Medical Conditions
Real medical conditions adapted for lunar environment — 1/6 gravity, radiation, regolith dust, and isolation.
Long-Term Resident Lunar Dust Chemical Toxicity
MinorLong-Term Resident Regolith Toxicity
Long-Term Resident presentation of Regolith Toxicity in lunar residents. Chemical toxicity from expo...
Long-Term Resident Low-G Stress Fracture
SevereLong-Term Resident Stress Fracture
Long-Term Resident presentation of Stress Fracture in lunar residents. Bone fatigue fractures parado...
Long-Term Resident Chronic Lunar Stress Response
MinorLong-Term Resident Stress-Induced Hypercortisolism
Long-Term Resident presentation of Stress-Induced Hypercortisolism in lunar residents. Prolonged ele...
Long-Term Resident Lunar Adaptation Vestibular Syndrome
ModerateLong-Term Resident Vestibular Dysfunction
Long-Term Resident presentation of Vestibular Dysfunction in lunar residents. Disruption of the vest...
Long-Term Resident Lunar Photosynthesis Deficit
MinorLong-Term Resident Vitamin D Deficiency
Long-Term Resident presentation of Vitamin D Deficiency in lunar residents. Deficiency of vitamin D...
Lunar Day-Night Desynchronosis
ModerateLunar Circadian Rhythm Disorder
Disruption of the human circadian rhythm by the lunar 29.5-day light cycle (14.7-day lunar day, 14.7...
Lunar Dust Lung Disease
SevereLunar Regolith Pneumoconiosis
Occupational lung disease from chronic inhalation of lunar regolith particles. Lunar dust is uniquel...
Regolith Excavation Trauma
SevereMining Crush Injury
Crush injuries from mining equipment, regolith collapse, or heavy equipment accidents. Mining is the...
Lunar Myopathy Syndrome
ModerateMuscle Atrophy
Rapid loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength from reduced gravitational loading. In lunar gravity...
Lunar Kidney Stone Disease
SevereNephrolithiasis
Kidney stone formation, significantly elevated in lunar residents from dehydration, altered calcium...
Occupational Lunar Space Anemia
CriticalOccupational Anemia
Occupational presentation of Anemia in lunar residents. Reduced red blood cell mass observed in luna...
Occupational Lunar Cardiac Arrhythmia
CriticalOccupational Arrhythmia
Occupational presentation of Arrhythmia in lunar residents. Abnormal heart rhythms arising from elec...
Occupational Lunar Cardiac Atrophy Syndrome
ModerateOccupational Cardiac Deconditioning
Occupational presentation of Cardiac Deconditioning in lunar residents. Progressive reduction in car...
Occupational SANS-related Choroidal Folds
SevereOccupational Choroidal Folds
Occupational presentation of Choroidal Folds in lunar residents. Folds in the choroidal layer of the...
Occupational Lunar Habitat Respiratory Outbreak
CriticalOccupational Closed-Habitat Respiratory Illness
Occupational presentation of Closed-Habitat Respiratory Illness in lunar residents. Respiratory infe...
Occupational Lunar DVT — Venous Stasis Thrombosis
ModerateOccupational Deep Vein Thrombosis
Occupational presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis in lunar residents. Blood clot formation in deep v...
Occupational Terra Siderans — Earth-sickness Syndrome
SevereOccupational Earth Sickness
Occupational presentation of Earth Sickness in lunar residents. A complex psychological syndrome uni...
Occupational Explosive Decompression Event
SevereOccupational EVA Suit Breach Injury
Occupational presentation of EVA Suit Breach Injury in lunar residents. Life-threatening injury from...
Occupational Lunar Diet Adaptation Syndrome
CriticalOccupational Functional Dyspepsia
Occupational presentation of Functional Dyspepsia in lunar residents. Upper gastrointestinal discomf...
Occupational CO2 Buildup Syndrome
CriticalOccupational Hypercapnia
Occupational presentation of Hypercapnia in lunar residents. Dangerous elevation of carbon dioxide i...
Occupational Lunar Hypertension
SevereOccupational Hypertension
Occupational presentation of Hypertension in lunar residents. Persistently elevated blood pressure....
Occupational Lunar Immune Dysregulation Syndrome
CriticalOccupational Immunosuppression
Occupational presentation of Immunosuppression in lunar residents. Impaired immune function from rad...
Occupational Lunar Disc Syndrome
CriticalOccupational Intervertebral Disc Herniation
Occupational presentation of Intervertebral Disc Herniation in lunar residents. Herniation of interv...
Occupational Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome
CriticalOccupational Intracranial Hypertension
Occupational presentation of Intracranial Hypertension in lunar residents. Elevated intracranial pre...
Occupational Lunar Confinement Adaptation Disorder
SevereOccupational Isolation Syndrome
Occupational presentation of Isolation Syndrome in lunar residents. Psychological deterioration from...
Occupational Lunar Day-Night Desynchronosis
CriticalOccupational Lunar Circadian Rhythm Disorder
Occupational presentation of Lunar Circadian Rhythm Disorder in lunar residents. Disruption of the h...
Occupational Lunar Dust Lung Disease
SevereOccupational Lunar Regolith Pneumoconiosis
Occupational presentation of Lunar Regolith Pneumoconiosis in lunar residents. Occupational lung dis...
Occupational Regolith Excavation Trauma
CriticalOccupational Mining Crush Injury
Occupational presentation of Mining Crush Injury in lunar residents. Crush injuries from mining equi...
Occupational Lunar Myopathy Syndrome
SevereOccupational Muscle Atrophy
Occupational presentation of Muscle Atrophy in lunar residents. Rapid loss of skeletal muscle mass a...
Occupational Lunar Kidney Stone Disease
CriticalOccupational Nephrolithiasis
Occupational presentation of Nephrolithiasis in lunar residents. Kidney stone formation, significant...