Health Topics A to Z Index

• P.E.T.
• PA
• PAC
• Pacemaker for atrial fibrillation
• Pacemaker for bradycardia
• Pacemaker placement
• Pachydermoperiostosis
• Pachydermoperiostosis Syndrome
• Pachyonychia Congenita
• PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease)
• Paget's Disease of Bone
• Paget's Disease of the Breast
• Paget's Disease of the Nipple
• Paget's Disease of the Nipple and Areola
• Pagon Syndrome
• Pain, Abdominal, Age 11 and Younger
• Pain, Abdominal, Age 12 and Older
• Palliative Care
• Pallidotomy (posteroventral pallidotomy) for Parkinson's disease
• Pallister Hall Syndrome
• Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome
• Pallister Mosaic Syndrome
• Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p
• Pallister Syndrome
• Pallister W Syndrome
• Palmar-plantar Hyperkeratosis and Concomitant Periodontal Destruction
• Palmoplantar Keratoderma with Periodontosis
• PAN
• Pancreatic cancer, exocrine: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Pancreatic cancer, exocrine: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Pancreatic Insufficiency and Bone Marrow Dysfunction
• Pancreatic Islet Cell Tumor
• Pancreatic Ulcerogenic Tumor Syndrome
• Pancreatitis
• Panencephalitis, Subacute Sclerosing
• Panic (Anxiety)
• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
• Panniculitis, Idiopathic Nodular
• Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)
• PAP
• Pap Test, Abnormal
• Papillitis
• Papillon Lefevre Syndrome
• Papillotonic Psuedotabes
• Papular Acrodermatitis of Childhood
• Paracoccidioidal Granuloma
• Paracoccidioidomycosis
• Paralysis Periodica Paramyotonica
• Paramedian Diencephalic Syndrome
• Paramyotonia Congenita
• Paramyotonia Congenita of Von Eulenburg
• Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes
• Parapemphigus
• Paraplegia, Hereditary Spastic
• Parathyroid cancer: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Parathyroid cancer: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Parathyroid, Underactivity of
• Parinaud's Syndrome
• Parkinson's Disease
• Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria
• Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
• Paroxysmal Positional Nystagmus
• Paroxysmal Sleep
• Parrot Fever
• Parry Romberg Syndrome
• Pars Planitis
• Parsonage Turner Syndrome
• Partial 7p Monosomy
• Partial 8p Monosomy
• Partial colectomy for diverticular disease
• Partial Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 9
• Partial Deletion of the Short Arm of Chromosome 4
• Partial Deletion of the Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
• Partial Duplication 15q Syndrome
• Partial Duplication 3q Syndrome
• Partial Facial Palsy With Urinary Abnormalities
• Partial Gigantism of Hands and Feet, Nevi, Hemihypertrophy, Macrocephaly
• Partial Mastectomy for Breast Cancer
• Partial Monosomy of Long Arm of Chromosome 11
• Partial Monosomy of the Long Arm of Chromosome 13
• Partial Spinal Sensory Syndrome
• Partial Trisomy 11q
• Partial Trisomy 3q Syndrome
• Partial Trisomy 4q Sayndrome
• Partnering With Your Doctor
• PAS
• Patau Syndrome
• Patellar Tracking Disorder
• Patellar Tracking Disorder Exercises
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Pathergic Granulomatosis
• Patient Safety
• Patulous Eustachian Tube
• PBC
• PC Deficiency
• PCC Deficiency
• PCH
• PCLD
• PCM
• PCOS
• PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome)
• PCT
• PCT, type II
• PDCD
• PDH deficiency
• Peak Expiratory Flow Monitoring for Asthma
• Peanut Allergy
• Pediatric Cardiomyopathy
• Pediatric Preparation for Medical Tests
• Pediculosis
• Peeling Skin Syndrome
• Peliosis Rheumatica
• Pelizaeus Merzbacher Brain Sclerosis
• Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease
• Pellagra-Cerebellar Ataxia-Renal Aminoaciduria Syndrome
• Pelletier-Leisti syndrome
• Pelvic floor (Kegel) exercises for urinary incontinence in women
• Pelvic Floor Exercises
