Sickness and Health Flashcards
Septal defect
Hole in the heart
Food poisoning that effects gastrointestinal tract
Salmonella
High blood pressure
Hypertension
Low blood sugar
Hypoglycemia
When body temperature drops below 95 degrees
Hypothermia
Sudden sleep attacks
Narcolepsy
Anxiety about health
Hypchondria
“Splitting of the mind” phenomenon
Schizophrenia
Hansen’s or Father Damien’s disease
Leprosy
Insulin deficiency disorder
Diabetes
Hereditary bleeding disease
Hemophilia
Disorder resulting in weakness of the facial muscles
Bell’s palsy
Iron or hemoglobin deficiency
Anemia
Plague that spread across 14th century Europe
Bubonic plague or the Black Death
Mary Mallon’s disease (1904-15)
Typhoid
“Kissing disease”
Mononucleosis
Mononucleosis germ
Epstein-Barr
Scarlet fever germ
Streptococci
Virus that appeared in Zaire in 1995
Ebola
Mutation bacteria that causes paralyzing cramps
E. Coli
Common virus that causes colds
Rhino virus
Twenty-four hour human biological rhythym
Circadian rhythym
Enlargement of the thyroid gland by iodine deficiency
Goiter
Damaged brain stem disease
Polio
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
D
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
K
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
