The “People Power” Health Superbook Book 7. Medical Conditions & Diseases (Rare Diseases, Genetic Diseases, Diabetes, Respiratory, Most Body Parts, Etc.)

If you have a disease or medical condition, go to a few of the big websites like nih.gov and webmd.com.

Go to the library where they’ll have at least one book on most medical conditions, #610-619 of the Dewey Decimal System, R in the Library of Congress system.

1. Medical Sciences.

2. Human anatomy.

3. Human physiology.

4. Hygiene, fitness, diet.

5. Public health.

6. Therapeutics and pharmacology.

7. Medicine, diseases.

8. Surgery.

9. Specialized medicine, women, childbirth, children.

10. Comparative and experimental medicine.

R, Medicine.

RB, Pathology.

RK, Dentistry.

RT, Nursing.

There are a lot of healthcare books at #361-362 at the library:

Arthritis, 616.716-72.

AIDS, 616.97, RC607.

Allergies, asthma, 619.97.

Arthritis, 616.72.

Attention deficit disorder, 616.8589.

Back problems, 617.564, RD798-RD7771.

Biology, body, physiology, 612, QP38.

Biology, general, 574, QH313.

Birth control, sex, 613.9.

Blood diseases, hematology, 612.11, 616.15.

Breast cancer, 616.99, RC280.

Burns, 617.51.

Business end of the healthcare industry, 362.160, RA644.

Cancer, 616.8, 616.99,

Cancer survivorship, 362.1.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, 616.399.

Celiac, 616.399.

Childbirth, 618.401, RG518-661.

Children's medical issues, 618.9.

Chronic fatigue syndrome, 616.047, RB150.

Chronic illness, disability, 362.196, RJ108-RJ380.

Colitis, 616.344.

Communicable diseases, epidemiology, 614.4, RA651.

Constipation, 616.342.

Contraception, 613.94.

Coronary heart disease, 616.10-12, RC672-RC685.

Cosmetic surgery, 617.95.

Cystic fibrosis, 616.37.

Cystitis, 616.623.

Death and terminal illness, 362.175, R726.8.

Dentistry, 617.643, RK61-RK527.

Diabetes, 616.462, RC660.5.

Digestion, colon, 616.344, RC862.

Diseases of all kinds, 616.9.

Dizziness, 616.841.

Doctors, family medicine, 610.69, R729.

Doctors, women, 610.92, R154.

Drugs, 615.1.

Drugs, recreational, 178.8, 615.782.

Ear, hearing, 591.18, 612.85.

Eastern medicine, 610.951, R603.

Eating disorders, 616.852, RC552.

Eczema, 616.51.

Endocrinology, 612.4, QP187.

Epilepsy, 616.853, RC372.

Exercise, 613.71, RA781.

Eyes, 617.7.

Fertility, 616.69.

Fibromyalgia, 616.74, RC925-927.

Food habits, 394.14, GT2853.

Foot, podiatry, 617.585.

Funerals, 393, 395.3.

Gallstones, 616.36.

General selfcare, 616.0.

Geriatrics, 616.0084, 618.97, RC952.

Hair loss, 616.546.

Headache, 616.849 to 616.850, RB128.

Healing, 610, RZ999.

Health care system, 362.1, RA410-RA412.

Health insurance, health care reform, 362.109, RA395.

Health cookbooks, 641.56.

Heart, 616.12.

Hemorrhoids, 616.35.

Hepatitis, 616.36.

High blood pressure, #612.14 and #616.132.

Hodgkin's disease, 616.42.

Holistic medicine, 615.5, 615.882, F1435.

Home remedies, 615.32.

Hospitals, 338.433, RA971.3.

Hypertension, 616.123, RC685.

Incontinence, 616.623, RC921.

Infertility, 613.9, 616.69.

Injuries, general, wounds, 617.51.

Irritable bowel syndrome, 616.34.

Kidney disease, 616.61.

Lice, 595.7, 614.43.

Loneliness, 158, 248.86, BV4911.

Longevity, 612.67, QP85.

Lungs, 612.2, 616.24, respiratory tract diseases, 616.2, bronchitis at #616.23 and emphysema at #616.248.

Lupus, 616.978

Lyme disease, 616.92.

Lymphedema, 616.079.

Measles, mumps, viral infections, #615.372.

Medical genetics, 616.042, RB155.

Medical history, 610.9, R850.

Medical tests, 616.075, RC71.

Mental healing, 615.852, RZ400.047

Mental health, 618.92, RC514.

Mental health therapy, 616.89, RC489.

Mental problems like stress, depression, anorexia, etc., 616.8.

Middle-aged health, #618.2082, RA778.

Multiple Sclerosis, neurological diseases, 616.834.

Neurosis, 616.85, RC530.

Nuclear medicine, 616.075, RC78.7.

Nursing, 610.73, RT41.

Nutrition, 613.26, RA776-784, RM237.

Ostomy, 617.55.

Osteoporosis, 616.716.

Pain control, 616.0472, RB127.

Pain control, cancer, 616.99, RC262.

Panic disorders, 616.852, RC535.

Parkinson's disease, 616.833.

Pediatrics, children, 618.92, RJ78.

Piercing, tattooing, #617.95, RD119.5

Poison, toxicology, 615.9, RA770.5.

Popular, general medical books, 610.3.

Books about the practical and financial aspects of medical care are at #362.1 or RA410.5 at the library.

Practical and financial aspects of medical care, 362.1, RA410.5.

Prescription drugs, 613.2662, 615.1, RM236.

Preventive medicine, 613, RA431, RC81.

Prostate, 616.65, 616.99.

Psychiatry, 616.9.

Scoliosis, 617.375.

Self destructive behaviors, 616.8582, RC569.5.

Sexual diseases, 616.951.

Sickle cell anemia, 616.152, RC641.

Skincare, 646.726, RL87.

Social services, 361.973, HV91.

Social welfare organizations, 361.

Spina bifida, 618.9283, RJ496.

Spinal cord injury, 617.151.

Sports medicine, 612.76, 612.1027, 617.1027-1210, RC1230-RC1235, RD97.

Skin disorders, 616.508, RL87.

Sleep disorders, 612.82, 616.84.

Snoring, 612.21.

Stomach, 612.3, 616.33.

Steroids, doping in sports, #617.1027, RC1230.

Stress, 158.1, 613.09.

Stress disorders, 616.852, RC552.

Strokes, 616.81.

Surgery, 617.

Temporamandibalon/ TMJ, #617.522.

Thyroid, 616.44.

Tuberculosis, 616.950, RC311.

Ulcers, 616.33.

Urinary tract, 616.61.

Varicose vein, 616.143.

Women's healthcare, 362.10, RA564.85.

Women's issues/ childbirth, 618.

Volume 1. Medical Conditions & Diseases

Chapter 1. Diseases & Disorders

Rare Diseases Info

By definition, a rare disorder is a disease or disorder than afflicts less than 200,000 Americans. Rare disorders are generally genetic disorders, chromosomal abnormalmes, some infectious diseases and other obscure health anomalies.