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| accululation of fatty deposits within the artery |
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| blockage in a cerebral vessel |
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| weakening arterial wall ballooning out |
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| commonly known as high blood pressure |
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| results from atherosclerosis |
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| irregularity of heart rhythm |
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| extremely rapid, ineffective |
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| heart fails to empty effectively, leading to edema |
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| rheumatic heart disease (rhumatiod fever) |
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| streptococcus infection damaging heart vavles |
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| abnormal enlargement of the veins |
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| enlargment of lymph nodes |
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| neoplastic disease affecting white blood cells |
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| decrease in hemoglobin in blood |
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| destruction of bone marrow |
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| deficiency of vitamin B12 |
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| body doesn't use iron properly |
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| thalassemia (Cooley anemia) |
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| hereditary disease causing rupture of red cells; affects production of hemoglobin |
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| mutation alters hemoglobin molecule; deformed cells block blood vessels and prevent tissues from receiving oxygen |
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| deficency in number of platelets |
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| disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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| widespread clotting, obstructing circulation to tissues |
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| hereditary deficiency of specific clotting factor; sex-linked disease: passed from mother to son |
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| disease of lyphatic system that may spread; contains Reed-Sternberg cells (giant cells in lymph nodes) |
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| malignant enlargement of lymph nodes; more common, deadly than Hodgkin disease |
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| cancer of blood-forming cells in bone marrow |
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| commonly known as allergy; more sensitive to allergens (pollen, dust) |
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| severe generalized allergic response |
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| delayed hypersensitivity reaction |
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| involves T cells and takes 12 hours for onset (poison ivy) |
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| any failure in immune system (AIDS); leaves individual susceptible to other infections |
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| immune response to own tissues (lupus |
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| caused by several different microorganisms; leading cause of death in debilitated patients |
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| caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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| viral disease of respiratory tract |
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| overexpansion and destruction of alveoli; classified under chronic obstructive pulmonary diease (COPD) heading |
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| narrowing of bronchial tubes; main factor may be irritation caused by allergy |
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| chronic irration and inflammation; caused by inhalation of dust particles. occupational hazard of mining stonework |
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| inflammation of pleura, usually with infection |
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| puss in the pleura cavity |
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| puss in the pleura cavity |
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| respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) |
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| occurs in premature infants |
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| acute respirtory distress syndrome |
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| involves edema that can cause respiratory failure |
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| hereditary disease caused by flawed gene; affects glandular sercretions |
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| protrusion of organ through abnormal opening |
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| opening between stomach and small intestine too narrow |
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| slipping of part of intestine into part below |
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| intestinal obstruction cause by lack of peristalsis |
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| results from infection of appendix |
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| many small pouches in wall of instestine; attributed to diet low in fiber |
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| chronic inflammation of intestinal wall segments, usually ileum |
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| continuous inflammation of colon lining, usually rectum |
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| inflammation of the liver |
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| spread by fecal-oral contamination |
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| spread by blood and other body fluids |
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| chronic livier disease mainly caused by excess consumption of alcohol |
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| accumulation of bile under the skin |
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| enlargement of the spleen |
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| inflammation of gall bladder |
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| presence of stones in gallbladder; usally associated with cholecyctitis |
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| inflammation of the pyeloric |
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| diffulty, painful urination |
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| inflammation of urethra; associated with sexually transmitted diseases (STD) |
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| damage to kidney; blood and proteins escape into nephrons |
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| fluids introduced to peritoneal cavity |
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