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Health

This section contains 1117 articles.

Medical basics

This section contains 280 articles. See also "Anatomy and morphology" for general anatomy and physiology.

General concepts

This section contains 36 articles.

Medical procedures

This section contains 85 articles. See also "Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/Technology#Medical_technology" for medical devices and equipment.

Medical procedures: General

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Medical procedure
  2. Abortion (Level 3)
    1. Medical abortion
  3. Anesthesia (Level 3)
    1. General anaesthesia
    2. Local anesthesia
  4. Blood donation
  5. End-of-life care
    1. Hospice
    2. Palliative care (Level 4)

Diagnostics

This section contains 32 articles.

  1. Medical diagnosis (Level 4)
  2. Medical test (Level 4)
  3. Physical examination (Level 4)
  4. Screening (medicine)
  5. Auscultation
    1. Heart sounds
    2. Respiratory sounds
  6. Autopsy (Level 4)
  7. Biopsy (Level 4)
  8. Blood test (Level 4)
    1. Blood culture
    2. Complete blood count
    3. Comprehensive metabolic panel
    4. Glucose test
    5. Lipid profile
  9. Diagnostic microbiology
  10. Eye examination (Level 4)
  11. Lumbar puncture (Level 4)
  12. Palpation
  13. Pap test (Level 4)
  14. Percussion (medicine)
  15. Reflex (Level 4)
  16. Speculum (medicine)
  17. Telehealth
  18. Urine test
    1. Drug test
    2. Pregnancy test
  19. Vital signs
    1. Blood pressure (Level 4)
    2. Human body temperature
    3. Pulse (Level 4)
    4. Respiratory rate

Treatments

This section contains 43 articles.

  1. Therapy (Level 4)
  2. Blood transfusion (Level 4)
  3. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  4. Cauterization
  5. Chemotherapy (Level 4)
  6. Cure
  7. Defibrillation
  8. Hemodialysis
  9. Massage
  10. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
  11. Occupational therapy
  12. Oral rehydration therapy
  13. Oxygen therapy
  14. Phage therapy
  15. Physical therapy (Level 4)
  16. Radiation therapy (Level 4)
  17. Reperfusion therapy
  18. Symptomatic treatment (Level 4)
  19. Tracheal intubation
Dental treatments

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Crown (dental restoration)
  2. Dental braces
  3. Dental extraction
  4. Dental implant
  5. Dental restoration (Level 4)
  6. Root canal treatment
Surgery

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Surgery (Level 3)
  2. Amputation (Level 4)
  3. Angioplasty
  4. Bariatric surgery
  5. Caesarean section
  6. Debridement
  7. Hysterectomy
  8. Incision and drainage
  9. LASIK
  10. Neurosurgery
  11. Organ transplantation (Level 4)
    1. Heart transplantation
    2. Kidney transplantation
    3. Skin grafting
  12. Plastic surgery (Level 4)
  13. Reduction (orthopedic procedure)
  14. Sterilization (medicine) (Level 4)
    1. Vasectomy

Human anatomy

This section contains 71 articles.

Fields of medicine

This section contains 60 articles.

Public health

This section contains 8 articles.

Alternative and traditional medicine

This section contains 20 articles.

Drugs and medication

This section contains 184 articles.

General concepts

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Drug (Level 3)
  2. Pharmacotherapy
  3. Adverse effect
  4. Drug class
    1. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
    2. Depressant
    3. Hallucinogen
    4. Sedative
    5. Stimulant (Level 4)
  5. Drug interaction
  6. Medication (Level 3)
  7. Placebo (Level 4)
  8. Psychoactive drug
  9. Drug discovery
  10. Side effect
  11. WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

Drug delivery

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Drug delivery
  2. Dosage form
    1. Capsule (pharmacy)
    2. Inhaler
    3. Nebulizer
    4. Tablet (pharmacy)
  3. Route of administration
    1. Injection (medicine)
      1. Intravenous therapy
    2. Oral administration
    3. Topical medication

Specific drugs and drug classes

This section contains 157 articles.

