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1
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Onych/o

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Nail

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Comedones

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Blackheads

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Nevi

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Moles

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Alpoecia

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Baldness

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Pruritus

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Itching

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Urticaria

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Hives

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Verrucae

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Warts

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Ecchymosis

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Black and blue mark

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Seborrheic dematitis

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Dandruff

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Vesicles

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Blisters

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Xanthem

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Rash

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Cyst

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Thick walled closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semi solid material

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Macule

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Flat pigmented lesion measuring less than 1cm in diameter

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Postule

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Papule containing pus

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Vesicle

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Small collection of clear fluid; blister

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Alopecia

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Absence of hair where it normally grows

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Ecchymosis

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Bluish-purpleish mark on the skin

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Gangrene

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Death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply

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Keloid

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Hypertrophied scar

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Kaposi sarcoma

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Malignant, vascular, neoplastic growth characterized by cutaneous nodules

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ABCDE

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Asymmetry
Boarder irregularity
Color
Diameter
Evolution

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Astigmatism

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Defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye

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Hyperopia

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Farsightedness

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Presbyopia

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Loss of sight due to old age

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Cataract

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Clouding of the lens, causing decreased vision

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Diabetic retinopathy

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Disease of the retina caused by diabetes mellitus

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Glaucoma

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Increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision

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Macular degeneration

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Passive drainage of the macula to the retina

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Strabismus

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Abnormal deviation of the eye

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Ophthalmoscopy

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Visual examination of the interior of the eye

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Visual acuity test

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Clarity of vision is assessed

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Visual field test

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Measurement of the entire scope of vision

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LASIK

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Use of an excimer laser to correct errors of refraction

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Keratoplasty

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Surgical repair of the cornea

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VA

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Visual Activity

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VF

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Visual field

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Acoustic Neuroma

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Benign tumor arising from the acoustic vestibulocochlear nerve in the brain

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Meniere Disease

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Disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear; elevated endolymph pressure within the cochlea and semicircular canals

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Otosclerosis

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Hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear

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Otitis media

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Inflammation of the middle ear

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Cochlear implant

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Used for people with sensorineural hearing impairments

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Audiometry

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Testing of the sense of hearing

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Otoscopy

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Visual examination of the ear canal with an otoscope

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