Diseases of the human body

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DEDICATION
PREFACE
CONTRIBUTORS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Disease Process
	INTRODUCTION
	PREDISPOSING FACTORS
	HEREDITARY DISEASES
		Classification of Hereditary Diseases
		Chromosomal Disorders
		Multifactorial Disorders
	INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION
		Fungi
		Protozoa
		Viruses
		Bacteria
		Parasites
	TRAUMA
		Head Trauma
		Chest Trauma
		Abdominopelvic Trauma
		Neck and Spine Trauma
		Extremities Trauma
	EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
		Extreme Heat and Cold
		Ionizing Radiation
		Extremes of Atmospheric Pressure
		Electric Shock
		Poisoning
		Near Drowning
		Bites of Insects, Spiders, and Snakes
		Asphyxiation
		Burns
	NEOPLASIA AND CANCER
	IMMUNE-RELATED FACTORS IN DISEASE
		The Immune Response
	NUTRITIONAL IMBALANCE
		Malnourishment
		Vitamin Deficiencies and Excesses
		Mineral Deficiencies and Excesses
		Obesity
		Starvation
	OTHER CAUSES OF DISEASE
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 2  Integrative Medicine and Complementary Therapies
	THE CHANGING CLIMATE FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
	DEFINITION OF TERMS
	HISTORY OF CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
	HISTORY OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
	INTEGRATION OF BOTH WORLDS
	SEPARATING FACT FROM FALLACY
		Alternative Systems of Medical Practice
		Additional Therapies Referred to as Alternative
	THE MIND’S CONNECTION WITH HEALTH AND DISEASE
		Managing Negative Emotions
	Enhancing Positive Emotions
	PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
	INFLUENCE OF LIFESTYLE
		Value of Good Nutrition
		Stress and Distress
	LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, AND SPIRITUALITY
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 3 Pain and Its Management
	PAIN AND ITS TREATMENT MODELS
	EFFECTIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT
	WHAT IS PAIN?
		Definition of Pain
		The Experience of Pain
	GATE CONTROL THEORY OF PAIN
	ASSESSMENT OF PAIN
	TREATMENT OF PAIN
		Medications
	COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
		Physical Therapy
		Biofeedback
		Relaxation
		Imagery/Visualization
		Hypnosis
		Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
		Massage
		Humor, Laughter, and Play
		Music
		Acupuncture
		Aromatherapy
		Therapeutic Touch and Reiki
		Yoga/Tai Chi
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	SUMMARY
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 4 
Infectious and Communicable Diseases
	ETIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
	EMERGING AND REEMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
	H1N1 FLU
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	O157:H7
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	LYME DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CORONAVIRUSES: SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME AND MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ANTHRAX
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BOTULISM
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PLAGUE (BUBONIC AND PNEUMONIC)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SMALLPOX (VARIOLA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS
		Description
	TULAREMIA (TYPHOIDAL OR PNEUMONIC)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	WEST NILE VIRUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MALARIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON COLD
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	INFLUENZA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	METHICILLIN-RESISTANT
		Description
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HIV INFECTION/AIDS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	INFECTIOUS DIARRHEAL DISEASES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RUBEOLA (MEASLES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RUBELLA (GERMAN MEASLES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MUMPS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM (FIFTH DISEASE)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHAPTER EPISODE—PART IV
	PERTUSSIS (WHOOPING COUGH)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DIPHTHERIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TETANUS (LOCKJAW)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	IMMUNIZATION
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 5 Cancer
	CHAPTER EPISODE—PART I
	DESCRIPTION OF CANCER
		Definitions
		Statistics
	ETIOLOGY OF CANCER
		Carcinogens
		Other Factors That Influence Cancer Development
	CLASSIFICATION OF CANCERS
		Carcinomas
		Sarcomas
		Cancers of the Blood and Lymph
	SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CANCER
		Grading and Staging Cancer
	DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FOR CANCER
	TREATMENT OF CANCER
	PREVENTING CANCER
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 6 Congenital Diseases and Disorders
	DESCRIPTION
	CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
		Description
		Acyanotic Defects
		Cyanotic Defects
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms of Acyanotic Defects
		Signs and Symptoms of Cyanotic Defects
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SICKLE CELL ANEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS: SPINA BIFIDA, MENINGOCELE, AND MYELOMENINGOCELE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HYDROCEPHALUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CEREBRAL PALSY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CLEFT LIP AND PALATE (OROFACIAL CLEFTS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AND ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PYLORIC STENOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MALROTATION WITH VOLVULUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE (CONGENITAL AGANGLIONIC MEGACOLON)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OMPHALOCELE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	UNDESCENDED TESTES (CRYPTORCHIDISM)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CONGENITAL DEFECTS OF THE URETER, BLADDER, AND URETHRA
		Description
		Etiology
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CLUBFOOT (TALIPES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PHENYLKETONURIA
		Description
	CYSTIC FIBROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DOWN SYNDROME (TRISOMY 21)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
	FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
		Description
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TOURETTE SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 7 Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
	INTEGRATION OF HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE
	COST OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE
		Mental Health Insurance Coverage
		Stigma, Safety, and Access to Mental Health Treatment
	DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
	MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
	NATURE VERSUS NURTURE
	CULTURE, RACE, AGE, AND GENDER
	DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BIPOLAR
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SCHIZOPHRENIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Signs and Symptoms
	ANXIETY
		Description
		Etiology
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TRAUMAAND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PERSONALITY DISORDERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SUBSTANCE-RELATED AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS
		Description
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Etiology
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
	INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER)