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Deciding about Surgery
• Pelvic Pain Syndrome
• Pelvic Spleen
• Pelvofemoral Muscular Dystrophy
• Pemphigoid
• Pemphigus
• Pena Shokeir II Syndrome
• Pena Shokeir Syndrome Type II
• Penicillin Allergy
• Penile cancer: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Penile cancer: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Penile Fibromatosis
• Penile Fibrosis
• Penile implants for erection problems
• Penile Induration
• Penta X Syndrome
• Pentalogy of Cantrell
• Pentalogy Syndrome
• Pentasomy X
• PEP Syndrome
• PEPCK Deficiency
• Pepper Syndrome
• Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Percutaneous discectomy for a herniated disc
• Percutaneous nephrolithotomy or nephrolithotripsy for kidney stones
• Performing postural drainage and chest percussion for cystic fibrosis
• Perheentupa Syndrome
• Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica, Recurrent Type II
• Periarteritis
• Periartiritis nodosa
• Pericardial Constriction with Growth Failure
• Pericarditis
• Perihepatitis Syndrome
• Perinatal AIDS
• Perineal Anus
• Perineural Cysts
• Period, First
• Periodic Amyloid Syndrome
• Periodic Edema
• Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
• Periodic Neutropenia
• Periodic Peritonitis Syndrome
• Periodic Somnolence and Morbid Hunger
• Periodic Syndrome
• Periodontal (Gum) Disease
• Periodontitis
• Periods (Menstrual), Missed or Irregular
• Peripapillary Choroidopathy
• Peripheral Arterial Disease of the Legs
• Peripheral Dysostosis-Nasal Hypoplasia-Mental Retardation
• Peripheral Neuritis
• peripheral neurofibromatosis
• Peripheral Retinal Inflammation
• Perisylvian Syndrome, Congenital Bilateral
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Peritoneal Mucinous Carcinomatosis
• Peritoneopericardial Diaphragmatic Hernia
• Pernio
• Perniosis
• peromelia with micrognathia
• Peroneal Muscular Atrophy
• Personality Syndrome, Organic
• Perthes Disease
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
• Pestis
• Pestis Fulminans
• Pestis Major
• pET
• Petzetakis' Syndrome
• Peutz Jeghers Syndrome
• Peutz-Touraine Syndrome
• Peyronie Disease
• Peyronie's Disease
• PFD
• Pfeiffer Syndrome Type I
• Pfeiffer-Weber-Christian syndrome
• PFKM Deficiency
• PGA II
• PGK
• PH Type I
• Phakomatosis TS
• Phalangeal head resection (arthroplasty) for toe joint deformities
• Pharyngeal Pouch Syndrome
• Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• Phenytoin Embryopathy
• Pheochromocytoma
• Pheochromocytoma: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Pheochromocytoma: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Phlebotomy
• Phobias
• Phocomelia Syndrome
• Phosphate Diabetes
• Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Deficiency
• Phosphoglycerate Kinase Deficiency
• Phosphoglycerokinase
• Phospholipidosis
• Phosphorylase Deficiency Glycogen Storage Disease
• Phosphorylase Kinase Deficiency of Liver
• Photochemotherapy (PUVA) for atopic dermatitis
• Photodynamic therapy for age-related macular degeneration
• Phototherapy
• Phototherapy for atopic dermatitis
• Phototherapy for psoriasis
• PHS
• Phthisis
• PHTS
• Physical Abuse, Child
• Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, or Rape
• Physical Allergy Urticaria
• Physical Fitness
• Physical rehabilitation for ACL injuries
• Physical Therapy
• Physical therapy for TM disorders
• Physical Urticaria, Cholinergic Type
• Physiologic Delayed Puberty
• Phytanic Acid Storage Disease
• PI
• Pi Phenotype ZZ, Z- and --
• PIBIDS Syndrome
• Pica
• Pica Eating Disorder
• Pick Disease of the Brain
• Pick's Disease
• PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
• Pierre Robin
• Pierre Robin Anomalad
• Pierre Robin Complex
• Pierre Robin Deformity
• Pierre Robin Malformation Sequence
• Pierre Robin Sequence
• Pierre Robin Syndrome
• Pierre Robin Syndrome with Hyperphalangy and Clinodactyly
