Sickness and Health Flashcards by B -

Septal defect

Hole in the heart

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Food poisoning that effects gastrointestinal tract

Salmonella

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High blood pressure

Hypertension

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Low blood sugar

Hypoglycemia

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When body temperature drops below 95 degrees

Hypothermia

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Sudden sleep attacks

Narcolepsy

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Anxiety about health

Hypchondria

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“Splitting of the mind” phenomenon

Schizophrenia

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Hansen’s or Father Damien’s disease

Leprosy

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Insulin deficiency disorder

Diabetes

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Hereditary bleeding disease

Hemophilia

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Disorder resulting in weakness of the facial muscles

Bell’s palsy

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Iron or hemoglobin deficiency

Anemia

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Plague that spread across 14th century Europe

Bubonic plague or the Black Death

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Mary Mallon’s disease (1904-15)

Typhoid

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“Kissing disease”

Mononucleosis

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Mononucleosis germ

Epstein-Barr

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Scarlet fever germ

Streptococci

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Virus that appeared in Zaire in 1995

Ebola

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Mutation bacteria that causes paralyzing cramps

E. Coli

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Common virus that causes colds

Rhino virus

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Twenty-four hour human biological rhythym

Circadian rhythym

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Enlargement of the thyroid gland by iodine deficiency

Goiter

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Damaged brain stem disease

Polio

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Common name for pertussis

Whooping Cough

Common name for neoplasm

Tumor

Common name for consumption

Tuberculosis

Common name for rubella

German measles

Common baby disease

Colic

Common name for myopia

Near sightedness

Common name for conjunctivitis

Pink eye

Common name for Daltonism

Color blindness

Common name for alopecia

Baldness

Low blood pressure

Hypotension

Hyperactive child disorder

Attention deficit hyperactive disororder

Blockage of an artery by a bubble or blood clot

Embolism

Disease of hardening of the artery walls

Arteriosclerosis

Inflamation - pain and swelling of the joints

Arthritis

Memory loss associated with the elderly

Alzheimer's disease

Disease that destroys myelin sheaths in nerve fibers

Multiple sclerosis

Bacterial disease causing abdominal pain and dehydration

Cholera

Diver's condition of nitrogen bubbles in the blood

Bends

Chronic respiratory disease that includes spasms

Asthma

Scar tissue of the liver caused by alcoholim

Cirrhosis

Reduced bone mass disease

Osteoporosis

Common name for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lou Gehrig's Disease

Common name of diazapan

Valium

Paralyzing food poisoning caused by a toxin

Botulism

Hormone prescribed to promote fertility

Estrogen

Swelling of salivary glands is a symptom of this

Mumps

Compound carried by high and low density lipoproteins

Cholesterol

Most common cause of death in America

Heart disease

Second most common cause of death in America

Cancer

First organ to be transplanted - 1954

Kidney

How fetal defects are detected

Amniocentesis

"Picture" of an unborn child

Sonogram

Tuberculocus is a disease of this organ

Lungs

Surgery to correct myopia

Radio caritodimy

Pyelonephritis is a disease of this organ

Kidney

The study of cancer

Oncology

RICE

Rest - ice - compression - elevation

PTSD

Post traumatic stress disorder

Vitamin deficiency causing night blindness

A (retinol)

Vitamin deficiency causing beriberi

B-1 (thiamine)

Vitamin deficiency causing lesions

B-2 (riboflavin)

Vitamin deficiency causing anemia

B-6 (niacen)

Vitamin deficiency causing pernicious anemia

B-12 (folic acid)

Vitamin deficiency causing rickets

Equipment used to electrically restart the heart

Defibrillator

Disorder of the wrist

Carpal tunnel Syndrome

Bulge in an artery wall

Aneurysm

When the spinal cord blocks pain

Analgesia

Inflamation of the tongue

Glossalgia

Steroid that relieves arthrits pain

Cortisone

Malaria medicine from chinchona tree bark

Quinine

Disease of the gum

Gingivitis

Gum doctor

Periodontist

Thyroid disease

Grave's Disease

Food aversion disorder

Anorexia Nervosa

Hepatitis is a disease of this organ

Liver

Syndrome involving barking and cursing

Tourette's Syndrome

Blood clotting vitamin

Retardation caused by an extra chromosome

Down syndrome

Yellowing of the skin caused by excessive bile

Jaundice

Brief stopping of breathing during sleep

Sleep apnea

Disease with raised fluid pressure on the eye

Glaucoma

Clouding of the eye's lens

Cataracts

Eye lens defect

Astigmatism

Affliction in which children are socially withdrawn

Autism

Rhinitis affects this

Nose

Encephalitis is a disease of this organ

Brain

Binge eating and purging disease

Bulimia