What is Hypoxia (medical)?
{{Infobox medical condition (new) | name = Hypoxia | image = Cynosis.JPG | caption = [[Cyanosis]] of the hand in an elderly person with low oxygen saturation | pronounce = | field = [[Pulmonology]], [[toxicology]] | synonyms = Hypoxiation, lack of oxygen, low blood oxygen, oxygen starvation | symptoms = [[Cyanosis]], [[numbness]] or [[pins and needles]] feeling of the extremities | complications = [[Gangrene]], [[necrosis]] | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = [[Diabetes]], [[coronary artery disease]], [[heart attack]], [[stroke]], [[embolism]], [[thrombosis]], [[deep-vein thrombosis]], [[tobacco smoking]] | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} '''Hypoxia'''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Common Surgical Diseases|last1=Samuel|first1=Jacob|last2=Franklin|first2=Cory|date=2008|location= New York|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780387752457|pages=391–94|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-0-387-75246-4_97}}</ref> is a condition in which the body or a part of the body is lacking [[oxygen]] supply at the [[tissue (biology)|tissue]] level. Hypoxia may be classified as either ''generalized'', affecting the whole body, or ''local'', affecting a region of the body. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other page== *[[Anoxia]] [[Category:Diseases]] [[Category:Oxygen]] {{med-stub}}