Friday, September 16, 2011

Ten Eyes for Looking at Disease

Hypothesis: All disease is caused by some combination of



I Injury (caused by an exogenous agent, this would include hemorrhage)





I Inflammation (caused by the human organisms response to injury)





Y Immune (caused by under, over, or inappropriate response of the human self-defense mechanism)





I° Infection (caused by an exogenous microbial vector)





I Ischemia (caused by lack of blood flow)





i Inadequacy (caused by mechanical failure)





Aye Incompetence (caused by physiological failure, heart failure would presumably fall in both)





I Intoxication (caused by poison)





I Iatrogenic (caused by doctors)





¿ Idiopathic (caused by an unclear reason that is not included in the above, the cop-out)

















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