• Pierre Robin Triad
• Pierre-Marie's Disease
• Pierre-Robin Syndrome with Fetal Chondrodysplasia
• Pigmentary Degeneration of Globus Pallidus, Substantia Nigra, Red Nucleus
• Pigmented Dermatosis, Siemens-Bloch type
• Pili Torti and Nerve Deafness
• Pili Torti-Sensorineural Hearing Loss
• Pilonidal Disease
• Pimples (Acne)
• Pineal Cysts, Symptomatic
• Pinkeye
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Pinta
• Pinworms
• Piriplasmosis
• Pituitary Dwarfism II
• Pituitary Tumor after Adrenalectomy
• Pituitary tumors: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Pituitary tumors: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta
• Pityriasis Pilaris
• Pityriasis Rosea
• Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
• Pityriasis Versicolor
• PJS
• PKD
• PKND
• PKU (Phenylketonuria)
• Placenta Abruptio
• Placenta Previa
• Placental Steroid Sulfatase Deficiency; STS
• Plague
• Plantar fascia release
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Plantar Fasciitis, Deciding about Surgery
• Plantar Warts
• Plasma Cell Myeloma
• Plasma Transglutaminase Deficiency
• Plastic Induration Corpora Cavernosa
• Plastic Induration of the Penis
• Platelet Fibrinogen Receptor Deficiency
• platelet glycoprotein Ib deficiency
• Playground Safety
• PLD
• Pleomorphic Adenoma
• Pleonosteosis, Leri Type
• Pleurisy
• Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
• PLEVA
• PLGA
• Plicated Tongue
• PLS
• PMD
• PMR
• PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)
• Pneumatic retinopexy for retinal detachment
• pneumoblastoma
• Pneumonia
• Pneumonia, Eosinophilic
• Pneumonia, Interstitial
• Pneumorenal Syndrome
• Pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung)
• PNH
• PNM
• POADS
• POEMS Syndrome
• POFD
• POH
• Poikiloderma Atrophicans and Cataract
• Poikiloderma Congenitale
• Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac
• Poison Oak
• Poison Sumac
• Poisoning
• Poisoning Prevention in Children
• Poland Anomaly
• Poland Sequence
• Poland Syndactyly
• Poland Syndrome
• Poliodystrophia Cerebri Progressiva
• Pollen Allergies
• Polyarteritis
• Polyarteritis Nodosa
• Polyarthritis Enterica
• Polychondritis
• Polycystic Bilateral Ovarian Syndrome
• Polycystic Kidney Disease, Medullary Type
• Polycystic Kidney Diseases
• Polycystic Liver Disease
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
• Polycystic Renal Diseases
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Polycythemia Vera
• Polydactyly-Joubert Syndrome
• Polydysplastic Epidermolysis Bullosa
• polydystrophia oligophrenia
• Polydystrophic Dwarfism
• Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndrome, Type II
• Polyglandular Deficiency Syndrome, Type II
• Polyglucosan Body Disease, Adult
• Polyglucosan Body Disease, Adult Form
• Polymorphous Low-Grade Adenocarcinoma
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
• Polymyositis
• Polymyositis
• Polyneuritis, Peripheral
• Polyneuropathy, Peripheral
• Polyneuropathy-Deafness-Optic Atrophy
• Polyneuropathy-organomegaly-endocrinopathy-M protein-skin lesions
• Polyostotic, Fibrous Dysplasia
• Polyposis, Gardner Type
• Polyposis, Hamartomatous Intestinal
• Polyposis, Skin Pigmentation, Alopecia, and Fingernail Changes
• Polyposis-Osteomatosis-Epidermoid Cyst Syndrome
• Polyps and Spots Syndrome
• Polyserositis, Recurrent
• Polysomy Y
• Polysyndactyly with Peculiar Skull Shape
• Polysyndactyly-Dysmorphic Craniofacies, Greig Type
• Pompe Disease
• Pompe Disease II
• Pontiac Fever
• Popeye Elbow
• popliteal pterygium syndrome
• Porcupine Man
• Porphyria
• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Hereditaria
• porphyria cutanea tarda, type II
• Porphyria Hepatica, Coproporphyria
• Porphyria Hepatica, Variegate
• Porphyria, Acute Intermittent
• Porphyria, ALA-D
• Porphyria, ALA-D Type
• Porphyria, Congenital Erythropoietic
• porphyria, hepatocutaneous type
• porphyria, hepatoerythropoietic
• Porphyria, Hereditary Coproporphyria
