Health Dictionary
Reliable, easy-to-read patient information on common medical conditions — written in plain language, free of jargon, and grounded in current evidence. Browse the most frequent diagnoses, understand what they mean for everyday life, and learn which steps and questions help you have a focused conversation with your doctor.
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Introduction
Overview
Overview
Causes[1] [2]
Life Threatening Causes
- Adrenal Cancer
- Adrenal incidentaloma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Cancer
- Chronic renal failure
- Cirrhosis of liver
- Congestive cardiac failure
- Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
- Pituitary cancer
- Pituitary tumors
Common Causes
- Alcohol
- Aluminum chloride
- Chemotherapeutics
- Chlorhexidine
- Chronic renal failure
- Chronic suppuration
- Diabetes mellitus
- Drugs– Cyclophosphamide
- Hepatitis
- Immunosuppresives
- Influenza
- Leukemia
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Protein depletion
- Topical antiseptics
- Topical petrolatum
- Topical hemostatic preparation
- Tumor cachexia
- Vitamin deficiency
- Weight loss
- Zinc deficiency
Causes by Organ System
Cause in Alphabetical Order
- Adrenal Cancer
- Adrenal Cortex Diseases
- Adrenal gland hyperfunction
- Adrenal incidentaloma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Aging
- Alcohol
- Aluminum chloride
- Arterial occlusive disease
- Cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Chlorhexidine
- Chronic renal failure
- Chronic suppuration
- Chronic ulcer
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Circulatory disorder
- Cirrhosis of liver
- Complement component deficiency
- Complement receptor deficiency
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type X
- Congestive cardiac failure
- Cyclophosphamide
- Diabetes mellitus
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Factor XII Deficiency
- Factor XIII Deficiency
- Functioning pancreatic endocrine tumor
- Fungal infection
- Hepatitis
- HIV
- Hyperadrenalism
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypoproteinemia
- Immunosuppresives
- Influenza
- Kwashiokar
- Lack of blood supply
- Leukemia
- Leukocyte Adhesion Defect
- Lymphedema
- Malnutrition
- Mandibuloacral dysplasia
- Marasmus
- Nicotine replacement therapy
- Obesity
- Peripheral artery disease
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Pituitary cancer
- Pituitary tumors
- Protein depletion
- Radiation therapy
- Sickle cell disease
- Smoking
- Spinal cord disease
- Topical antiseptics
- Topical hemostatic preparation
- Topical petrolatum
- Tumor cachexia
- Vitamin deficiency
- Weight loss
- Zinc deficiency
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.