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- 1 Normal Processes
- 2 Abnormal Processes
Normal Processes
Abnormal Processes
Infectious, immunologic, and inflammatory disorders
Bacterial
Lyme disease, toxic shock syndrome, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii)
Parasitic
Immunologic and inflammatory disorders
Acute rheumatic fever, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Goodpasture syndrome, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyalgia rheumatic, temporal arteritis, reactive arthritis, scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematous, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener granulomatosis), sarcoidosis,
Nutrition
Vitamin deficiencies and/or toxicities:
Vitamin toxicities
Vitamin deficiencies
Vitamin A, vitamin B3/niacin (pellagra), vitamin B9 (folic acid), thiamine (Wernicke encephalopathy, Wernicke- Korsakoff syndrome, beriberi), vitamin B12 (subacute combined degeneration, pernicious anemia), vitamin C deficiency (scurvy), vitamin D (rickets), vitamin E, vitamin K
Other deficiencies
Toxins and environmental extremes
Chemicals
Ethylene glycol poisoning, methanol poisoning, lead poisoning, acetaminophen poisoning
Other
Iron poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, arsenic poisoning, cyanide poisoning, salicylate poisoning
Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance disorders
Fluid volume and electrolyte/ion disorders
hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypokalemia, hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypomagnesemia, hypermagnesemia
Shock
Shock (general), distributive shock, hypovolemic shock, cardiogenic shock, obstructive shock
Genetic metabolic and developmental disorders
Large genomic changes
Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Edwards syndrome, Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
Enzymatic/metabolic
porphyria (acute intermittent porphyria, porphyria cutanea trade), inborn error of metabolism (maple syrup urine disease) storage diseases (Fabry disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Gaucher disease, Pompe disease, Niemann-Pick disease)
Galactosemia, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Abetalipoproteinemia, Homocystinuria, primary carnitine deficiency
Structural protein disorders
Amyloidosis, Ehlers-Dalos syndrome, Kartagener syndrome, primary ciliary dyskinesia, Marfan syndrome
Intracellular/extracellular transport receptors
Cystic fibrosis, hemochromatosis, Wilson disease