• Porphyria, Swedish Type
• Porphyria, Variegate
• Porphyriam Acute Intermittent
• Porrigo Decalvans
• Portuguese Man-of-War Stings
• POS
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Posterior Thalamic Syndrome
• Posterior Tibial Nerve Neuralgia
• Posterior Uveitis
• Postoperative Problems
• Postpartum Depression
• Postpartum Galactorrhea-Amenorrhea Syndrome
• Postpartum Hypopituitarism
• Postpartum Panhypopituitarism
• Postpartum Panhypopituitary Syndrome
• Postpartum Period
• Postpartum Pituitary Necrosis
• Postpartum thyroiditis
• Postural Hypotension
• Potassium Loss Syndrome
• Power of Attorney for Health Care
• PP
• PPB
• PPH
• PPS (Post-Polio Syndrome)
• Prader Willi Syndrome
• Prader-Labhart-Willi Fancone Syndrome
• Prayer
• PRCA
• Pre-leukemia
• Precalyceal Canalicular Ectasia
• Precancerous Dermatosis
• Precocious Puberty
• Precocious Puberty with Polyostotic Fibrosis and Abnormal Pigmentation
• Prediabetes
• Preeclampsia and High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy
• Preexcitation Syndrome
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy with Asthma
• Pregnancy, Cervical
• Pregnancy, Ectopic
• Pregnancy, Extrauterine
• Pregnancy, Tubal
• Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
• Pregnancy-Related Problems
• Prehypertension
• Premature Aging Syndrome
• Premature Ejaculation
• Premature Infant
• Premature Ovarian Failure
• Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
• Premenstrual Syndrome Medication, Deciding About
• Preparing and giving an insulin injection when you have gestational diabetes
• Presbyopia
• Prescription Medications
• Presenile Tremor Syndrome
• Pressure Sores
• Preterm Labor
• Pretreatment exercises for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
• Preventing carpal tunnel syndrome
• Preventing Falls
• Preventing high blood sugar emergencies from diabetes
• Preventing high blood sugar emergencies in children with diabetes
• Preventing Medical Errors
• Preventing Poisoning in Young Children
• Prevention and cessation of cigarette smoking: control of tobacco use: Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prevention and cessation of cigarette smoking: control of tobacco use: Prevention - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prevention of Liver Cancer (hepatocellular cancer): Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prickly Heat
• Primary Anemia
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
• Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, Kartagener Type
• Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF)
• Primary Neurasthenia
• Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Bed-Wetting)
• Primary Obliterative Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Primary Orthostatic Tremor
• Primary Polycythemia
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
• Primary Renal Glycosuria
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
• Primary Thrombocythemia
• Primary Thyroid teratoma
• Primary Tumors of Central Nervous System
• PRK (Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy) for nearsightedness
• PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) and LASEK (laser epithelial keratomileusis) for nearsightedness
• Probiotics
• Problems After Delivery of Your Baby
• Proctocolectomy and ileostomy for inflammatory bowel disease
• Proctocolitis, Idiopathic
• Progeria
• Progeria of Adulthood
• Progeria of Childhood
• Progeria, Hutchinson Gilford
• progeriod short stature with pigmented nevi
• Progeroid Nanism
• Progeroid Syndrome of De Barsy
• Progressive Cardiomyopathic Lentiginosis
• Progressive Cerebellar Ataxia, Familial
• Progressive Cerebral Poliodystrophy
• Progressive Choroidal Atrophy
• Progressive Diaphyseal Dysplasia
• Progressive Essential Iris Atrophy
• Progressive Facial Hemiatrophy
• Progressive Familial Myoclonic Epilepsy
• Progressive Hemifacial Atrophy
