drain to the right atrium of the heart instead of the left atrium. Symptom severity is determined by the number of veins involved and the exact location of the ...read more »
40. SARS
Serious respiratory infection...read more »
41. Severe asthma
42. Single ventricular heart
A rare birth defect where the heart has only one ventricle instead of two....read more »
43. Strangulation
The arrest of circulation in a part of the body due to compression...read more »
44. Transposition of great arteries
A congenital malformation where the aorta and pulmonary artery are transposed which causes oxygenated blood from the lungs to be sent back to the lungs and de-oxygenated blood to be sent to body tissues. Often there is some other defect such as an opening...read more »
45. Trichosporin infection
A very rare infectious disease caused by the Trichosporon species. This type of infection tends to be opportunistic and hence only affects patients who are immunocompromised - patients with blood cancers appear to be the most prone. The infection may be l...read more »
46. Ventricular septal defect
An abnormal connection between the 2 lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart....read more »
47. Whooping Cough
An infectious condition caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis...read more »
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