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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Zayıf alan veya kas veya diğer doku yırtık bir iç organ bulging o yere sahiptir. Çoğu herniler karında oluşur.
Industry:Health care
A term used to describe a condition that may (or is likely to) become cancer. Also called premalignant.
Industry:Health care
A healthcare professional who helps people recover from an illness or injury and return to daily life. Examples of rehabilitation specialists are physical therapists and occupational therapists.
Industry:Health care
A computer picture of areas inside the body created by bouncing high-energy sound waves (ultrasound) off internal tissues or organs. Also called sonogram.
Industry:Health care
The individual unit that makes up the tissues of the body. All living things are made up of one or more cells.
Industry:Health care
A disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the heart). Coronary artery disease is usually caused by atherosclerosis (a build up of fatty material and plaque inside the coronary arteries). The disease may cause chest pain, shortness of breath during exercise, and heart attacks. The risk of coronary artery disease is increased by having a family history of coronary artery disease before age 50, older age, smoking tobacco, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, lack of exercise, and obesity. Also called CAD and coronary heart disease.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which there is a build-up of fluid in the eye, which presses on the retina and the optic nerve. The retina is the layer of nerve tissue inside the eye that senses light and sends images along the optic nerve to the brain. Glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause loss of vision or blindness.
Industry:Health care
A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
Industry:Health care
A skin disease marked by scaly or thickened patches on the skin and often caused by prolonged exposure to arsenic. The patches often occur on sun-exposed areas of the skin and in older white men. These patches may become malignant (cancer). Also called Bowen disease and precancerous dermatosis.
Industry:Health care