  1. ACE inhibitor
  2. Amphetamine (Level 4)
    1. Methamphetamine
  3. Anabolic steroid
  4. Anticoagulant
    1. Warfarin
  5. Anticonvulsant
  6. Antidote
  7. Barbiturate
  8. Bronchodilator
    1. Salmeterol
    2. Salbutamol
  9. Caffeine (Level 4)
  10. Calamine
  11. Carbamazepine
  12. Diabetes medication
    1. Metformin
  13. Ephedrine
  14. Epinephrine (medication)
  15. Gabapentin
  16. Heparin
  17. Hormone replacement therapy
  18. Hydrocortisone
  19. Hypnotic
  20. Insulin (medication)
  21. Loperamide
  22. Methylphenidate
  23. Naloxone
  24. Propranolol
  25. Sildenafil
  26. Statin
    1. Atorvastatin

Anesthetics

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Anesthetic
  2. General anaesthetic
    1. Atropine
    2. Halothane
    3. Isoflurane
    4. Ketamine
    5. Midazolam
    6. Nitrous oxide (medication)
    7. Propofol
  3. Local anesthetic
    1. Benzocaine
    2. Bupivacaine
    3. Lidocaine
    4. Procaine

Antihistamines

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Antihistamine
  2. Cimetidine
  3. Diphenhydramine
  4. Hydroxyzine
  5. Loratadine
  6. Ranitidine

Anti-infectives

This section contains 32 articles.

  1. Antimicrobial
  2. Antimicrobial resistance
  3. Antiseptic
    1. Alcohols (medicine)
Antibiotics

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Antibiotic (Level 3)
  2. Azithromycin
  3. Cephalosporin
    1. Cefalexin
    2. Cefazolin
  4. Erythromycin
  5. Neomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracin
  6. Penicillin (Level 4)
    1. Amoxicillin
    2. Ampicillin
  7. Tetracycline antibiotics
    1. Doxycycline
    2. Tetracycline
    3. Tigecycline
Antiviral drugs

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Antiviral drug
  2. Aciclovir
  3. Oseltamivir
  4. Zidovudine
Antifungals

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Antifungal
  2. Amphotericin B
  3. Fluconazole
Antiparasitic

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Antiparasitic
  2. Albendazole
  3. Artemisinin
  4. Chloroquine
  5. Ivermectin
  6. Nitazoxanide
  7. Quinine (Level 4)

Pain treatments

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Analgesic (Level 4)
  2. Medical cannabis
  3. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
    1. Aspirin (Level 4)
    2. Ibuprofen
    3. Naproxen
  4. Opioid
    1. Codeine
    2. Fentanyl
    3. Hydrocodone
    4. Methadone
    5. Morphine (Level 4)
    6. Oxycodone
  5. Paracetamol

Psychiatric drugs

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Psychiatric medication
  2. Antidepressant
    1. Amitriptyline
    2. Bupropion
    3. Clomipramine
    4. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
    5. Fluoxetine
    6. Imipramine
    7. Sertraline
  3. Anxiolytic
    1. Benzodiazepine (Level 4)
      1. Clonazepam
      2. Diazepam
  4. Antipsychotic
    1. Chlorpromazine
    2. Fluphenazine
  5. Mood stabilizer
    1. Lithium (medication)

Vaccines

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Vaccine (Level 3)
    1. Vaccine hesitancy (Level 4)
      1. Vaccines and autism
  2. COVID-19 vaccine
  3. DPT vaccine
  4. Hepatitis B vaccine
  5. HPV vaccine
  6. Influenza vaccine
  7. Malaria vaccine
  8. Meningococcal vaccine
  9. MMR vaccine
  10. Pneumococcal vaccine
  11. Polio vaccine (Level 4)
  12. Rabies vaccine
  13. Smallpox vaccine (Level 4)
  14. Typhoid vaccine
  15. Varicella vaccine
  16. Yellow fever vaccine

Recreational drugs

This section contains 23 articles.

