Examples
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Systemic vasculitis e.g. SLE, PAN
- Sarcoidosis – a disease that mainly affects the lungs, brain, joints and eyes, found most often in young African-American women.
- Diabetes mellitus – an imbalance in blood glucose (sugar) levels.
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Metabolic syndrome
- AIDS – a disease caused by a virus that cripples the body’s immune defenses.
- Grave's disease – a thyroid disorder, most often in women, which can cause a goiter (swelling in the front part of the neck) and protruding eyes.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus – a connective tissue disorder involving mainly the skin, joints and kidneys.
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Atherosclerosis - a hardening of the arteries
- Sickle cell disease – an inherited blood disorder that can block circulation throughout the body, primarily affecting African-Americans
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