Medical Conditions
Real medical conditions adapted for lunar environment — 1/6 gravity, radiation, regolith dust, and isolation.
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Disc Syndrome
ModeratePediatric Lunar Intervertebral Disc Herniation
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Intervertebral Disc Herniation in lunar residents. Herniation of int...
Pediatric Lunar Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Intracranial Hypertension
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Intracranial Hypertension in lunar residents. Elevated intracranial...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Confinement Adaptation Disorder
MinorPediatric Lunar Isolation Syndrome
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Isolation Syndrome in lunar residents. Psychological deterioration f...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Day-Night Desynchronosis
ModeratePediatric Lunar Lunar Circadian Rhythm Disorder
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Lunar Circadian Rhythm Disorder in lunar residents. Disruption of th...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Dust Lung Disease
MinorPediatric Lunar Lunar Regolith Pneumoconiosis
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Lunar Regolith Pneumoconiosis in lunar residents. Occupational lung...
Pediatric Lunar Regolith Excavation Trauma
MinorPediatric Lunar Mining Crush Injury
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Mining Crush Injury in lunar residents. Crush injuries from mining e...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Myopathy Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Muscle Atrophy
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Muscle Atrophy in lunar residents. Rapid loss of skeletal muscle mas...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Kidney Stone Disease
MinorPediatric Lunar Nephrolithiasis
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Nephrolithiasis in lunar residents. Kidney stone formation, signific...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Papilledema
MinorPediatric Lunar Optic Disc Edema
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Optic Disc Edema in lunar residents. Swelling of the optic disc caus...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Orthostatic Hypotension
MinorPediatric Lunar Orthostatic Hypotension
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Orthostatic Hypotension in lunar residents. A sudden drop in blood p...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Accelerated Bone Loss
MinorPediatric Lunar Osteoporosis
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Osteoporosis in lunar residents. Accelerated reduction in bone miner...
Pediatric Lunar Hyperoxic Pulmonary Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Oxygen Toxicity
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Oxygen Toxicity in lunar residents. Lung and CNS damage from elevate...
Pediatric Lunar EVA Suit Contact Dermatitis
MinorPediatric Lunar Pressure Suit Dermatitis
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Pressure Suit Dermatitis in lunar residents. Contact dermatitis from...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Pulmonary Embolism
ModeratePediatric Lunar Pulmonary Embolism
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Pulmonary Embolism in lunar residents. Life-threatening blockage of...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Surface Radiation Skin Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Radiation Dermatitis
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Radiation Dermatitis in lunar residents. Skin damage from cosmic rad...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Gonadal Radiation Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Radiation Effects on Fertility
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Radiation Effects on Fertility in lunar residents. Impairment of fer...
Pediatric Lunar Cosmic Ray Carcinogenesis Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Radiation-Induced Malignancy
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Radiation-Induced Malignancy in lunar residents. Cancer resulting fr...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Dust Chemical Toxicity
MinorPediatric Lunar Regolith Toxicity
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Regolith Toxicity in lunar residents. Chemical toxicity from exposur...
Pediatric Lunar Low-G Stress Fracture
ModeratePediatric Lunar Stress Fracture
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Stress Fracture in lunar residents. Bone fatigue fractures paradoxic...
Pediatric Lunar Chronic Lunar Stress Response
MinorPediatric Lunar Stress-Induced Hypercortisolism
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Stress-Induced Hypercortisolism in lunar residents. Prolonged elevat...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Adaptation Vestibular Syndrome
MinorPediatric Lunar Vestibular Dysfunction
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Vestibular Dysfunction in lunar residents. Disruption of the vestibu...
Pediatric Lunar Lunar Photosynthesis Deficit
MinorPediatric Lunar Vitamin D Deficiency
Pediatric Lunar presentation of Vitamin D Deficiency in lunar residents. Deficiency of vitamin D fro...
Post-EVA Lunar Space Anemia
ModeratePost-EVA Anemia
Post-EVA presentation of Anemia in lunar residents. Reduced red blood cell mass observed in lunar re...
Post-EVA Lunar Cardiac Arrhythmia
CriticalPost-EVA Arrhythmia
Post-EVA presentation of Arrhythmia in lunar residents. Abnormal heart rhythms arising from electrol...
Post-EVA Lunar Cardiac Atrophy Syndrome
ModeratePost-EVA Cardiac Deconditioning
Post-EVA presentation of Cardiac Deconditioning in lunar residents. Progressive reduction in cardiac...
Post-EVA SANS-related Choroidal Folds
SeverePost-EVA Choroidal Folds
Post-EVA presentation of Choroidal Folds in lunar residents. Folds in the choroidal layer of the ret...
Post-EVA Lunar Habitat Respiratory Outbreak
ModeratePost-EVA Closed-Habitat Respiratory Illness
Post-EVA presentation of Closed-Habitat Respiratory Illness in lunar residents. Respiratory infectio...
Post-EVA Lunar DVT — Venous Stasis Thrombosis
ModeratePost-EVA Deep Vein Thrombosis
Post-EVA presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis in lunar residents. Blood clot formation in deep veins...
Post-EVA Terra Siderans — Earth-sickness Syndrome
MinorPost-EVA Earth Sickness
Post-EVA presentation of Earth Sickness in lunar residents. A complex psychological syndrome unique...
Post-EVA Explosive Decompression Event
SeverePost-EVA EVA Suit Breach Injury
Post-EVA presentation of EVA Suit Breach Injury in lunar residents. Life-threatening injury from bre...