Systemic disease

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Overview

A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues, or affects the body as a whole Although most medical conditions will eventually involve multiple organs in advanced stage (i.e. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome), diseases where multiple organ involvement is at presentation or in early stage are considered above.

Examples

• Systemic Vasculitus e.g. SLE, PAN
• Sarcoidosis
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Metabolic syndrome
• AIDS

See also

• Disease
• Defining the diseases
• Disseminated disease
• Illness
• Local disease
• Localized disease

List of Major Online Medical Dictionaries

• KMLE Medical Dictionary
• Dorland's
• Stedman's
• Webster's
• Cancerweb