Diseases from A-Z
From A for arthritis to Z for Zika virus – find out everything you need to know about various illnesses, from the causes through to treatment.
A
- Abscesses and boils
- Achalasia
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Acne
- Alcohol abuse and alcoholism
- Allergy
- Alzheimer's disease
- Anaemia
- Anal and perianal (or anorectal) abscesses
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula
- Andropause, male menopause
- Aneurysm
- Angina pectoris
- Ankle injuries
- Anorexia
- Anxiety disorders and anxiety diseases
- Appendicitis
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arthrosis
- Asthma
B
- Bad breath and body odour
- Bartholin's cyst
- Bekhterev's disease (spondylitis)
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- Binge eating disorder
- Bladder cancer
- Blood fats and dietary fats
- Blood poisoning (sepsis)
- Bone cancer
- Bone fracture
- Bone metastases
- Bowel cancer, colon cancer
- Bowel prolapse
- Brain metastases
- Brain tumour
- Breast cancer
- Breast inflammation (mastitis)
- Broken pelvis
- Bronchitis
- Bruises, contusions, contused lacerated wounds
- Bulimia
- Burnout
- Burns
- Bursitis
- Back pain
C
- Cancer, malignant tumour
- Cardiac insufficiency
- Caries (tooth decay)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
- Cataracts
- Cervical cancer
- Chalazion
- Chickenpox
- Childhood diseases
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Coccyx fistula
- Coeliac disease
- Cold
- Cold sores (fever blisters, herpes labialis)
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Concussion
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Coronary heart disease (CHD)
- Coughing
- COVID-19 (coronavirus)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Cuts
- Cystic fibrosis
F
- Facial nerve paralysis
- Faecal incontinence
- Fatigue
- Fatigue syndrome
- Febrile seizure
- Femoral neck fracture (proximal femoral fracture)
- Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Fifth disease
- Flat head syndrome, plagiocephaly
- Fleas
- Flu (influenza)
- Folic acid deficiency
- Food allergy
- Food poisoning
- Foot deformities
- Fungal diseases
H
- Haemophilia
- Haemorrhagic fever
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Hay fever
- Headaches
- Heart arrhythmia
- Heart attack
- Heart sac inflammation
- Heart valve defect
- Heartburn
- Heatstroke
- Hepatitis (liver inflammation)
- Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E
- Hernia (inguinal, femoral, umbilical or incisional hernia)
- Hip dysplasia
- HIV and AIDS
- HPV (human papillomaviruses), anogenital warts (condylomata acuminata)
- Hydrocele
- Hyperinflated lungs, pulmonary overinflation
- Hypertension, high blood pressure
- Hyperventilation
I
- Impaired vision, visual disorders
- Impotence, potency disorder
- Infant torticollis
- Infantile cerebral palsy
- Infantile paralysis
- Infection and infectious diseases
- Infection of the ear canal (external otitis)
- Inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovaries
- Inflammation of the gallbladder
- Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia)
- Inflammation of the testicles and epididymis (paratesticles)
- Insect stings and bites
- Intestinal obstruction
- Iron deficiency
- Irritable bowel
- Itch (scabies)
- Itching
L
- Lassa fever
- Legionella
- Leukaemia (blood cancer)
- Lice
- Listeriosis
- Liver cancer
- Liver cirrhosis
- Liver metastases
- Loss of consciousness, fainting, collapse
- Low blood pressure (hypotension)
- Lower arm break
- Lower leg fracture
- Lung cancer
- Lung cancer
- Lung embolism
- Lung metastases
- Lung metastases
- Lung metastases
- Lupus (SLE)
- Lupus (SLE)
- Lymphoma
M
- Macular degeneration
- Mad cow disease
- Malaria
- Measles
- Ménière's disease
- Meningitis
- Menopause
- Menstrual disorders
- Menstrual irregularities
- Metabolic syndrome
- Metastases (overview)
- Metastatic lymph nodes
- Metastatic lymph nodes
- Middle ear infection
- Migraine
- Miscarriage
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mouth ulcers
- Multiple sclerosis
- Mumps
- Myoma
P
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Parkinson's disease
- Periodontitis, paradontosis (gum disease)
- Personality disorders
- PFAPA syndrome
- Phimosis and paraphimosis
- Pleurisy (pleuritis)
- Pneumothorax
- Poisoning
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Polycythaemia
- Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis
- Post-operative complications
- Pregnancy complications
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
- Prions, prion diseases
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate enlargement
- Pseudo croup
- Psoriasis
- Psychosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pyelitis
S
- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
- Scarlet fever
- Schizophrenia
- Scleroderma
- Scoliosis
- Sexually transmitted infections, sexually transmitted diseases
- Shingles
- Shortness of breath
- Sinus infection
- Skier's thumb
- Skin and liver spots
- Skin cancer
- Skin rash
- Sleep apnoea and microsleep
- Sliding vertebra
- Slipped disc
- Smoking
- Soft tissue lesions of the shoulder
- Sore throat
- Spinal cord injury (paraplegia)
- Splenic fever
- Sports injuries
- Squint
- Stomach ache
- Stomach cancer
- Stomach ulcer
- Stroke (cerebral apoplexy)
- Stuttering
- Stye
- Subconjunctival haemorrhage
- Sudden deafness
- Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- Sunburn
- Sunstroke
- Swine flu, Mexican flu
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Syphilis
T
- Tendency to bleed
- Tendonitis
- Tendonitis
- Tennis elbow / golfer's elbow
- Testicular cancer
- Testicular torsion
- Tetanus
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid disorders
- Tick bites
- Tilted uterus
- Tinnitus
- Toe deformities
- Tonsillitis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Transplant, transplantation, organ transplant, organ replacement
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Tropical and travel diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid and paratyphoid