 |
|
Libido (sex drive)
|  |
|
 |
|
female
|  |
Sexual
Dysfunction
Decreased
Libido
|
 |
|
male
|  |
Sexual
Dysfunction in Men: Normal
Sexual Function
Decreased
Libido
|
 |
|
in erectile dysfunction
|  |
Erectile
Dysfunction (ED): Symptoms
|
 |
|
Lice
|  |
Lice Infestation
A Close-up Look at Lice
Insect Bites
|
 |
|
rickettsial infections from
|  |
Some Rickettsial and Related Infections
|
 |
|
in traveler
|  |
Problems at the Destination: Lice
and Scabies
|
 |
|
Lichenification
|  |
Medical Names for Marks and Growths on the Skin
|
 |
|
Lichen planus
|  |
Mouth Sores: Inflammatory disorders
Lichen
Planus
|
 |
|
nail deformities and
|  |
Deformities
and Discoloration: Deformities
Associated With Skin Diseases
|
 |
|
Lichen sclerosus
|  |
Symptoms: Causes
|
 |
|
Lichen simplex chronicus (localized scratch dermatitis)
|  |
Dermatitis: Localized
Scratch Dermatitis
|
 |
|
Licorice
|  |
Some Possible Medicinal Herb—Drug Interactions

Licorice
Eating Real Licorice
|
 |
|
Liddle syndrome
|  |
Liddle
Syndrome
Potassium: Hypokalemia
|
 |
|
Lidocaine
|  |
|
 |
|
for mouth sores
|  |
Mouth Sores: Treatment
|
 |
|
topical
|  |
Treatment: Anesthetics
Mouth Sores: Treatment
|
 |
|
Life expectancy
|  |
The Aging
Body: Life
Expectancy
|
 |
|
Life span
|  |
The Aging
Body: Life
Expectancy
|
 |
|
Lifestyle
|  |
|
 |
|
aging and
|  |
Looking for the Fountain of Youth
Indirect
Influences on Health: Social
Relationships
|
 |
|
healthful
|  |
Tools of Prevention: Healthful
Lifestyle
Tools of Prevention: Healthful
Lifestyle
|
 |
|
longevity and
|  |
The Aging
Body: Life
Expectancy
|
 |
|
in risk assessment
|  |
Examples of Risk Factors for Health Problems
|
 |
|
Life-sustaining treatment
|  |
Treatment
Options
Medical Terms Related to Life-Sustaining Treatment
|
 |
|
Lifting technique
|  |
Low Back Pain: Prevention
|
 |
|
Ligament(s)
|  |
Ligaments
|
 |
|
age-associated changes in
|  |
Changes
in the Body: Bones
and Joints
|
 |
|
ankle
|  |
Ankle Sprain
Spraining an Ankle
|
 |
|
pain in
|  |
Symptoms: Causes
|
 |
|
scapholunate
|  |
Common Hand Injuries
|
 |
|
Light
|  |
|
 |
|
depression (seasonal affective disorder) and
|  |
What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
|
 |
|
sensitivity to (photophobia)
|  |
Symptoms: Light Sensitivity
|
 |
|
sun
|  |
see Sunlight; Ultraviolet light
|
 |
|
Light-headedness
|  |
Dizziness: Causes
Classifying Dizziness
|
 |
|
in heart disease
|  |
Symptoms: Light-Headedness
and Fainting
|
 |
|
Lightning injury
|  |
Lightning
Injuries
|
 |
|
Light therapy
|  |
|
 |
|
for manic-depressive illness
|  |
Manic-Depressive
Illness: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
for seasonal affective disorder
|  |
What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
|
 |
|
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
|  |
Other Forms of Muscular
Dystrophy
|
 |
|
Limbic system
|  |
Brain: Cerebrum
|
 |
|
Limbs
|  |
see also Arm; Leg
|
 |
|
amputated
|  |
Limb
Prosthetics
|
 |
|
pain after
|  |
Pain
|
 |
|
artificial
|  |
Limb
Prosthetics
Types of Prostheses
Options for Prostheses
|
 |
|
birth defects of
|  |
Bone
and Muscle Defects: Limb
and Joint Defects
|
 |
|
pain in
|  |
Symptoms: Pain in the Limbs
|
 |
|
severed or constricted
|  |
Severed
or Constricted Limbs or Digits
|
 |
|
Lindane
|  |
Lice Infestation: Treatment
|
 |
|
Linea alba, of gum
|  |
Color Changes in the Mouth
|
 |
|
Linezolid
|  |
Antibiotics
|
 |
|
Lip
|  |
Biology of the Mouth
|
 |
|
cancer of
|  |
Cancerous
Growths: Symptoms
|
 |
|
cleft
|  |
Bone
and Muscle Defects: Facial Defects
Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: Defects of the Face
|
 |
|
color changes in
|  |
Lip Disorders: Discoloration
|
 |
|
inflammation of (cheilitis)
|  |
Lip Disorders: Inflammation
|
 |
|
keratoacanthoma of
|  |
Noncancerous Growths
|
 |
|
sores on
|  |
Lip Disorders: Sores
|
 |
|
sunlight damage to
|  |
Lip Disorders: Sun
Damage
|
 |
|
swelling of
|  |
Lip Disorders: Swelling
|
 |
|
Lipase
|  |
Pancreas
Acute
Pancreatitis: Diagnosis
Blood Tests