  1. Recreational drug use (Level 4)
  2. Alcohol (drug) (Level 4)
    1. Alcohol intoxication (Level 4)
  3. Cannabis (drug) (Level 4)
  4. Cocaine (Level 4)
  5. Heroin
  6. MDMA
  7. Opium (Level 4)
  8. Phencyclidine
  9. Psychedelic drug
    1. LSD
    2. Mescaline
    3. Psilocybin
  10. Smoking (Level 3)
    1. Cigar
    2. Cigarette (Level 4)
    3. Electronic cigarette
    4. Passive smoking
    5. Smoking cessation (Level 4)
    6. Smoking pipe
  11. Tobacco (Level 4)
    1. Health effects of tobacco (Level 4)
    2. Nicotine (Level 4)

Morbidity

This section contains 520 articles.

Disease: general classification

This section contains 4 articles.

Specific diseases: other

This section contains 79 articles.

Cardiovascular disease

This section contains 22 articles.

Injury

This section contains 69 articles.

Disabilities

This section contains 33 articles.

Cancer

This section contains 28 articles.

Infectious disease

This section contains 147 articles.

Concepts

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Infection (Level 3)
    1. Opportunistic infection
  2. Pathogen (Level 4)
    1. Fungal infection (Level 4)
    2. Parasitic disease
      1. Helminthiasis
    3. Pathogenic bacteria
    4. Prion (Level 4)
    5. Viral disease
  3. Epidemic
    1. Pandemic
  4. Germ theory of disease
  5. Immunity (medicine)
    1. Immunization
    2. Inoculation
  6. Neglected tropical diseases

Pathogen transmission

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Pathogen transmission
  2. Airborne transmission
  3. Disease vector
  4. Foodborne illness (Level 4)
  5. Natural reservoir
  6. Sexually transmitted infection (Level 3)
  7. Waterborne disease
    1. Fecal–oral route
  8. Zoonosis
    1. Mosquito-borne disease
    2. Tick-borne disease
    3. Reverse zoonosis

Infectious diseases by site

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Bloodstream infection
  2. Conjunctivitis
  3. Encephalitis (Level 4)
  4. Gangrene (Level 4)
  5. Gastroenteritis (Level 3)
    1. Dysentery (Level 4)
  6. Hepatitis (Level 4)
  7. Keratitis
  8. Meningitis (Level 4)
  9. Otitis externa
  10. Otitis media
  11. Pelvic inflammatory disease
  12. Respiratory tract infection
    1. Pneumonia (Level 3)
  13. Skin infection
  14. Urinary tract infection

Bacterial infections

This section contains 27 articles.

  1. Anthrax (Level 4)
  2. Brucellosis
  3. Botulism (Level 4)
  4. Chlamydia (Level 4)
  5. Cholera (Level 4)
  6. Diphtheria (Level 4)
  7. Erysipelas
  8. Gonorrhea (Level 4)
  9. Glanders
  10. Impetigo
  11. Legionnaires' disease
  12. Leprosy (Level 4)
  13. Leptospirosis
  14. Lyme disease (Level 4)
  15. Pathogenic Escherichia coli
  16. Plague (disease)
    1. Bubonic plague (Level 4)
  17. Streptococcal pharyngitis
    1. Rheumatic fever
  18. Scarlet fever (Level 4)
  19. Staphylococcal infection
  20. Syphilis (Level 4)
  21. Tetanus (Level 4)
  22. Tuberculosis (Level 3)
  23. Typhoid fever (Level 4)
  24. Typhus (Level 4)
  25. Whooping cough (Level 4)

Viral diseases

This section contains 48 articles.

  1. Chickenpox (Level 4)
    1. Shingles
  2. Chikungunya
  3. Classical swine fever
  4. Common cold (Level 3)
  5. COVID-19 (Level 4)
    1. Long COVID
  6. Cowpox
  7. Croup
  8. Dengue fever (Level 4)
  9. Ebola (Level 4)
  10. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (Level 4)
  11. Hepatitis A
  12. Hepatitis B
  13. Hepatitis C
  14. Hepatitis D
  15. Hepatitis E
  16. Herpes (Level 4)
    1. Genital herpes
    2. Cold sore
    3. Herpes simplex encephalitis
    4. Herpes esophagitis
    5. Neonatal herpes
    6. Eczema herpeticum
    7. Herpes simplex keratitis
    8. Herpetic gingivostomatitis
    9. Herpetic whitlow
  17. HIV/AIDS (Level 3)
  18. Human papillomavirus infection (Level 4)
  19. Infectious mononucleosis
  20. Influenza (Level 3)
    1. Avian influenza
  21. Japanese encephalitis
  22. Measles (Level 4)
  23. Mpox
  24. Mumps (Level 4)
  25. Nipah virus infection
  26. Polio (Level 4)
  27. Rabies (Level 4)
  28. Rift Valley fever
  29. Rinderpest
  30. Rotavirus (Level 4)
  31. Rubella
  32. SARS
  33. Smallpox (Level 3)
  34. West Nile fever (Level 4)
  35. Yellow fever (Level 4)
  36. Zika fever

