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| is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. |
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| is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary (lung) conditions and diseases. |
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| a heart doctor. He or she is the one to visit if you feel a tightness in your chest and shortness of breath. |
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| is the cause and nature of a disease. |
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| examination is a routine part of every doctor's examination of the eye, not just the ophthalmologist's. It consists exclusively of inspection. One looks through the ophthalmoscope which is simply a light with various optical modifications, including lenses. |
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| sometimes referred to as water on the lungs is the build-up of excess fluid between the layers of the pleura outside the lungs. The pleura are thin membranes that line the lungs and the inside of the chest cavity and act to lubricate and facilitate breathing. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. Inflammation may affect both lungs, one lung, or only certain lobes |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in weariness. |
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| the process of transferring the blood of a person into the veins of another. |
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| is a simple, noninvasive procedure. Electrodes are placed on the skin of the chest and connected in a specific order to a machine that, when turned on, measures electrical activity all over the heart. Output usually appears on a long scroll of paper that displays a printed graph of activity on a computer screen. |
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| CBC (complete blood count) |
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| is a blood test used to evaluate your overall health and detect a wide range of disorders, including anemia, infection and leukemia |
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| ADL (activities of daily living) |
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| are routine activities that people tend do everyday without needing assistance. There are six basic ADLs: eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring continence. |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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| is still a balanced diet. It includes grains, fruits, dairy products, meat and vegetables, but the choices you make must be lower-sodium choices. The NAS diet allows all milk, all yogurt, all fruits and all breads without salted tops. Vegetables must be fresh or frozen and not canned or pickled. |
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| CHF (congestive heart failure) |
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| heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation |
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| SOB (shortness of breath) |
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| can be caused by respiratory or circulatory conditions and other conditions such as severe anemia or high fever. |
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| is a chronic disease of the heart muscle, in which the muscle is abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. The weakened heart muscle loses the ability to pump blood effectively, resulting in irregular heartbeats and possibly even heart failure. |
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| Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath. Dyspnea is a sign of serious disease of the airway, lungs, or heart. |
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