The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by bipolar disorder:
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
- Bronchial asthma
- Chronic lung disease, unspecified
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Obesity
- Diabetes mellitus type 2 (age-related diabetes)
- Hypothyroidism (hypothyroidism)
Factors influencing health status and leading to health care utilization (Z00-Z99).
- Suicide (suicide)
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Apoplexy (stroke)
- Arterial hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Cardiac arrhythmias, unspecified
- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (pAVK) – progressive narrowing or occlusion of the arteries supplying the arms/ (more commonly) legs, usually due to atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- HIV infections
Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts – Pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Liver disease, unspecified
- Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Arthritis (inflammation of the joints)
- Chronic back pain
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- ADHD or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Anxiety disorders
- Impulse control disorders such as eating disorders, personality disorders or ADHD.
- Headache, unspecified
- Migraine
- Parkinson’s disease – Insured with bipolar disorder developed PD 9 years earlier (64 years) than patients without bipolar disorder (73 years); Chen tends to believe that the two conditions share a common root.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [due to trauma of mental illness].
- Substance abuse/dependence
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Suicidality (suicidal tendencies).
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).
- Chronic adnexitis – inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovary.
- Renal failure, unspecified
Other
- Work/incapacity reduction/incapacity
- Impairments in social life
- Metabolic syndrome – clinical name for the symptom combination of obesity (overweight), hypertension (high blood pressure), elevated fasting glucose (fasting blood sugar) and fasting insulin serum levels (insulin resistance) and dyslipidemia (elevated VLDL triglycerides, lowered HDL cholesterol). Furthermore, a coagulation disorder (increased tendency to clotting) with an increased risk of thromboembolism can often be detected.
