Pulmonary Permeability, Increased: definition
A defect in mucosa lining of the lung characterized by loosening of the normally tight blood-air barrier in the lung that is provided by surface mucosal cells (epithelia). Click for full description.
Infertility, Female: definition
Failure to conceive after one year of intercourse. Malnutrition is a major cause. Click Female Infertility for full description.
Infertility, Male: definition
Inability to either produce sperm or to produce viable sperm or mobile sperm resulting in prohibiting fertilization of the female ovum. Malnutrition is a major cause. Click for full description.
Insomnia: definition
Sleeplessness due to inadequate production of neurotransmitters (nerve chemicals) in the brain needed for sleep, especially melatonin. Malnutrition is a major cause. Click for full description.
Edema, Small Intestinal: definition
Fluid accumulation within small intestinal mucosa resulting from inflammation that may cause abdominal pain and distention because of hampering peristalsis. Click Small Intestinal Edema for full description.
Hypoparathyroidism, Idiopathic
A condition in which the parathyroid glands atrophy characterized by insufficient or absent secretion of parathormone.
Hyperparathyroidism, Primary: definition
A parathyroid disorder characterized by excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone by one or more parathyroid glands for more than 6 months.
Hyperprolactinemia: definition
Elevated level of prolactin hormone in blood signifies too much prolactin, which is produced by the anterior pituitary gland and causes impaired estrogen production in females and impaired androgen production in males.
Hypertension, Reversible: definition
Sustained elevated arterial blood pressure resulting from impaired absorption of essential co-factors for normal homocysteine metabolism (folate, vitamin B12, or vitamin B6) that resolves with normalization of homocysteine levels.
Hypertension, Arterial: definition
A blood pressure disorder associated with sustained increased systemic (body wide) vascular resistance to blood flow due to endothelial (cell) dysfunction of arterial blood vessels. When blood vessels narrow and/or fail to relax, pressure goes…