The common causes of cell injury are as follows:
- Oxygen deprivation
- Hypoxia
- Physical agents
- Mechanical Trauma
- Extremes of temperature
- Sudden changes in atmospheric pressure
- Radiation
- Electric shock
- Chemical agents and drugs:
- Oxygen in high concentration
- Arsenic
- Cyanide
- Mercuric salt
- Insecticides
- Carbon-mono-oxide
- Asbestos
- Infectious agents:
- Virus, Bacteria, Fungi, Helminths, Rickettsiae
- Immunological reactions
- Genetic derangements
- Nutritional imbalance
