Check a condition
Look up what the FAA says about a medical condition, in plain language, with links to the FAA source.
For example
- Plain-language summaries
- FAA source links
- No account required
Tags name the FAA pathways a condition can go down.
- Examiner can issueNo special pathway
- CACIConditions AMEs Can Issue
- Special IssuanceAuthorization for Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate
- AASIAME Assisted Special Issuance
- FAA reviewYour AME defers. The FAA decides.
What the tags mean
Tags name the FAA pathways a condition can go down.
- Examiner can issueNo special pathway
- CACIConditions AMEs Can Issue
- Special IssuanceAuthorization for Special Issuance of a Medical Certificate
- AASIAME Assisted Special Issuance
- FAA reviewYour AME defers. The FAA decides.
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- Acoustic neuromaEars and balance
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)Cancer
- ADHDMental health
- AllergiesBreathing
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)Brain and nerves
- Alzheimer's disease or dementiaBrain and nerves
- Aortic insufficiencyHeart and blood pressure
- ArthritisJoints and skin
- AsthmaBreathing
- Atrial fibrillationHeart and blood pressure
- AVM of the brain or spinal cordBrain and nerves
- Barrett's esophagusDigestive and liver
- Bell's palsyBrain and nerves
- Binocular multifocal and accommodating devicesEyes and vision
- Bladder cancerCancer
- Blood clots (DVT and PE)Blood
- Blood disordersBlood
- Blood donationBlood
- Bone infection (osteomyelitis)Joints and skin
- BPPV (positional vertigo)Ears and balance
- Brain abscess, encephalitis or meningitisBrain and nerves
- Brain aneurysm (not ruptured)Brain and nerves
- Brain bleedBrain and nerves
- Brain tumorBrain and nerves
- Breast cancerCancer
- BronchiectasisBreathing
- Bundle branch block (BBB)Heart and blood pressure
- Carotid or vertebral artery stenosisHeart and blood pressure
- Cerebral palsyBrain and nerves
- Chiari malformationBrain and nerves
- Chronic kidney diseaseKidney and urinary
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL/SLL)Cancer
- CirrhosisDigestive and liver
- Cochlear implantEars and balance
- Cognitive or mental impairmentBrain and nerves
- Colitis, Crohn's disease or IBSDigestive and liver
- Collagen disease (lupus and others)Joints and skin
- Colon cancerCancer
- Concussion and head injuryBrain and nerves
- Conductive keratoplasty (CK)Eyes and vision
- Congenital heart conditionsHeart and blood pressure
- Congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID)Digestive and liver
- COPDBreathing
- Coronary heart diseaseHeart and blood pressure
- COVID-19Breathing
- Cystic fibrosisBreathing
- Heart murmurHeart and blood pressure
- Heart transplantHeart and blood pressure
- Heart valve replacementHeart and blood pressure
- Hepatitis CDigestive and liver
- HerniaDigestive and liver
- Hiatal herniaDigestive and liver
- High blood pressureHeart and blood pressure
- HIVBlood
- Hives (urticarial eruptions)Joints and skin
- Hormone replacement therapy (female)Hormones and glands
- Huntington's diseaseBrain and nerves
- HydrocephalusBrain and nerves
- HyperthyroidismHormones and glands
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)Heart and blood pressure
- HypothyroidismHormones and glands
- MASH or NASH (liver)Digestive and liver
- Mastoiditis and mastoid fistulaEars and balance
- MelanomaCancer
- Meniere's diseaseEars and balance
- Middle ear problemsEars and balance
- Migraine and chronic headacheBrain and nerves
- Mitral valve diseaseHeart and blood pressure
- Mitral valve repairHeart and blood pressure
- Motion sicknessEars and balance
- Multiple sclerosisBrain and nerves
- Myasthenia gravisBrain and nerves
- PacemakerHeart and blood pressure
- PancreatitisDigestive and liver
- ParaplegiaBrain and nerves
- Parkinson's diseaseBrain and nerves
- Paroxysmal atrial tachycardiaHeart and blood pressure
- Pectus excavatumBreathing
- Peptic ulcerDigestive and liver
- Perilymph fistulaEars and balance
- Pleura and pleural cavityBreathing
- PolioBrain and nerves
- Polycystic kidney diseaseKidney and urinary
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)Hormones and glands
- POTSHeart and blood pressure
- PPPD (persistent postural perceptual dizziness)Ears and balance
- PrediabetesDiabetes and blood sugar
- PregnancyHormones and glands
- Premature atrial contractions (PACs)Heart and blood pressure
- Primary hemochromatosisBlood
- Prostate cancerCancer
- Pseudotumor cerebriBrain and nerves
- PsoriasisJoints and skin
- Pyelitis, pyelonephritis and pyonephrosisKidney and urinary
144 conditions are covered so far. The FAA's Guide covers many more. Every line on these pages is written from the FAA's own documents, with the FAA document and its date one press away, so the list grows slowly. To ask for a condition, use the Contact page.
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