The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by radiation sickness:
Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).
- Cataract (cataract) (late sequelae).
Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).
- Bone marrow depression – restriction of blood formation resulting in anemia (anemia), thrombocytopenia (lack of platelets), and leukocytopenia (lack of white blood cells).
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).
- Skin atrophy – thinning of the skin.
- Skin fibrosis – connective tissue proliferation with thickening of the skin.
- Pigmentation change
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Cardiovascular failure
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Sepsis (blood poisoning)
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)
- Development of malignant (malignant) neoplasms – leukemia (AML, CML), breast carcinoma (breast cancer), bronchial carcinoma (lung cancer), brain tumors, esophageal carcinoma (esophageal cancer), ovarian carcinoma (ovarian cancer), colorectal carcinoma (colon cancer), gastric carcinoma.
Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach, and intestine (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Diarrhea (diarrhea)
- Fluid loss with accompanying electrolyte shifts.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Apathy
- Disorientation
- Coma
- Convulsions
- Seizures
- Paralysis
- Neurogenic shock
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Anorexia (loss of appetite).
- Weight loss
- Nausea (nausea) and vomiting
- Fever
- Hemorrhages (bleeding)
- Vertigo (dizziness)
