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Cardiomyopathy

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Celiac disease

Chagas disease

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Cholera

Chronic kidney disease

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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Churg-Strauss syndrome

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Concussion

Crohn's disease

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Cyclothymia (cyclothymic disorder)

Depression (major depressive disorder)

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Diabetic coma

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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Dilated cardiomyopathy

Dumping syndrome

Ebstein anomaly

Encephalitis

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Endometriosis

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Esophageal cancer

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Fibromyalgia

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Gaucher disease

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Glomerulonephritis

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Hairy cell leukemia

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Hashimoto's disease

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Heart disease

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Heavy menstrual bleeding

Hemochromatosis

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

Hemophilia

Hepatitis A

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Hiatal hernia

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma

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HIV/AIDS

Hodgkin lymphoma (Hodgkin disease)

Huntington's disease

Hypercalcemia

Hyperglycemia in diabetes

Hyperparathyroidism

Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Hyponatremia

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypopituitarism

Hypothermia

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Influenza (flu)

Insomnia

Iron deficiency anemia

Jet lag disorder

Kidney cancer

Lead poisoning

Legionnaires' disease

Leukemia

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Lupus

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Membranous nephropathy

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Mononucleosis

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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)

Mumps

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Myelofibrosis

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Plague

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One of the most feared diseases of the 20th century, polio has been eradicated from the developed world but remains a threat in less developed nations.

Polycythemia vera

Polymyalgia rheumatica

Polymyositis

Post COVID syndrome

Postpartum depression

Post-polio syndrome

Prediabetes

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Primary biliary cholangitis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

Pulmonary atresia

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Pulmonary edema

Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary valve stenosis

Rectal cancer

Rheumatic fever

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Roseola

Sarcoidosis

Sheehan's syndrome

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Sick sinus syndrome

Sinus headaches

Sjogren's syndrome

Small vessel disease

Smallpox

Stomach cancer

Strep throat

Sudden cardiac arrest

Sunburn

Takayasu's arteritis

T-cell lymphoma

Teen depression

Thalassemia

Tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure

Toxic hepatitis

Toxoplasmosis

Tricuspid atresia

Tricuspid valve regurgitation

Tuberculosis

Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes in children

Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes in children

Typhoid fever

Ulcerative colitis

Valley fever

Vasculitis

Ventricular septal defect (VSD)

VEXAS syndrome

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Vitamin deficiency anemia

Von Willebrand disease

West Nile virus

Whiplash

Whipple's disease

Whooping cough

Wilson's disease

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  76. Enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)
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