List of health sciences topics

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Contents 1 General topics 2 Diagnostic methods 3 Cardiology 4 Respiratory 5 Gastrointestinal 5.1 Stomach 5.2 Small bowel 5.3 Appendix 5.4 Colon 6 Liver 6.1 Gallbladder 7 Endocrine disease 7.1 Thyroid 7.2 Parathyroid disease 7.3 Pituitary hormones 7.4 Adrenal cortex 8 Pancreas 9 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 10 Renal 11 Urology and Andrology 12 Rheumatology 13 Neurology 14 Psychiatry 15 Dermatology 16 Oncology 17 Ophthalmology 18 Palliative care 19 Surgical specialties 20 Diagnostic specialities

[edit] General topics

• health
• disease
• doctor
• physician
• surgeon
• surgery
• hospital
• nurse
• medication

[edit] Diagnostic methods

• physical examination
• medical history
• auscultation
• stethoscope
• percussion
• medical imaging
• X-ray
• medical ultrasonography
• blood work

Medical specialities by organ system:

[edit] Cardiology

• Congenital heart disease
  • ASD, VSD, Aortic coarctation, Tetralogy of Fallot
• Myocarditis
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Coronary heart disease
• Cardiac arrhythmias

[edit] Respiratory

• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis
• Tuberculosis
• Asthma
• Lung cancer
• Allergy

[edit] Gastrointestinal

• Oesophagus
• Heartburn
• Reflux esophagitis
• Barretts disease
• Hiatus hernia
• Cancer of oesophagus
• Oesophageal pouch
• Achalasia

[edit] Stomach

• Gastric ulcer
• stomach cancer
• Helicobacter pylori
• GERD
• Mallory-Weiss syndrome
• Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

[edit] Small bowel

Duodenal atresia ~ Giardiasis ~ Coeliac disease ~ Crohn's disease ~ Intestinal volvulus ~ Lymphoma ~ Meckel's diverticulum ~ Malabsorption ~

[edit] Appendix

• Appendicitis
• Carcinoid tumour

[edit] Colon

• Infective colitis
• Intestinal volvulus
• Hirschprung disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Cancer
• Crohn's disease
• Diverticulitis
• Diarrhea
• Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS

[edit] Liver

• Viral hepatitis
• Nonviral hepatitis
• Hepatocarcinoma
• Metastatic tumor
• Jaundice
• Liver transplant

[edit] Gallbladder

• Gallstones
• Cholecystitis
• Gallbladder cancer

[edit] Endocrine disease

[edit] Thyroid

• Thyroiditis
  • Hashimoto thyroididtis, autoimmune thyroid disease
• Hypothyroidism
• Graves Disease
• Thyroid cancer

[edit] Parathyroid disease

• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypoparathyroidism

[edit] Pituitary hormones

• Acromegaly
• Prolactinoma
• Pituitary tumours
• gigantism
• dwarfism

[edit] Adrenal cortex

• Cushing's disease
• Conn's syndrome
• Adrenal failure

[edit] Pancreas

• Pancreatitis
• Diabetes
• Carcinoma of pancreas
• Cystic fibrosis and the pancreas

[edit] Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• Child birth
• Cesarean section
• Pre-eclampsia
• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic villus biopsy
• Home birth
• Premature labour
• Miscarriage
• Abortion
• Abruption
• Placenta praevia
• Hydatiform mole

[edit] Renal

• Pyelonephritis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Renal carcinoma
• Renal failure
• Renal dialysis
• Test of renal function
• Kidney stones

[edit] Urology and Andrology

[edit] Rheumatology

[edit] Neurology

• Cerebral palsy
• Mental retardation

[edit] Psychiatry

[edit] Dermatology

• Eczema
• Contact dermatitis
• Psoriasis
• Lichen simplex chronicus
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Ring worm
• Tinea
• Vitiligo
• Baldness
• Lichen planus
• Viral warts
• Impetigo
• Seborrheic keratosis

[edit] Oncology

[edit] Ophthalmology

[edit] Palliative care

[edit] Surgical specialties

• Neurosurgery
• Ear nose and throat
• Ophthalmology
• Head and neck.
• Thoracic
• Abdominal and colo-rectal
• Orthopaedics
• Trauma surgery
• Plastic surgery

[edit] Diagnostic specialities

• Radiology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Anatomical pathology
• Forensic Pathology
• Microbiology
• Haematology
• Biochemical pathology
• Immunology