Diagnosis

  1. Matectomy
    Surgical removal of one or both breasts
  2. Alzheimer's
    chronic deterioration of brain function
  3. MS
    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS- AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
  4. PARKINSON'S
    A DEGENERATIVE DISORDER OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT OFTEN IMPAIRS MOTOR AND SPEECH SKILLS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.
  5. SENILITY
    CONFUSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELDERLY
  6. GLAUCOMA
    PRESSURE INSIDE OF THE EYE- DAMAGING THE OPTIC NERVE
  7. CATARACT
    CLOUDY GROWTH OVER THE LENS OF THE EYE
  8. DM
    DIABETES MELLITUS- THE BODY'S INABILITY TO REGULATE INSULIN, RESULTING IN ELEVATED BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL (A DISORDER OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM)
  9. SEIZURE
    ABNORMAL ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN
  10. S/P ORIF OF Fx R hip
    STATUS POST OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE FRACTURED RIGHT HIP
  11. DEMENTIA
    PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION OF INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION
  12. DIVERTICULOSIS
    CONDITON AFFECTING THE DIVERTICULI OF THE COLON
  13. PULMONARY EMBOLUS
    BLOOD CLOT IN THE LUNGS
  14. HTN
    HYPERTENSION - HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
  15. OSTEOARTHRITIS
    INFLAMMATION OF THE BONES AND JOINTS
  16. RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
    BLOCKAGE OF THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN THE HEART
  17. APHASIA
    UNABLE TO SPEAK
  18. ASHD
    ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE-HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES IN THE HEART
  19. CHF
    CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE- INABILITY OF THE HEART TO PUMP BLOOD THRU THE SYSTEM
  20. PNEUMONIA
    INFECTION OF THE LUNGS CAUSED BY BACTERIA, VIRUS, OR FUNGI
  21. DECUBITUS ULCER
    SORE CREATED BY PRESSURE CAUSING SKIN BREAKDOWN
  22. DEHYDRATION
    THE BODY DOES NOT HAVE AS MUCH WATER AND FLUIDS AS IT SHOULD
  23. SYNCOPE/ VERTIGO
    DIZZINESS
  24. MITRAL REGURGITATION
    THE ABNORMAL LEAKING OF BLOOD THROUGH THE MITRAL VALVE INTO THE LEFT ATRIUM OF THE HEART
  25. CA
    CANCER, MILIGNANT GROWTH
  26. HEMIPLEGIA
    A CONDITION IN WHICH HALF THE BODY IS PARALYZED
  27. COLITIS
    IMFLAMMATION OF THE COLON
  28. SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
    ACCUMULATION OF THE BLOOD UNDER THE SKULL, ON THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
  29. ANEMIA
    A REDUCTON IN THE NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS
  30. PACEMAKER
    AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE TO STIMULATE THE HEARTBEAT
  31. TIA
    TRANS ISCHECMIC ATTACK: STROKE LIKE SYMPTOMS BUT NO LASTING DAMAGE
  32. NEPHRECTOMY
    SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE KIDNEY
  33. DERMATITIS
    INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN
  34. HEMATEMESIS
    VOMITING OF BLOOD
  35. OSTEOPOROSIS
    LOSS OF BONE DENSITY OVER TIME
  36. METASTATIC CA
    CANCER THAT HAS SPREAD
  37. HYPOTHYROIDISM
    LOW FUNCTIONING THYROID
Author
Korita
ID
9573
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