Medical Encyclopedia Topics beginning with “H”

• H1N1 (swine) influenza
• H1N1 (swine) influenza vaccine
• H2 receptor antagonists overdose
• Hair bleach poisoning
• Hair dye poisoning

• Hair loss
• Hair spray poisoning
• Hair straightener poisoning
• Hair tonic
• Hair transplant

• Hairy cell leukemia
• Hallervorden-Spatz disease
• Hallucinations
• Ham test
• Hammer toe

• Hand-foot-mouth disease
• Hand lotion poisoning
• Hand or foot spasms
• Hand x-ray
• Hangover treatment

• Hantavirus
• Haptoglobin
• Hartnup disorder
• HbA1c
• HCG blood test – qualitative

• HCG blood test – quantitative
• HCG in urine
• HDL test
• Head and face reconstruction
• Head circumference

• Head injury
• Head lice
• Head MRI
• Headache
• Headache – what to ask your doctor

• Healthy living
• Hearing loss
• Hearing loss – infants
• Hearing or speech impairment – resources
• Heart attack

• Heart attack – discharge
• Heart attack – what to ask your doctor
• Heart attack first aid
• Heart bypass surgery
• Heart bypass surgery – discharge

• Heart bypass surgery – minimally invasive
• Heart bypass surgery – minimally invasive – discharge
• Heart CT scan
• Heart disease
• Heart disease – resources

• Heart disease – risk factors
• Heart disease and diet
• Heart disease and women
• Heart failure
• Heart failure – discharge

• Heart failure – fluids and diuretics
• Heart failure – home monitoring
• Heart failure – what to ask your doctor
• Heart MRI
• Heart murmurs and other sounds

• Heart pacemaker
• Heart pacemaker – discharge
• Heart palpitations
• Heart PET scan
• Heart-respiratory monitor – infants

• Heart transplant
• Heart valve surgery
• Heart valve surgery – discharge
• Heartburn
• Heartburn – what to ask your doctor

• Heat emergencies
• Heat intolerance
• Heel pain
• Height and weight chart
• Heimlich maneuver

• Heimlich maneuver on self
• Helicobacter pylori
• HELLP syndrome
• Hemangioma
• Hematocrit

• Hemochromatosis
• Hemoglobin
• Hemoglobin C disease
• Hemoglobin derivatives
• Hemoglobin electrophoresis

• Hemoglobinopathy
• Hemoglobinuria
• Hemolysis
• Hemolytic anemia
• Hemolytic anemia caused by chemicals and toxins

• Hemolytic crisis
• Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
• Hemophilia
• Hemophilia – resources
• Hemophilia A

• Hemophilia B
• Hemorrhagic
• Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn
• Hemorrhoid surgery
• Hemorrhoids

• Hemothorax
• Hemovac drain
• Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• Hepatic
• Hepatic encephalopathy

• Hepatic hemangioma
• Hepatic ischemia
• Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chiari)
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A

• Hepatitis A – vaccine
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis B vaccine
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis virus panel

• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Hepatocerebral degeneration
• Hepatomegaly
• Hepatorenal syndrome
• Hereditary amyloidosis

• Hereditary angioedema
• Hereditary elliptocytosis
• Hereditary fructose intolerance
• Hereditary ovalocytosis
• Hereditary urea cycle abnormality

• Hernia
• Herniated disk
• Heroin overdose
• Herpangina
• Herpes – resources

• Herpes esophagitis
• Herpes labialis
• Herpes simplex
• Herpes viral culture of lesion
• Herpetic stomatitis

• Heterochromia
• Hiatal hernia
• Hib – vaccine
• Hiccups
• High arch

• High blood cholesterol and triglycerides
• High blood pressure – infants
• High blood pressure – what to ask your doctor
• High-fiber foods
• Hip fracture – discharge

• Hip fracture surgeries
• Hip joint replacement
• Hip or knee replacement – after – what to ask your doctor
• Hip or knee replacement – before – what to ask your doctor
• Hip pain

• Hip replacement – discharge
• Hip replacement – precautions
• Hirschsprung’s disease
• His bundle electrography
• Histiocyte

• Histiocytosis
• Histocompatibility antigen test
• Histoplasma complement fixation
• Histoplasma skin test
• Histoplasmosis

• Histoplasmosis – acute (primary) pulmonary
• Histoplasmosis – chronic pulmonary
• Histoplasmosis – disseminated
• Histrionic personality disorder
• HIV infection

• Hives
• HLA-B27 antigen
• Hoarseness
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Holter monitor (24h)

• Home apnea monitor – infants
• Home pharmacy
• Home vision tests
• Homocystinuria
• Hookworm

• Hormonal effects in newborns
• Hormone levels
• Hormone therapy
• Horner syndrome
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia

• Hot tub folliculitis
• Household glue
• How to breathe when you are short of breath
• How to make a sling
• How to make a splint

• How to read food labels
• How to use a nebulizer
• How to use an inhaler – no spacer
• How to use an inhaler – with spacer
• How to use your peak flow meter

• HPV vaccine
• Human bites
• Human placental lactogen
• Humidifiers and health
• Hump behind the shoulders

• Hunter syndrome
• Huntington’s disease
• Hurler syndrome
• Hydatidiform mole
• Hydrocarbon pneumonia

• Hydrocele
• Hydrocele repair
• Hydrocephalus
• Hydrochloric acid poisoning
• Hydrocodone/oxycodone overdose

• Hydrocodone and acetaminophen overdose
• Hydrofluoric acid poisoning
• Hydrogen peroxide poisoning
• Hydromorphone overdose
• Hydrops fetalis

• Hydroxyzine overdose
• Hymenolepiasis
• Hyperactivity
• Hyperactivity and children
• Hyperactivity and sugar

• Hyperaldosteronism – primary and secondary
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Hypercalcemia
• Hypercalcemia – discharge
• Hypercoagulable states

• Hyperelastic skin
• Hyperemesis gravidarum
• Hyperglycemia – infants
• Hyperhidrosis
• Hyperimmunization

• Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome
• Hyperkalemia
• Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
• Hypermobile joints
• Hyperparathyroidism

• Hyperplasia
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Hypersplenism
• Hypertension
• Hypertensive heart disease

• Hypertensive retinopathy
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hyperventilation
• Hyperviscosity – newborn

• Hypervitaminosis A
• Hypervitaminosis D
• Hyphema
• Hypnotics
• Hypocalcemia – infants

• Hypochondria
• Hypochromia
• Hypoglycemia
• Hypogonadism
• Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

• Hypokalemia
• Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
• Hypomagnesemia
• Hyponatremia
• Hypoparathyroidism

• Hypophosphatemia
• Hypopituitarism
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• Hypospadias
• Hypospadias repair

• Hypospadias repair – discharge
• Hypotension
• Hypothalamic dysfunction
• Hypothalamic tumor
• Hypothalamus

• Hypothermia
• Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism – primary
• Hypotonia
• Hypoventilation

• Hypovolemic shock
• Hysterectomy
• Hysterectomy – abdominal – discharge
• Hysterectomy – laparoscopic – discharge
• Hysterectomy – vaginal – discharge

• Hysterosalpingography