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