The ABCs

of Internal Medicine at Penn Vet

Here is a general list of the types of diseases and disorders the Internal Medicine team at Penn Vet's Ryan Hospital addresses:

– A –

• Abdominal fluid accumulation
• Acromegaly
• Acute kidney injury
• Addison’s disease
• Adrenal disease
• Adverse drug reactions
• Amyloidosis
• Anal sac disease
• Anaplasmosis
• Ancylostomiasis
• Anemia
• Anorexia
• Antibiotic therapy
• Anticoagulant therapy
• Aplastic anemia
• Ascites
• Aspergillosis
• Aspiration pneumonia
• Asthma
• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
• Azotemia

– B –

• Babesiosis
• Bacterial infections
• Bartonellosis (Bartonella infection)
• Biliary disease, obstruction
•  Bilious vomiting
• Biopsy (endoscopic, bone marrow, nasal, kidney, liver)
• Bladder disease
• Blastomycosis (Blastomyces infection)
• Bleeding disorders
• Blood testing
• Blood pressure
• Blood transfusion
• Blood typing
• Body condition scoring
• Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy
• Bordetellosis (Bordetella infection)
• Borreliosis (Lyme disease)
• Botulism
• Bowel disease
• Boxer dog colitis
• Breed associated diseases
• Bronchalveolar lavage
• Bronchitis
• Bronchoscopy
• Brucellosis
• Buccal mucosal bleeding time

– C –

• Cachexia
• Calcinosis cutis
• Calcium disorders
• Campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter infection)
• Candidiasis (fungal infection)
• Canine adenovirus
• Canine distemper virus
• Chinese Shar-Pei fever
• Cholangiohepatitis
• Cholangitis
• Cholecystitis
• Cholelithiasis
• Cholestasis
• Chronic kidney disease
• Cirrhosis
• Clostridial infection
• Clotting factor deficiencies
• Coagulopathies
• Cobalamin deficiencies
• Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides infection)
• Colitis
• Colonic polyps and tumors
• Colonoscopy
• Computed tomography (CT Scans)
• Congenital disorders
• Constipation
• Continuous renal replacement therapy
• Coombs test
• Copper storage disease
• Copper-associated hepatitis
• Coronavirus infection
• Coughing
• Cretinism
• Cricopharyngeal achalasia/dysphagia
• Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus infection)
• Crystallulria (crystals in urine)
• Cushing’s disease (Hyperadenocorticism)
• Cystine urolitiasis (bladder stones)
• Cystoscopy
• Cytopenias

– D –

•  Diabetes insipidus
• Diabetes mellitus
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Dialysis
• Diarrhea
• Diet and nutrition
• Digestion abnormalities
• Discospondylitis
• Distemper virus
• Duodenal disease
• Dwarfism
• Dyskinesia
• Dysmyelopoiesis
• Dysphagia

– E –

• Ecchymoses
• Edema
• Effusions
• Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia infection)
• Electrolyte disorders
• Emesis
• Emphysematous cystitis
• Endrocrine diseases (Endocrinopathies)
• Endoscopy and endoscopic procedures
• Enteritis
• Eosinophilic pneumonia
• Epistaxis (Nose bleeding)
• Erythrocytosis
• Erythropoiesis and failure
• Escherichia coli (E. coli) infection
• Esophageal disease
• Esophageal stricture
• Esophagitis
• Esophagostomy tubes
• Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
• Extracorporeal renal replacement therapy
• Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

– F –

• Familial disorders
• Fanconi syndrome
• Fecal incontinence
• Feline calicivirus
• Feline coronavirus
• Feline herpesvirus
• Feline idiopathic cystitis
• Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
• Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
• Feline leukemia virus (FeLV)
• Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD)
• Feline panleukopenia
• Feline rhinotracheitis
• Fever
• Fine needle aspiration
• Fluid therapy
• Fluoroscopy
• Folate deficiency
• Food hypersensitivity
• Foreign body removal
• Fungal infections

– G –

•  Gagging
• Gallbladder disease
• Gallstones
• Gastric (stomach) disorders
• Gastritis
• Gastroenteritis
• Gastrointestinal tract disorders
• Giardiasis (Giardia infection)
• Glomerular diseases
• Glomerular filtration rate measurement
• Glomerulonephritis
• Glomerulonephropathy
• Glucagon disorders
• Glucose disorders
• Glucosuria
• Growth hormone disorders

– H –

• Heartworm disease
• Heinz body anemiaHematologic disordersHematology
• Hematopoiesis
• Hematuria (blood in urine)
• Hemobartonellosis
• Hemodialysis
• Hemolysis and hemolytic anemia
• Hemoptysis
• Hemorrhage
• Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE)
• Hemostasis
• Hepatic disease
• Hepatic lipidosis
• Hepatic vascular anomalies
• Hepatitis
• Hepatobiliary disease
• Hepatocutaneous syndrome
• Hepatozoonosis
• Hereditary diseases
• Hervesvirus infections
• Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma infection)
• Hookworm infection
• Hormone disrders
• Hydronephrosis
• Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s disease)
• Hyperbilirubinemia
• Hypercalcemia
• Hypercholesterolemia (High blood cholesterol)
• Hypercoagulability
• Hypercortisolism
• Hyperglobulinemia
• Hyperglycemia
• Hyperlipidemia
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypertension (High blood pressure)
• Hyperthyroidism and I-131 treatment
• Hypertriglyceridemia
• Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s disease)
• Hypoalbuminemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Hyposthenuria
• Hypothyroidism