Fungal infections

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Athlete's foot
  2. Candidiasis
  3. Dermatophytosis
  4. Onychomycosis

Protozoan infections

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. African trypanosomiasis
  2. Amoebiasis
  3. Chagas disease
  4. Giardiasis
  5. Leishmaniasis
  6. Malaria (Level 3)
  7. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
  8. Toxoplasmosis

Helminthic diseases and infestations

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Ascariasis
  2. Cysticercosis
  3. Dracunculiasis
  4. Infestation
    1. Head lice infestation
    2. Myiasis
    3. Scabies (Level 4)
  5. Lymphatic filariasis
  6. Onchocerciasis
  7. Schistosomiasis
  8. Taeniasis
  9. Toxocariasis

Prion diseases

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
    1. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
    2. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
    3. Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Mental disorders

This section contains 74 articles. For psychology generally, see Society and social sciences.

  1. Mental disorder (Level 3)
    1. Developmental disorder
  2. Dissociative disorder
    1. Dissociative identity disorder
    2. Dissociative amnesia
    3. Depersonalization-derealization disorder
  3. Catatonia
  4. Conduct disorder
  5. Eating disorder (Level 4)
    1. Anorexia nervosa
    2. Bulimia nervosa
    3. Pica (disorder)
    4. Body image disturbance
  6. Hoarding disorder
  7. Kleptomania
  8. Mass psychogenic illness
  9. Obsessive–compulsive disorder
    1. Body dysmorphic disorder
  10. Oppositional defiant disorder
  11. Paranoia
  12. Pedophilia (Level 4)
  13. Pyromania
  14. Schizophrenia (Level 4)
  15. Somatic symptom disorder
  16. Suicide crisis
    1. Suicide intervention
    2. Suicide methods
    3. Suicide prevention
  17. Tourette syndrome

Anxiety disorders

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Anxiety disorder (Level 4)
  2. Phobia (Level 4)
    1. Acrophobia
    2. Agoraphobia
    3. Arachnophobia
    4. Claustrophobia
    5. Fear of flying
  3. Post-traumatic stress disorder (Level 4)
  4. Generalized anxiety disorder
  5. Social anxiety disorder
  6. Hypochondriasis
  7. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Mood disorders

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Mood disorder
  2. Bipolar disorder (Level 4)
    1. Bipolar I disorder
    2. Bipolar II disorder
    3. Mania
  3. Dysthymia
  4. Major depressive disorder (Level 4)
  5. Postpartum depression
  6. Seasonal affective disorder

Personality disorders

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Personality disorder (Level 4)
  2. Antisocial personality disorder
  3. Avoidant personality disorder
  4. Borderline personality disorder
  5. Dependent personality disorder
  6. Depressive personality disorder
  7. Histrionic personality disorder
  8. Narcissistic personality disorder
  9. Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder
  10. Paranoid personality disorder
  11. Psychopathy (Level 4)
  12. Schizoid personality disorder
  13. Schizotypal personality disorder

Sleep disorders

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Sleep disorder
  2. Bruxism
  3. Insomnia
  4. Jet lag
  5. Narcolepsy
  6. Sleep apnea
  7. Sleep paralysis
  8. Sleepwalking

Outdated disorders

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Asperger syndrome
  2. Hysteria
  3. Neurosis (Level 4)

Symptoms and signs

This section contains 64 articles.

Health and fitness

This section contains 133 articles.

Health and fitness: General

This section contains 34 articles.

Nutrition

This section contains 35 articles.

Physical fitness

This section contains 24 articles.

Hygiene and grooming

This section contains 40 articles.