Conditions A–Z

Also: CKD, kidney failure (stages 3–5), renal insufficiency

3×

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss of kidney function, defined as eGFR below 60 …

Also: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, chronic bronchitis

Higher

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable chronic lung disease characterized by persistent …

Also: Endometrial tissue implants, adenomyosis (related)

~5 years

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition in which tissue similar to the endometrium (uterine lining) grows …

Also: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, favism

12%

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common inherited enzyme disorder in the world, affecting an …

Also: Open-angle glaucoma, optic neuropathy

3×

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases characterized by progressive damage to the optic nerve — …

Also: High blood pressure, HTN, elevated blood pressure

56%

Hypertension is a chronic condition in which the force of blood against artery walls is persistently …

Also: Keloid scars, hypertrophic scar (related but distinct)

15×

A keloid is a pathological type of raised scar that extends beyond the boundaries of the …

Also: LN, SLE kidney involvement, WHO class lupus nephritis

30–50%

Lupus nephritis (LN) is kidney inflammation caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) — one of the …

Also: MM, plasma cell myeloma, Kahler's disease

2×

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of plasma cells — the antibody-producing immune cells that reside …

Also: PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome, Stein-Leventhal syndrome

10–15%

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders affecting people with ovaries, …

Also: Toxemia of pregnancy, preeclampsia-eclampsia spectrum

60%

Preeclampsia is a serious hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, defined as new-onset blood pressure at or above …

Also: Prostate adenocarcinoma, PrCa, CaP

76%

Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in American men and the second leading cause …

Also: Sarcoid, Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease

3×

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by the formation of granulomas — small clusters of …

Also: SCD, sickle cell anemia, HbSS

1 in 365

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red-blood-cell disorders caused by a mutation in …

Also: Obstructive sleep apnea, OSA, sleep-disordered breathing

Higher

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep disorder characterized by repeated partial or complete upper …

Also: Lupus, SLE

3×

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease in which a dysregulated immune system generates …

Also: TNBC, ER/PR/HER2-negative breast cancer

2×

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer in which tumor cells lack expression …

Also: T2D, type 2 diabetes mellitus, adult-onset diabetes

13%

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by progressive insulin resistance and relative …

Also: Uterine leiomyoma, uterine myoma, fibroid tumors

Up to 80%

Uterine fibroids (leiomyomas) are noncancerous smooth-muscle growths of the uterine wall that range from pea-sized seedlings …

Also: Leukoderma, achromia, depigmentation

0.5–2%

Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune condition in which the immune system erroneously destroys melanocytes — the …