• Progressive Massive Osteolysis
• Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
• Progressive Muscular Dystrophy of Childhood
• Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy
• Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia (POH)
• Progressive Pigmentary Retinopathy
• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
• Progressive Systemic Sclerosis
• Progressive Tapetochoroidal Dystrophy
• Progressive Tardive Muscular Dystrophy
• Proline Oxidase Deficiency
• Propionyl CoA Carboxylase Deficiency
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Cancer, Advanced or Metastatic
• Prostate cancer: Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostate cancer: Prevention - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostate cancer: Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostate cancer: Screening - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostate cancer: Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostate cancer: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]
• Prostatitis
• Protease Inhibitor Deficiency
• Protecting Your Child From Drowning Hazards
• Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
• Protecting your skin from ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer
• Protein-Losing Enteropathy Secondary to Congestive Heart Failure
• Proteus Syndrome
• Protoporphyria
• Proximal Muscular Dystrophy
• PRP
• PRS
• Prune Belly Syndrome
• Pseudo Hurler Polydystrophy
• Pseudo-Polydystrophy
• Pseudo-thalidomide Syndrome
• Pseudoachondroplasia
• Pseudoachondroplastic Dysplasia
• Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency
• Pseudocholinesterase E1
• Pseudocoma
• Pseudoglycogenosis II
• Pseudogout, Familial
• Pseudohermaphroditism-Nephron Disorder-Wilm's Tumor
• Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism
• Pseudointestinal Obstruction Syndrome
• Pseudomyxoma Ovarii
• Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
• Pseudoobstructive Syndrome
• Pseudopolydystrophy
• Pseudothalidomide Syndrome
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)
• Psittacosis
• Psoriasis
• Psorospermosis Follicularis
• PSP
• PSS
• Psychotherapy for HIV infection
• PT (Physical Therapy)
• PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome
• pterygium colli syndrome
• Pterygium Syndrome, Multiple
• pterygium universale
• Pterygolymphangiectasia
• Ptosis (Drooping Eyelids)
• PTSD and Depression
• PTSD and Negative Coping
• PTSD and Panic Attacks
• PTSD and Physical Health Problems
• PTSD and Suicide
• PTSD and Your Family
• PTSD Treatment, Deciding About
• PTSD, Work, and Your Community
• PTSD-VA (VA Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• Pubertas Praecox
• Pudendal Neuralgia
• Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
• Pulmonary Angiitis
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
• Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Secondary
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Hypertension, Primary
• Pulmonary Hypertension, Secondary
• Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia
• Pulmonary Lymphangiomyomatosis
• Pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma
• Pulmonary Wegener's Granulomatosis
• Pulmonic Stenosis-Ventricular Septal Defect
• Pulp Stones
• Pulpal Dysplasia
• Pulpless Teeth
• Pulseless Disease
• Puna
• Puncture Wounds
• Pure Red Blood Cell Aplasia
• Pure Red Cell Aplasia, Acquired
• Purpura Hemorrhagica ITP
• Purtilo Syndrome
• Purulent Arthritis
• PVD (Peripheral Vascular Disease)
• Pyarthrosis
• PYCD
• Pycnodysostosis
• PYKL
• Pyknodysostosis
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Pyoderma Gangrenosum
• Pyogenic Arthritis
• Pyridoxine-Dependent Seizures
• Pyroglutamic Aciduria
• Pyroglutamicaciduria
• Pyrroline Carboxylate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Pyrroloporphyria
• Pyruvate Carboxylase Deficiency
• Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency