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. 2019 May 29;34(10):1992–1994. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05071-x

Table 2.

Type of Medical Comorbidities

Type of condition n
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 1
  Chronic viral hepatitis C 1
Neoplasms 6
  Myeloid leukemia, remitted status 1
  Stomach cancer 1
  Breast cancer, remitted status 1
  Meningioma 1
  Benign neoplasm of brain, supratentorial occipital 1
  Essential thrombocythemia 1
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism 2
  Hereditary deficiency of factor V 1
  Iron deficiency anemia 1
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases 20
  Nontoxic multinodular goiter 1
  Autoimmune thyroiditis 1
  Hypothyroidism, unspecified 2
  Type 2 diabetes mellitus 1
  Obesity 11
  Hyperhomocysteinemia 2
  Polycystic ovarian syndrome 2
Diseases of the nervous system 40
  Epilepsy 29
  Migraine 3
  Other headache syndromes 3
  Disorder of trigeminal nerve, unspecified 1
  Late-onset cerebellar ataxia 1
  Cataplexy 1
  Spastic paraplegia 2
Diseases of the eye and adnexa 5
  Keratoconus 2
  Blindness, binocular 1
  Hemianopsia 1
  Convergent concomitant strabismus 1
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process 3
  Conductive hearing loss, bilateral 1
  Hearing loss, unspecified 1
  Benign paroxysmal vertigo 1
Diseases of the circulatory system 9
  Essential (primary) hypertension 1
  Orthostatic hypotension 1
  Varicose veins of lower extremities 2
  Aortic aneurysm of the bulb, without rupture 1
  Mitral (valve) prolapse 1
  Long QT syndrome 1
  Supraventricular paroxysmal tachycardia 1
  Raynaud syndrome 1
Diseases of the respiratory system 19
  Chronic asthmatic bronchitis 2
  Allergic rhinitis due to pollen 13
  Allergic rhinitis to animal 4
Diseases of the digestive system 38
  Constipation 12
  Irritable bowel syndrome 13
  Gastroesophageal reflux disease 3
  Esophagitis 1
  Eosinophilic gastroenteritis 1
  Perianal abscess 1
  Microscopic colitis 1
  Achalasia of cardia 1
  Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease 2
  Solitary ulcer of anus 1
  Gluten sensitivity 1
  Allergic gastroenteritis 1
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 10
  Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus 2
  Alopecia universalis 1
  Psoriasis 1
  Atopic dermatitis 3
  Seborrhoeic dermatitis 1
  Hypertrichosis 1
  Pilonidal cyst 1
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 10
  Systemic lupus erythematosus 1
  Scoliosis 4
  Osteoporosis without pathological fracture 1
  Flat foot 1
  Lumbago due to displacement of intervertebral disc 1
  Radial styloid tenosynovitis (de Quervain) 1
  Scheuermann’s disease (juvenile kyphosis) 1
Diseases of the genitourinary system 6
  Chronic kidney disease 1
  Calculus of kidney 1
  Vesicoureteral reflux–associated uropathy 1
  Recurrent and persistent hematuria 1
  Hydrocele 1
  Endometriosis 1
Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities 10
  Rieger anomaly 1
  Arteriovenous malformation of cerebral vessels 1
  Tuberous sclerosis 2
  Ulerythema ophryogenes 1
  Multiple congenital exostoses 1
  Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 1
  Accessory toe 1
  Renal hypoplasia, unilateral 1
  Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome 1
Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 3
  Sinusal tachycardia 2
  Isolated hyperCKemia 1