Human diseases and disorders

thumb|upright=1.3|"The Sick Girl", by Michael Ancher, 1882, [[National Gallery of Denmark ]]

human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects

disease with a rapid onset and/or a short course

Dysbiosis (also called dysbacteriosis) is characterized by a disruption to the microbiome resulting in an imbalance in the microbiota, changes in their functional composition and metabolic activities, or a shift in their local distribution. For example, a part of the human microbiota such as the skin flora, gut flora, or vaginal flora, can become deranged (unbalanced), when normally dominating species become underrepresented and species that normally are outcompeted or contained increase to fill the void. Due to perceived implications in diverse diseases, there has been a rapid growth in resea

health conditions thought to be a result of increasing wealth in society

non-communicable diseases linked with the way people live their life, commonly caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, drugs and smoking

pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment

diseases more prevalent in low-income populations

group of occurrences of illness or health conditions in proximity by time or location

Pneumatosis is the abnormal presence of air or other gas within tissues.

medically-significant effects differing from person to person depending on the nature of their sex

in medicine, lack or shortage of supply or function

somatoform disorder that involves chronic pain in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress.