Medical Diagnoses Flashcards
A chronic disorder of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism that occurs when glucose is not assimilated into the body cells and thus remains higher than normal between meals and in a fasting state
Diabetes
A chronic lung disease characterized by airway obstruction, airway inflammation, and airway hyperactivity
Asthma
Congenital defect of a spinal column caused by failure of the neural arch of a vertebrae to properly develop and enclose a spinal cord
Spina Bifida
A group of genetically determined conditions in which progressive muscular weakness is attributed to change a cycle in the muscle fibers
Muscular dystrophies
A “non-progressive congenital contracture syndrome usually characterized by internal rotation at the shoulder joints, elbow extension, pronated forearms, radial flexion of wrists, flexion and outward rotation at the hip joint, and abnormal positions of the knees and feet”
Arthrogryposis
A condition in which there is a defect in collagen fibers found in connective tissue which causes bone and cartilage to be soft and brittle while causing skin and ligaments to be over the elastic and hyperextensible
Osteogenesis imperfecta
quadriplegia and paraplegia acquired through some kind of trauma
Spinal cord injury
A genetic disorder of the secretion ability of membranes that line body organs, tubes, and passages. All organs are affected, most importantly the lungs, pancreas, intestinal mucus glands, and sweat glands
Cystic fibrosis
A group of permanently disabling conditions, resulting from damage to model control areas of the brain
Cerebral Palsy
injury to the brain affecting physical, cognitive, social, behavioral, and emotional functioning
Traumatic Brain Injury