|
 |
|
Lipid
|  |
see Fat; Lipoproteins
|
 |
|
Lipid-lowering drugs
|  |
Hyperlipoproteinemia: Treatment
Lipid-Lowering Drugs
|
 |
|
after menopause
|  |
Menopause: Other Drugs
Some Drugs Used to Treat Symptoms and Effects of Menopause
|
 |
|
Lipidoses
|  |
Lipid
Metabolism
Other Rare Hereditary Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
|
 |
|
Lipodystrophy, intestinal (Whipple's disease)
|  |
Whipple's
Disease
|
 |
|
Lipohyalinosis
|  |
Ischemic
Stroke: Causes
|
 |
|
Lipoma
|  |
Lipomas
|
 |
|
small intestine
|  |
Small
Intestine Tumors That Are Noncancerous
|
 |
|
spinal cord
|  |
Brain
and Spinal Cord Defects: Neural Tube
Defects
|
 |
|
Lipoproteins
|  |
Cholesterol Disorders
Lipoproteins: Lipid Carriers

|
 |
|
after menopause
|  |
Menopause: After Menopause
|
 |
|
in atherosclerosis
|  |
Atherosclerosis: Cholesterol
Levels
Cholesterol Disorders
Hyperlipoproteinemia: Symptoms
|
 |
|
desirable blood levels of
|  |
Desirable Lipid Levels in Adults

|
 |
|
HDL
|  |
Atherosclerosis: Cholesterol
Levels
Coronary
Artery Disease: High Cholesterol
Levels
Cholesterol Disorders
Lipoproteins: Lipid Carriers

Desirable Lipid Levels in Adults

|
 |
|
progestin and
|  |
Menopause: Hormone
Therapy
|
 |
|
high blood levels of
|  |
Cholesterol Disorders
Hyperlipoproteinemia
A Practical Approach to a Low-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated Fat Diet

Lipid-Lowering Drugs
|
 |
|
inhibitors of
|  |
Lipid-Lowering Drugs
|
 |
|
LDL
|  |
Atherosclerosis: Cholesterol
Levels
Coronary
Artery Disease: High Cholesterol
Levels
Cholesterol Disorders
Lipoproteins: Lipid Carriers

Desirable Lipid Levels in Adults

|
 |
|
progestin and
|  |
Menopause: Hormone
Therapy
|
 |
|
lowering of
|  |
Hyperlipoproteinemia: Treatment
Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the Diet

A Practical Approach to a Low-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated Fat Diet

