Types of diseases


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I. Indisposition – slight derangement in health which can be brought back with removing the cause or just by waiting to self heal. Example: Gastric derangement after fatty food.

2.A.Acute disease  – due to physical cause

2.B. Acute disease – due to the emotional cause

2.C. Acute infectious diseases – due to microbes

3. Chronic diseases – Lifestyle disorders, Autoimmune disorders, common diseases in Kids, Males, Females, Old age, Psychiatric disorders etc. due to chronic infectious cause, psychic cause or physical cause.

3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHRONIC DISEASES

I. Lifestyle Disorders

  1. Metabolic Disorders – Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
  2. Brain – Atheroscleroma, Stroke, Alzheimer’s, Dementia
  3. Heart – Coronary Heart Disease, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertension
  4. Lung- COPD, Asthma
  5. Digestive system – Peptic ulcer, GERD, IBS
  6. Kidney – Kidney failure
  7. Uterus – PCOD
  8. Bone – Osteo Arthritis, Osteoporosis
  9. Cancer
  10. Psychiatry – Depression – Suicide

II. Autoimmune Disorders

  1. Thyroid – Grave Disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
  2. Pancreas – Type 1 Diabetes
  3. Digestive disorder – Celiac disease
  4. Adrenal gland – Addison’s Disease
  5. Bone- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatic Fever
  6. Glands – Dryness – Sjogren’s syndrome
  7. Muscles and nerves – Myasthenia gravis
  8. Nerve – Multiple Sclerosis
  9. Skin – Psoriasis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
  10. Blood – Pernicious anaemia

III. Other common chronic diseases

  1. Hair Fall
  2. Infertility
  3. Kidney Stone
  4. Polyp
  5. Peptic Ulcer
  6. Pimples/Acne
  7. Shoulder Pain
  8. Thyroid Disease

IV. Common chronic diseases in Kids

  • Allergies & the Immune System – Recurrent cold, Excema, Food Allergy, (Non-veg/veg)
  • Adenoid Inflammation
  • Asthma
  • Bones & Muscles – Bone pain at growing age, Stretch mark during growing age.
  • Brain & Nervous System – Epilepsy
  • Digestive System – Constipation, Diarrhoea, Lactose intolerance, Loss of Appetite
  • Ears, Nose, Throat/Speech & Hearing – Polyp, Tonsillitis, Pharyngitis
  • Genetic, Chromosomal & Metabolic Conditions- Down Syndrome
  • Learning Disorders – Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia
  • Lungs & Respiratory System – Asthma, Pneumonia
  • Sexual & Reproductive System – Testicular problem in boys and menstrual problem in girls
  • Sleep Disorders – Nocturnal Aneurin(bedwetting), Night terrors, Obstructive sleep apnoea, Sleepwalking.
  • Tonsillitis

V. Common chronic diseases in Men

  • Prostatitis

VI. Common chronic diseases in Women

  • PCOD
  • Ovarian Cyst

VII. Common chronic diseases in Old Age

  • Senile Dementia
  • Alzheimer’s
  • Parkinson’s Disease
  • Prostatitis
  • Bedwetting

- DR. ANASWARA DEV