Sickness and Health Flashcards
1
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24-hr human biological Rhythm
A
Circadian Rhythm
2
Q
Pertussis
A
Whooping Cough
3
Q
Neoplasm
A
Tumor
4
Q
Consumption
A
Tuberculosis
5
Q
Rubella
A
German measles
6
Q
Baby Disease
A
Colic
7
Q
Myopia
A
near-sightedness
8
Q
Caisson disease
A
the bends
9
Q
Varicella
A
Chicken Pox
10
Q
Conjunctivitis
A
Pink Eye
11
Q
Daltonism
A
Color Blindness
12
Q
Alopecia
A
Baldness
13
Q
Amyothrophic Laterial Sclerosis
A
Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS)
14
Q
ADHD
A
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
15
Q
infantile paralysis
A
Poliomyelitis
16
Q
Hardening of artery walls
A
Arteriosclerosis
17
Q
Inflammation, Pain and swelling of the joins
A
Arthritis
18
Q
Memory Loss Associated with Elderly
A
Alzheimer’s Disease
19
Q
Disease that destroys the myelin sheaths in nerve fibers
A
Multiple Sclerosis
20
Q
Bacterial Disease Causing Dehydration
A
Cholera
21
Q
Diver’s Condition of Nitrogen Bubbles in the Blood
A
the Bends
22
Q
Lumbar Puncture
A
Spinal Tap
23
Q
Chronic Respiratory Disease that includes Spasms
A
Asthma
24
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Scar Tissue of the liver caused by alcoholism
A
Cirrhosis
25
Reduced Bone Mass Disease
Osteoporosis
26
Iron or Hemoglobin Deficiency
Anemia
27
Hereditary bleeding disease
Hemophilia
28
Low Blood Pressure
Hypotension
29
High Blood presurre
Hyper tension
30
Low blood sugar
Hypoglycemia
31
When Body Temp drops below 95 degrees
Hypothermia
32
Anxiety about health
Hypochondria
33
Splitting of the Mind = phenomenon
Schizophrenia
34
Hansen's of Father Damian's Disease
Leprosy
35
Enlargement of the Thyroid Gland by Iodine Deficiency
Goiter
36
INsulin Deficiency distory
Diabetes
37
Disorder resulting in weakness of the facial muscles
Bell's Palsy
38
Plague that spread across 14th Century Europe
Bubonic Plague or Black Death
39
Mary Mallon's Disease (1904-1915)
Typhoid
40
Joint Disorder Caused by Mosquitoes
Dengue Fever
Breakbone fever (virus)
41
Viral Hemorrhagic Disease caused by mosquitos
Yellow Fever
42
Parasitic Disease caused by mosquitos
Malaria
43
Kissing Disease
Mononucleosis
44
Mononucleosis Germ
Epstein-Barr
45
Scarlett Fever Germ
Streptococci
46
Virus that appeared in Zaire in 1976
Ebola
47
Mutation Bacteria that causes paralyzing cramps
E. Coli
48
Common Virus that causes colds
Rhino-Virus
49
paralyzing food poisoning caused by a toxin
Botulism
50
Food Poisoning that effects gastrointestinal tract
Salmonella
51
Blockage of an artery by a bubble or blood clot
Embolism
52
Bulge in an artery wall
Aneurysm
53
When the Spinal Cord blocks pain
Anagesia
54
Inflammation of the Tongue
Glossalgia
55
Swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissue
Edema
56
Steroid that relieves arthritis pain
Cortisone
57
Malaria Medicine from Cinchona Tree Bark
Quinine
58
Disease of the Gum
Gingivitis
59
Gum Doctor
Peridontist
60
Thyroid Disease
Grave's Disease
61
Food Aversion Disorder
Anorexia Nervosa
62
Binge Eating and purging disease
Bulimia
63
Syndrome Involving Barking and Cursing
Tourette's Syndrome
64
Disorder of the wrist
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
65
Retardation caused by an extra chromosome
Down's Syndrome
66
Yellowing of the skin caused by excessive Bile
Jaundice
67
Brief stopping of breathing during sleep
Sleep Apnea
68
Standing or sudden sleep disorder
Narcolepsy
69
Disease with raised fluid pressure on the eye
Glaucoma
70
Clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye
Cataract
71
Afflliction in which children are socially withdrawn
Autism
72
Rhinitis Affects this
Nose
73
Encephalitis is a disease of this organ
Brain
74
Pyelonephritis is a disease of this organ
Kidney
75
Tuberculosis is a disease of this organ
Lungs
76
Hepatitis is a disease of this organ
Liver
77
Hormone prescribed to promote fertility
Estrogen
78
Swelling of Salivary Glands is Symptom of This
Mumps
79
Compound Carried by High and Low Density Lipoproteins
Cholesterol
80
Most Common Cause of Death in America
Heart Disease
81
Second-Most Common Cause of Death in America
Cancer
82
First Organ to Be transplanted, 1954
Kidney
83
How Fetal Defects are detected
Amniocentesis
84
Picture of an unborn child
Sonogram
85
Equipment used to electrically restart the heart
Defibrillator
86
Surgery to correct myopia
Radio Caritodimy
87
Common Name of Diazepam
Valium
88
The Study of Cancer
Oncology
89
Rice
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation
90
PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
91
Vitamin Deficiency Causing Night Blindness
A (Retinol)
92
Vitamin Deficiency Causing Beriberi
B-1 (Thiamine) (dehusked rice)
93
Vitamin Deficiency Causing Lesions
B-2 (Riboflavin)
94
Vitamin Deficiency causing anemia
B-6 (Niacin)
95
Vitamin of Folic Acid
B-9
96
Vitamin Deficiency Causing Pernicious Anemia
B-12
97
Vitamen Deficiency Causing Scurvy
C (Ascorbic Acid)
98
Vitamen Deficiency Causing Rickets
D (also C and Calcium)
99
Blood Clotting Vitamin
K (K is also potassium)