Lipid-Lowering Drugs
|
 |
|
in coronary artery disease prevention
|  |
Coronary
Artery Disease: High Cholesterol
Levels
|
 |
|
oral contraceptive use and
|  |
Contraception: Oral
Contraceptives
|
 |
|
VLDL
|  |
Cholesterol Disorders
Lipoproteins: Lipid Carriers

|
 |
|
Liposuction
|  |
Cosmetic Surgery
|
 |
|
in gynecomastia
|  |
Breast Disorders in Men
|
 |
|
Lip reading
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Other Means of Coping With Hearing Loss
|
 |
|
Liquid diet
|  |
Diets: Liquid Diets
|
 |
|
Liquor
|  |
see Alcohol use and abuse
|
 |
|
Listeria monocytogenes infection (listeriosis)
|  |
Listeriosis
|
 |
|
meninges
|  |
Acute Bacterial
Meningitis: Causes
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Risk Factors That Develop
During Pregnancy: Infections
|
 |
|
Listeriosis
|  |
Gastroenteritis: Bacteria
|
 |
|
Lithium
|  |
|
 |
|
in mania
|  |
Mania: Treatment
|
 |
|
in manic-depressive illness
|  |
Manic-Depressive
Illness: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Some Drugs That Can Cause Problems During Pregnancy
|
 |
|
Lithotripsy
|  |
Stones
in the Urinary Tract: Treatment
Removing a Stone With Sound Waves
|
 |
|
Liver
|  |
Digestive System
Liver
|
 |
|
abscess of
|  |
Abdominal
Abscesses: Causes and Symptoms
|
 |
|
adenoma of
|  |
Hepatocellular
Adenoma
|
 |
|
age-associated changes in
|  |
Changes
in the Body: Digestive
System
Effects
of Aging: Pancreas,
Liver, and Gallbladder
Effects
of Aging
|
 |
|
alcohol effects on
|  |
Alcohol: Symptoms and
Complications
|
 |
|
angiosarcoma of
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Other Primary
Liver Cancers
|
 |
|
in ascites
|  |
Ascites
|
 |
|
biology of
|  |
View of the Liver and Gallbladder
Liver
Blood Supply of the Liver
|
 |
|
biopsy of
|  |
Biopsy of the Liver
Chronic Hepatitis: Diagnosis
Primary Liver Cancers: Diagnosis
Metastatic
Liver Cancer: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
blood supply of
|  |
Liver: Blood
Supply of the Liver
Blood
Vessel Disorders of the Liver
Blood Supply of the Liver
|
 |
|
disorders of
|  |
Occlusive
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Hepatic and
Splenic Arteries
Occlusive
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Hepatic and
Splenic Arteries
Blood
Vessel Disorders of the Liver
|
 |
|
cancer of
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Hepatoma
|
 |
|
cholangiocarcinoma of
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Other Primary
Liver Cancers
|
 |
|
in cholestasis
|  |
Cholestasis
|
 |
|
cirrhosis of
|  |
Cirrhosis
Alcohol's Toll on the Liver
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Risk Factors Present
Before Pregnancy: Liver
and Gallbladder Disorders
|
 |
|
colorectal cancer spread to
|  |
Colorectal
Cancer: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
copper accumulation in (Wilson's disease)
|  |
Wilson's Disease: When Copper Accumulates
|
 |
|
cysts of
|  |
Tumors
of the Liver
|
 |
|
disease of
|  |
see also specific diseases
|
 |
|
cholesterol levels in
|  |
Hyperlipoproteinemia
|
 |
|
clinical manifestations of
|  |
Manifestations
of Liver Disease
Some Major Features of Liver Disease

|
 |
|
information resources on
|  |
La - Lu
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Risk Factors Present
Before Pregnancy: Liver
and Gallbladder Disorders
|
 |
|
prevention of
|  |
Selected Strategies for Preventing Some Major
Health Problems
|
 |
|
in Reye's syndrome
|  |
What Is Reye's Syndrome?
|
 |
|
tests for
|  |
Diagnostic
Tests for Liver, Gallbladder, and Biliary Disorders
Liver Function Tests
|
 |
|
in ulcerative colitis
|  |
Ulcerative
Colitis: Complications
|
 |
|
drug metabolism by
|  |
Metabolism
Elimination: Elimination in
the Bile
Genetic
Makeup
Drug
Interactions: Alteration
Effects
of Aging
|
 |
|
drug-related damage to
|  |
Some Serious Adverse Drug Reactions

