Health Sciences basic topics

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Medical specialities by organ system:

Table of contents 1 Cardiology 2 Respiratory 3 Gastrointestinal 3.1 Stomach 3.2 Small bowel 3.3 Appendix 3.4 Colon 4 Liver 4.1 Gallbladder 5 Endocrine disease 5.1 Thyroid 5.2 Parathyroid disease 5.3 Pituitary hormones 5.4 Adrenal cortex 6 Pancreas 7 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 8 Renal 9 Urology and Andrology 10 Rheumatology 11 Neurology 12 Psychiatry 13 Dermatology 14 Oncology 15 Palliative care[?] 16 Surgical specialisties 17 Diagnostic specialities

Cardiology

• Congenital heart disease[?] (Murmurs, "hole in the heart")
• Myocarditis[?]
• Rheumatic heart disease[?]
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Cardiac arrythmias[?]

Respiratory

• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis[?]
• Tuberculosis
• Asthma
• Lung cancer

Gastrointestinal

• Oesophagus
• Heart burn
• Reflux oesophagitis
• Barretts disease
• Hiatus hernia
• Cancer of oesophagus[?]
• Oesophageal pouch[?]
• Achalasia

Stomach

• Gastric ulcer
• Cancer of stomach[?]
• Helicobacter pylori

Small bowel

• Giardia
• Coeliac disease
• Crohns disease
• Lymphoma
• Meckels Diverticulum[?]
• Malasorption[?]

Appendix

• Appendicitis
• Carcinoid tumour[?]

Colon

• Infective colitis[?]
• Ulcerative colitis
• Cancer
• Crohns disease
• Diverticulitis[?]
• Diarrhea

Liver

• Viral Hepatitis[?]
• Non-viral hepatitis[?]
• Hepatocarcinoma[?]
• Mestatic tumour[?]
• Jaundice
• Liver transplant[?]

Gallbladder

• Gallstones[?]
• Cholecytitis[?]
• Cancer of gallbladder[?]

Endocrine disease

Thyroid

• Thyroiditis[?]
• Hypothyroidism
• Graves disease[?]
• Thyroid cancer

Parathyroid disease

• Hyperparathyroidism[?]
• Hypoparathyroidism[?]

Pituitary hormones

• Acromegaly
• Prolactinoma[?]
• Pituitary tumours

Adrenal cortex

• Cushings disese[?] (cortisone).
• Conns synrome[?] (Mineralocorticoids).
• Adrenal failure[?]

Pancreas

• Pancreatitis
• Diabetes
• Carcinoma of pancreas[?]
• Cystic fibrosis and the pancreas

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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

Renal

• Pyelonephritis[?]
• Glomerulonephritis[?]
• Polycystic disease[?]
• Renal carcinoma[?]
• Renal failure[?]
• Renal dialysis[?]
• Test of renal function[?]
• Kidney stones[?]

Urology and Andrology

Rheumatology

Neurology

• Cerebral Palsy
• Mental Retardation

Psychiatry

Dermatology

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

Oncology

Palliative care[?]

Surgical specialisties

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

Diagnostic specialities

• Radiology.[?]
• Nuclear Medicine[?]
• Anatomical pathology
• Forensic Pathology[?]
• Microbiology
• Haematology
• Biochemical pathology[?]
• Immunology