		Description
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ATTENTION DEFICITHYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ANOREXIA NERVOSA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BULIMIA NERVOSA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GENITO-PELVIC PAIN/ PENETRATION DISORDER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ERECTILE DISORDER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FEMALE SEXUAL INTEREST/ AROUSAL DISORDER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PREMATURE EJACULATION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 8 Skin Diseases and Disorders
	INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	PSORIASIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	URTICARIA (HIVES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ACNE VULGARIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ROSACEA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	KERATOSIS PILARIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ALOPECIA AREATA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FURUNCLES AND CARBUNCLES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PEDICULOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DECUBITUS ULCERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CORNS AND CALLUSES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DERMATOPHYTOSES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SCABIES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	IMPETIGO
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	WARTS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	VITILIGO
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SCLERODERMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Complementary Therapy
	SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CONTACT DERMATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	LATEX ALLERGY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ATOPIC DERMATITIS (ECZEMA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NEURODERMATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COLD SORES AND FEVER BLISTERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
	SKIN CARCINOMAS
		Description
		Prevention
	MALIGNANT MELANOMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF SKIN DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal Diseases and Disorders
	MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE: LORDOSIS, KYPHOSIS, AND SCOLIOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISK
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OSTEOPOROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OSTEOMYELITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PAGET DISEASE (OSTEITIS DEFORMANS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FRACTURES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DISLOCATIONS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OSTEOARTHRITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GOUT
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SPRAINS AND STRAINS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BURSITIS AND TENDONITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PLANTAR FASCIITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	POLYMYOSITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FIBROMYALGIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	CANCER
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 10 
Nervous System Diseases and Disorders
	NERVOUS SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
		Neurons
		Central Nervous System
		Peripheral Nervous System
		Autonomic Nervous System
		Meninges and Cerebrospinal Fluid
	ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEADACHE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MIGRAINE HEADACHE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CEREBRAL CONCUSSION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CEREBRAL CONTUSION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SUBDURAL HEMATOMA (ACUTE)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA (SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Cumulative Effects of Multiple Brain Injuries
	HEMIPLEGIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PARAPLEGIA AND QUADRIPLEGIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MENINGITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BELL PALSY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE OR BRAIN ATTACK)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CEREBRAL ANEURYSM
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	EPILEPSY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ALZHEIMER DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PARKINSON DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NARCOLEPSY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TUMORS OF THE BRAIN
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 11  Endocrine System Diseases and Disorders
	ENDOCRINE SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	HYPERPITUITARISM (GIGANTISM, ACROMEGALY)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HYPOPITUITARISM
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DIABETES INSIPIDUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SIMPLE GOITER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GRAVES DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HASHIMOTO THYROIDITIS (CHRONIC THYROIDITIS)
		Description
		Etiology
	HYPOTHYROIDISM (CRETINISM, MYXEDEMA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	THYROID CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HYPERPARATHYROIDISM (HYPERCALCEMIA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HYPOPARATHYROIDISM (HYPOCALCEMIA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CUSHING SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ADDISON DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DIABETES MELLITUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 12 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System Diseases and Disorders
	CARDIOVASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
		Heart
		Blood and Blood Vessels
		Lymph and Lymph Vessels
	PERICARDITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MYOCARDITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ENDOCARDITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY/STENOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY/STENOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ANGINA PECTORIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CARDIAC ARREST
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ANEURYSMS: ABDOMINAL, THORACIC, AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ARTERIOSCLEROSIS/ ATHEROSCLEROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	THROMBOPHLEBITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	VARICOSE VEINS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PERNICIOUS ANEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	APLASTIC ANEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHAPTER EPISODE—PART IV
	ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA, CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	LYMPHEDEMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA (LYMPHOSARCOMA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 13 
Respiratory System Diseases and Disorders
	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	ALLERGIC RHINITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SINUSITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PHARYNGITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	LARYNGITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	EPIGLOTTITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SLEEP APNEA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PNEUMONIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PNEUMONIA (LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE: PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ASTHMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	LUNG ABSCESS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