– I –

• Ileal disease
• Immune disordersImmune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA)
• Immune-mediated polyarthritis (IMPA)
• Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (IMT/IMTP)
• Immunosuppressive therapy
• Infectious diseases
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Insulin therapy
• INsulinoma
• Iodine- radioactive iodine treatment
• Iron deficiencies

 – J –

• Jaundice
• Jejunal disease
• Joint aspiration (arthrocentesis)

– K –

• Kennel cough
• Ketoacidosis
• Ketones
• Kidney diseases
• Kidney failure

 – L –

• Laboratory tests
• Large intestine disease
• Laryngeal disease
• Laser lithotripsy
• Lead toxicity
• Leishmaniasis (Leishmania infection)
• Leptospirosis (Leptospira infection)
• Lethargy
• Lily toxicitiy
• Lipidosis
• Lithotripsy
• Liver diseases
• Liver failure
• Lockjaw
• Lower airway diseases
• Lung diseases
• Lungworm infections
• Lyme disease
• Lymphangiectasia
• Lysodren therapy

– M –

• Macrocytosis
• Malabsorption disorders
• Maldigestion
• Malnutrition
• Mediastinal disease
• Megacolon
• Megaesophagus
• Melena
• Metabolic disorders
• Methemoglobinemia
• Methimazole therapy
• Microcytosis
• Microvascular dysplasia
• Micturition disorders
• Mineralocorticoid deficiency
• Mitotane therapy
• Mucocoele
• Mycobacterial infections
• Mycoplasma infections
• Mycoses (fungal infections)
• Myelodysplasia
• Myelofibrosis
• Myeloproliferative dosrders
• Myxedema coma

– N –

• Nasal diseases
• Nasogastric feeding tubes
• Nasopharyngeal polyps
• Nausea
• Neorickettsial infections
• Neosporosis (Neospira infection)
• Nephritis
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Neutropenia
• Nutrition

– O –

• Obesity
• Obstipation
• Oliguric renal failure
• Overflow incontinence
• Oxalate crystals and stones

– P –

• Pancreas diseases
• Pancreatic enzyme supplementation
• Pancreatitis
• Panleukopenia
• Parasites
• Parathyroid gland disorders
• Percutaneous endoscopy gastrostomy (PEG) tubes
• Peritoneal dialysis
• Peritoneal effusions
• Peritonitis
• Persistent urachus
• Pharyngeal diseases
• Pheochromocytoma
• Pituitary diseases
• Pituitary dwarfism
• Platelet disorders
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumonia
• Polyarthritis
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Polycythemia
• Polydipsia
• Polyps
• Polyuria
• Portal hypertension
• Portosystemic shunts (portosystemic vascular anomalies)
• Prednisone therapy
• Probiotics
• Prostate gland disorders
• Prostatic wash
• Prostatitis
• Protein losing enteropathy (PLE)
• Protein losing nephropathy (PLN)
• Proteinuria
• Protothecosis
• Protozoal infections
• Pytalism
• Pulmonary disorders
• Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophils (PIE)
• Pulmonary thromboembolism
• Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA)
• Purine urolithiasis
• Pyelonephritis
• Pyloric hypertrophy
• Pyruvate kinase deficiency
• Pythiosis
• Pyuria

– R –

• Radioactive iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism
• Raisin toxicosis
• Rectal disease
• Red blood cell disorders
• Red blood cell transfusions
• Regurgitation
• Renal failure
• Renal replacement therapy
• Renal transplantation evaluation
• Reproductive abnormalities
• Respiratory disorders
• Retching
• Rhinitis
• Rhinoscopy
• Rickettsial infections (tick-borne diseases)
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever

– S –

• Saddle thrombus
• Salivation
• Shar-Pei fever
• Short bowl syndrome
• Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)
• Small intestinal disease
• Sneezing
• Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier genetic diseases
• Splenic diseases
• Splenitis
• Steroid therapy
• Stomach disorders
• Struvite crystals and stones
• Superficial necrolytic dermatitis
• Swallowing disorders
• Synovial fluid aspiration
• Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE)

– T –

• Taurine deficiencies
• Tenesmus
• Tetanus
• Thoracic disease
• Thrombocytopathia
• Thrombocytopenia
• Thromboembolism
• Thyroid diseases
• Tick-borne diseases
• Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma infection)
• Tracheal collapse
• Tracheal diseases
• Tracheal stenting
• Tracheitis
• Transfusions
• Trilostane therapy

– U –

• Ulcers
• Ultrasonography
• Upper airway disorders
• Urate crystals and stones
• Uremia
• Ureteral disease
• Ureteral obstruction and stricture
• Ureterolithis
• Urethral disease
• Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence
• Urinalysis
• Urinary incontinence
• Urinary tract disorders
• Urinary tract infection
• Urolithiasis

– V –

• Vaginitis
• Vaginoscopy
• Vascular disorders
• Vasculitis
• Vector-borne diseases
• Viral infections
• Vitamin deficiencies
• Vomiting
• Von Willebrand disease

– W –

• Water deprivation testing
• Weight gain
• Weight loss
• White blood cell disorders

– X –

• Xanthine crystals and stones

– Z –

• Zoonotic diseases