Circulation/Blood Disorders

A localized clotted mass of blood found in an organ, tissue or space. It is caused by a traumatic injury, such as a blow, that can cause a blood vessel to rupture

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Hematoma

• Septicemia

• Aneurysm

A cancerous or malignant conditions in which there is a great increase in the number of white blood cells

• Leukemia

• Angina Pectoris

• Polycythemia

• Arrhythmia

A hereditary disease in which the blood clots slowly or abnormally. This causes prolonged bleeding with even minor cuts and bumps

• Anemia

• Hemophilia

• Embolism

• Atherosclerosis

High blood pressure

• Heart Failure

• Atherosclerosis

• Myocardial Infarction

• Hypertension

Indicate some defects in the valves of the heart

• Murmurs

• Claudication

• Varicose Veins

• Atherosclerosis

Bleeding from blood vessels within the brain

• Myocardial Infarction

• Cerebral Hemorrhage

• Arrhythmia

• Aneurysm

The ballooning out of an artery, accompanied by the thinning arterial wall, caused by weakening of the blood vessel

• Aneurysm

• Hematoma

• Sickle cell anemia

• Coronary Artery Disease

term for slow heart rate (less than 60 beats per minute)

• Bradycardia

• Tachycardia

Term used for rapid heart rate (more than 100 beats per minute)

• Bradycardia

• Tachycardia

Disease that occurs when deposits of fatty substances form along the walls of the arteries.

• Atherosclerosis

• Heart Failure

• Myocardial Infarction

• Claudication