Acetaminophen
Poisoning: Symptoms and
Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in encephalopathy
|  |
Hepatic
Encephalopathy
|
 |
|
enlargement of
|  |
|
 |
|
in heart disease
|  |
Diagnosis: Medical
History and Physical Examination
|
 |
|
heart failure and
|  |
Congestive
Hepatomegaly
|
 |
|
in myelofibrosis
|  |
Myelofibrosis: Symptoms, Complications,
and Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in polycythemia
|  |
Polycythemia
Vera: Symptoms and
Complications
|
 |
|
failure of
|  |
Liver
Failure
|
 |
|
bad breath and
|  |
Understanding Halitosis
|
 |
|
in Budd-Chiari syndrome
|  |
Budd-Chiari
Syndrome
|
 |
|
coma with
|  |
Some Causes of Stupor and Coma

|
 |
|
tremor and
|  |
Tremor: Asterixis
|
 |
|
fatty
|  |
Fatty
Liver
Common Causes of Fatty Liver
Alcohol's Toll on the Liver
|
 |
|
of pregnancy
|  |
Risk Factors That Develop
During Pregnancy: Fatty
Liver of Pregnancy
|
 |
|
function tests of
|  |
Blood Tests

|
 |
|
gonococcal infection of
|  |
Gonorrhea: Symptoms
|
 |
|
granulomas of
|  |
Hepatic
Granulomas
|
 |
|
hemangioma of
|  |
Hemangioma
|
 |
|
hepatoblastoma of
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Other Primary
Liver Cancers
|
 |
|
hepatoma of
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Hepatoma
|
 |
|
immune function of
|  |
Lymphatic System: Helping Defend Against Infection
Biology
of the Immune System
|
 |
|
infection of
|  |
see also Hepatitis
Abdominal
Abscesses: Causes and Symptoms
Hepatitis
The Hepatitis Viruses

|
 |
|
inflammation of
|  |
see Hepatitis
|
 |
|
in jaundice
|  |
Jaundice
|
 |
|
medicinal herbs and
|  |
Medicinal Herbs and the Liver
|
 |
|
metastasis to
|  |
Metastatic
Liver Cancer
|
 |
|
in polycystic kidney disease
|  |
Polycystic
Kidney Disease (PKD): Symptoms and
Complications
|
 |
|
in portal hypertension
|  |
Portal
Hypertension
|
 |
|
of premature infant
|  |
Prematurity: Underdeveloped
Digestive Tract and Liver
|
 |
|
primary biliary cirrhosis of
|  |
Primary
Biliary Cirrhosis
|
 |
|
primary sclerosing cholangitis of
|  |
Primary
Sclerosing Cholangitis
|
 |
|
sarcoidosis of
|  |
Sarcoidosis: Symptoms
|
 |
|
tests for
|  |
Diagnostic
Tests for Liver, Gallbladder, and Biliary Disorders
Liver Function Tests
|
 |
|
transplantation of
|  |
Liver Transplantation
|
 |
|
in cirrhosis
|  |
Cirrhosis: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
in hepatitis
|  |
Chronic Hepatitis: Liver Transplantation
|
 |
|
in liver failure
|  |
Liver
Failure: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
in primary sclerosing cholangitis
|  |
Primary
Sclerosing Cholangitis: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
tumors of
|  |
Tumors
of the Liver
|
 |
|
Liver flap
|  |
Tremor: Asterixis
|
 |
|
Liver fluke infection
|  |
Other Parasites
|
 |
|
Living will
|  |
Legal Terms Related to Health Care
Advance
Directives: Living
Will
|
 |
|
Lizard bites
|  |
Lizard
Bites
|