• PAGET'S DISEASE (OF BONE) - A gradual, progressive bone disease characterized by bones breaking down and regenerating excessively.
  • PANCREATIC CANCER
  • PANCREATITIS
  • PANIC DISORDER - a severe, spontaneous form of anxiety that is recurrent and unpredictable.
  • PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER is characterized as a longstanding suspiciousness and mistrust of people in general.
  • PARKINSON'S DISEASE - a disease of the central nervous system in older adults characterized by gradual, progressive muscle rigidity, tremors and clumsiness.
  • PARONYCHIA
  • PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE - infection of the female internal reproductive organs.
  • PENIS CANCER
  • PERICARDITIS, ACUTE - Inflammation of the pericardium (thin membrane around the heart).
  • PERIODONTITIS - inflammation and infection of the gums, causing loss of supporting bone.
  • PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY A group of symptoms caused by abnormalities in sensory or motor nerves.
  • PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE refers to any disorder affecting blood flow through the veins and arteries.
  • PERIRECTAL ABSCESS is a condition in which either the anal area or surrounding area has been infected with a microbial agent.
  • PERITONITIS
  • PERSONALITY DISORDERS, AVOIDANT is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
  • PERSONALITY DISORDER, ANTISOCIAL demonstrates antisocial or criminal acts but is not synonymous with criminality.
  • PETIT MAL refer to a type of seizure characterized by decreased responsiveness and a sudden cessation of ongoing conscious activities.
  • PHARYNGITIS - inflammation and infection of the pharynx that can be caused by a variety of germs.
  • PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA - A tumor, usually found in the core of the adrenal glands.
  • PHOBIAS - a type of anxiety involving a persistent, irrational or exaggerated fear of a particular object, situation, activity, setting or even a bodily function (none of which is basically dangerous or an appropriate source of anxiety).
  • PICA
  • PILONIDAL CYST
  • PINWORMS
  • PITUITARY GLAND, UNDERACTIVE
  • PITUITARY TUMOR
  • PITYRIASIS ALBA
  • PITYRIASIS ROSEA
  • PLACENTA PREVIA
  • PLEURISY - inflammation and irritation of the pleura, a thin, two-layered membrane that lines the lung and chest cavity.
  • PNEUMOCONIOSIS
  • PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL - infection and inflammation of the lungs with bacterial germs.
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  • PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMAL
  • PNEUMONIA, Pneumocystis carinii
  • PNEUMONIA, VIRAL
  • PNEUMOTHORAX
  • POLYARTERITIS NODOSA - a disorder of connective tissue that is one of several related diseases of collagen tissue.
  • POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME - Ovary enlargement from many small cysts.
  • POLYCYTHEMIA
  • POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA OR TEMPORAL ARTERITIS
  • POLYMYOSITIS AND DERMATOMYOSITIS
  • PORPHYRIA
  • POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
  • POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) - a type of anxiety seen in people who have experienced an event that would be extremely distressing to most human beings.
  • POTASSIUM IMBALANCE
  • PREECLAMPSIA AND ECLAMPSIA - a serious disturbance in blood pressure, kidney function and the central nervous system that may occur from the 20th week of pregnancy until 7 days after delivery. Eclampsia is an extension of the preeclampsia process.
  • PREMATURE EJACULATION
  • PREMATURE LABOR - labor that begins before the 37th week of pregnancy.
  • PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME - about half of all women experience PMS at some time, some very frequently.
  • PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS is a collection of pus between a tonsil and the tissue at the back of the throat. It usually occurs as a complication of tonsillitis.
  • PRIAPISM
  • PRICKLY HEAT
  • PROCTITIS
  • PROSTATE CANCER - growth of malignant cells in the prostate gland, the gland at the base of the urinary bladder in men that helps form semen.
  • PROSTATE, ENLARGED - It occurs more often in men over age 50.
  • PROSTATITIS - inflammation or infection of the prostate.
  • PRURITUS ANI - Itching or burning around the anus and genitals.
  • PRURITUS VULVAE
  • PSEUDOGOUT
  • PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS ENTEROCOLITIS
  • PSITTACOSIS
  • PSORIASIS - a chronic, scaly skin disorder characterized by frequent remissions and recurrences.
  • PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS - joint inflammation that accompanies psoriatic lesions in nearby nails and skin.
  • PSYCHOTIC DISORDER describes a severely impaired understanding of reality.
  • PUERPERAL INFECTION
  • PULMONARY EDEMA refers to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs.
  • PULMONARY EMBOLISM - a blood clot or fat cells (rarely) in one of the arteries carrying blood to the lungs.
  • PYURIA refers to urine which contains pus.
  • PURPURA, ALLERGIC
  • PYLORIC STENOSIS, CONGENITAL
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