Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body.
What is High Blood Pressure (hypertension)?
100
A group of metabolic diseases characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels, which result from defects in insulin secretion, or action, or both.
What is Diabetes?
200
A autoimmune disease characterized by acute and chronic inflammation of various tissues of the body.
What is Lupus?
200
A progressive disease of the brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and a disturbance in at least one other thinking function (for example, language or perception of reality).
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
300
Not being able to get pregnant after at least one year of trying. Women who are able to get pregnant but then have repeat miscarriages are also said to be this.
What is Infertile?
300
An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things.
What is Depression?
400
A condition in which an overactive thyroid gland is producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormones that circulate in the blood. ("Hyper" means "over" in Greek).
What is Hyperthyroidism?
400
an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. Can also cause inflammation of the tissues around the joints.
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
500
A skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.
What is Shingles?
500
A condition caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland. It is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body inappropriately attacks the thyroid gland--as if it was foreign tissue.