	PNEUMOCONIOSIS
	SILICOSIS
		Description
		Prevention
	ASBESTOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BERYLLIOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ANTHRACOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RESPIRATORY MYCOSES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PNEUMOTHORAX (COLLAPSED LUNG)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ATELECTASIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PLEURISY (PLEURITIS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PLEURAL EFFUSION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PULMONARY EDEMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COR PULMONALE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PULMONARY EMBOLISM
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS (HYPERCAPNIA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS (HYPOCAPNIA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
	LUNG CANCER
		Description
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ACUTE TONSILLITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ADENOID HYPERPLASIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	THRUSH
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CROUP
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 14  Digestive System Diseases and Disorders
	DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	STOMATITIS (HERPETIC AND APHTHOUS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (BARRETT ESOPHAGUS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GASTRITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PEPTIC ULCERS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GASTROENTERITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	INFANTILE COLIC
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CELIAC DISEASE (GLUTEN-INDUCED ENTEROPATHY)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CROHN DISEASE (REGIONAL ENTERITIS, GRANULOMATOUS COLITIS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ULCERATIVE COLITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DIVERTICULAR DISEASE (DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITIS)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ACUTE APPENDICITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HEMORRHOIDS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	Constipation
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Client Communication
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	DIARRHEA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Client Communication
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HIATAL HERNIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ABDOMINAL AND INGUINAL HERNIAS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PANCREATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHOLELITHIASIS AND CHOLECYSTITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CIRRHOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	VIRAL HEPATITIS (A, B, C, D, E)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COLORECTAL CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PANCREATIC CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 15 
Urinary System Diseases and Disorders
	URINARY SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	CYSTITIS AND URETHRITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complem entary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PYELONEPHRITIS (ACUTE)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GLOMERULONEPHRITIS (ACUTE)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RENAL CALCULI (UROLITHS OR KIDNEY STONES)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HYDRONEPHROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NEUROGENIC OR OVERACTIVE BLADDER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BLADDER CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RENAL CELL CARCINOMA OR KIDNEY CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF URINARY SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 16 Reproductive System Diseases and Disorders
	MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
	REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
	FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
	SEXUAL HEALTH
	MALE INFERTILITY AND FEMALE INFERTILITY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GONORRHEA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GENITAL HERPES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GENITAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) INFECTION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	SYPHILIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TRICHOMONIASIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs)
	BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PROSTATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	EPIDIDYMITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PROSTATIC CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	TESTICULAR CANCER
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	AMENORRHEA
		Description
		Etiology
	DYSMENORRHEA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OVARIAN CYSTS AND TUMORS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ENDOMETRIOSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	UTERINE LEIOMYOMAS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MENOPAUSE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
	OVARIAN CANCER
		Description
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BENIGN FIBROADENOMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS
		Complementary Therapy
	SPONTANEOUS ABORTION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION (PREECLAMPSIA AND ECLAMPSIA)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PLACENTA PREVIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	PREMATURE LABOR/PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Chapter 17 
Eye and Ear Diseases and Disorders
	EYE AND EAR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REVIEW
		Eyes
		Ears
	REFRACTIVE ERRORS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	NYSTAGMUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	STYE (HORDEOLUM)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
	CORNEAL ABRASION
		Description
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CATARACT
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	GLAUCOMA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	RETINAL DETACHMENT
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	STRABISMUS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	CONJUNCTIVITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	UVEITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	BLEPHARITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	KERATITIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF EYE DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	EXTERNAL OTITIS (SWIMMER’S EAR)
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OTITIS MEDIA
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	OTOSCLEROSIS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MOTION SICKNESS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	MÉNIÈRE DISEASE
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	HEARING LOSS AND DEAFNESS
		Description
		Etiology
		Signs and Symptoms
		Diagnostic Procedures
		Treatment
		Complementary Therapy
		Prognosis
		Prevention
	COMMON SYMPTOMS OF EAR DISEASES AND DISORDERS
	SUMMARY
	ONLINE RESOURCES
	CASE STUDIES
	REVIEW QUESTIONS
Appendix 1 Diagnostic Procedures
Appendix 2 References
Appendix 3 
Abbreviations
Glossary
Index