Health science

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The discipline of health science includes not only traditional first aid, triage, medicine and surgery, but also dentistry, psychiatry, disease and counselling, veterinary science, nursing, physical therapy and other kinds of therapy, like occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, respiratory therapy and recreational therapy, as well as midwifery, hospice care, home care, nutrition, and alternative medicine, pharmacology, toxicology.

Various medical specialties exist. The following specialties are grouped alphabetically by organ system or area of study:

Cardiology

Congenital heart disease (Murmurs, "hole in the heart") -- Myocarditis -- Rheumatic heart disease -- Ischaemic heart disease -- Cardiac arrythmias

Dermatology

Eczema -- Contact dermatitis -- Psoriasis -- Lichen simplex chronicus -- Seborrhoeic dermatitis -- Ring worm -- Tinea -- Vitiligo -- Baldness -- Lichen planus -- Viral warts -- Impetigo -- Seborrheic keratosis -- Skin cancer

Diagnostic specialities

Radiology. -- Nuclear Medicine -- Anatomical pathology -- Forensic Pathology -- Microbiology -- Haematology -- Biochemical pathology -- Immunology

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

Gallbladder

Gallstones -- Cholecytitis -- Cancer of gallbladder

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 -- Colon cancer -- Crohns disease -- Diverticulitis -- Diarrhea

Liver

Viral Hepatitis -- Non-viral hepatitis -- Hepatocarcinoma -- Mestatic tumour -- Jaundice -- Liver transplant

Neurology

Alzheimer's disease -- Cerebral Palsy -- Multiple Sclerosis -- Schizophrenia -- Other Disorders

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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

Oncology

Palliative care

Pancreas

Pancreatitis -- Diabetes -- Carcinoma of pancreas -- Cystic fibrosis and the pancreas

Psychiatry

Mental Retardation

Renal (Kidneys)

Pyelonephritis -- Glomerulonephritis -- Polycystic disease -- Renal carcinoma -- Renal failure -- Renal dialysis -- Test of renal function -- Kidney stones

Reproductive

Prostate cancer -- Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer

Respiratory

Pneumonia -- Bronchitis -- Tuberculosis -- Asthma -- Lung cancer

Rheumatology

Surgical specialisties

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

Urology and Andrology