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DISEASORAMA
STUDY OF VARIOUS DISEASES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MUSCLE CRAMP | PAINFUL AUTOMATIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION CAUSED BY OVERUSE OR LACK OF WATER |
| HEARTBURN | BURNING FEELING IN THE ESOPHAGUS CAUSED BY ACID BACK UP |
| DIARRHEA | CONDITION OF FREQUENT PASSING OF SOLID WASTE, MOST OF TIME LIQUID IN NATURE |
| ULCERS | ROUND OPEN SORES IN THE LINING OF STOMACH OR DIGESTIVE TRACT |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| EPILEPSY | NERVE OR BRAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY UNCONTROLLABLE MUSCLE ACTIVITY |
| HEART ATTACK | WHEN BLOOD SUPPLY TO HEART MUSCLE IS STOPPED CAUSING PART OF HEART TO DIE |
| ANEMIA | ABNORMALLY LOW AMOUNT OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN BODY, LACK OF IRON |
| LEUKEMIA | CANCER OF THE TISSUE THAT MAKES WHITE BLOOD CELLS. |
| HEMOPHILIA | GENETIC DISEASE WHERE AS THE BLOOD CANNOT CLOT |
| PNEUMONIA | INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS/ALVEOLI SACS BECOME FILLED WITH FLUID |
| BRONCHITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRONCHIAL TUBES. CAUSES COUGHING AND BRINGS MUCUS TO THE MOUTH |
| ASTHMA | ALLERGIC RESPONSE THAT CLOSES THE AIRWAY. CAUSED BY TRIGGERS SUCH AS SMOKE AND DUST |
| LUNG CANCER | CANCER THAT DESTROYS LUNG TISSUE |
| CONSTIPATION | CONDITION WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO PASS SOLID WASTE |
| CEREBRAL PALSY | POOR MUSCLE CONTROL DUE TO BRAIN DAMAGE/HAPPENS BEFORE BIRTH/NO CURE |
| INDIGESTION | PAIN IN THE STOMACH AREA/GAS, ACID BUILD UP, BLOATING, ETC.. |
| GIGANTISM | PITUITARY GLAND DISORDER WHERE A PERSON GROWS ABNORMALLY LARGE |
| RABIES | VIRAL INFECTION CAUSED BY BITE OF AN INFECTED ANIMAL. IRRATES BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| CONCUSSION | INJURY TO BRAIN CAUSED BY A BLOW TO THE HEAD |
| STROKE | DEATH OF BRAIN TISSUE CAUSED BY BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD TO PART OF BRAIN |
| PARALYSIS | PARTIAL OR TOTAL LOSS OF FEELING TO PART OF THE BODY CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO BRAIN OR BREAK OF SPINAL CORD. |
| TYPE 2 DIABETES | BODY'S INSULIN SUPPLY IS LACKING CAUSING HIGH BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS |
| OSTEOPOROSIS | LOSS OF BONE DENSITY, SOFTENING OF BONE FROM LACK OF CALCIUM/MOSTLY WOMEN |
| FRACTURE | BREAK OF A BONE |
| ARTHRITIS | INFLAMMATION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE AT A JOINT. |
| RICKETS | DISEASE IN CHILDREN/BODY CANT ABSORB CALCIUM OR VITAMIN D. BONES BEND EASY |
| SCOLIOSIS | UNEVEN CURVATURE OF THE SPINE |
| SPRAIN | INJURY TO A LIGAMENT AT A JOINT, USUALLY ANKLE OR WRIST |
| INGUINAL HERNIA | WHEN INTESTINE BULGES THRU THE WEAK AREA ON THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLE |
| STRAIN | TEAR OR OVER STRETCHING OF A MUSCLE DUE TO OVERUSE OR IMPROPER WARM UP |
| TENDONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A TENDON, TENNIS ELBOW. |
| EMPHYSEMA | LUNG DISORDER WHERE LUNG SACS BREAK , SO YOU CANT GET OXYGEN |
| SHIN SPLINTS | PAIN IN FRONT OF LOWER LEG. MUSCLE IS ACTUALLY TEARING AWAY FROM THE BONE |
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