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UrinaryReproductive
Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems for massage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dialysis | artificial filtering of the blood, used to filter out waste products from the blood of an individual with renal failure |
| Hemodialysis | dialysis performed by a machine that passes arterial blood past a semipermiable membrane with dialysis fluid on the other side. |
| Peritoneal dialysis | dialysis fluid is infused into the abdominal cavity and the peritoneum acts as a semipermiable membrane allowing waste products to pass from the blood into the dialysis fluid. |
| Nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| Urethritis | inflammation of the urethra, usually impedes outflow of urine |
| Cystitis | inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters; frequent painful urination and blood in the urine |
| Urolithiasis | kidney stones(calculi) develop in the renal calyces or pelvis |
| Vasectomy | vas deferens is severed and tied off, rendering the male sterile |
| Impotence | inability of male to maintain and erection or achieve ejaculation |
| Cryptorchism | failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum during fetal development |
| Phimosis | tightness of the foreskin |
| Hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus |
| Radical mastectomy | complete surgical removal of the breast and surrounding tissue, including the pectoralis major muscle |
| Uterine fibroid | a benign tumor of the smooth muscle of the uterus |
| Ectopic pregnancy | implantation of the fertilized egg outside the uterus |
| Placenta previa | a complication of pregnancy in which the placenta grows in the lowest part of the womb (uterus) and covers all or part of the opening to the cervix. |
| Abruptio placentae | placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterus |
| Infertility | inability of fertilization to take place |
| Sterility | permanent state of being unable to reproduce |
| Orchitis | inflammation of the testes |
| Genital herpes | STD herpes simplex type 2 virus. Infects nearly all of external genitalia for both sexes, vesicles that ulcerate and produce shallow lesions |
| prostatitis | inflammation of the prostate gland |
| Vaginitis | inflammation of the vagina |
| Salpingitis | inflammation of the uterine (fallopian) tubes |
| Mastitis | inflammation of the breast |
| Amenorrhea | absence or abnormal cessation of menstruation |
| Dysmenorrhea | painful or difficult menstruation |
| Endometrieosis | endometrial tissue is found outside the interior lining of the uterus |
| Pelvic Inflammatory disease | inflammation of the female reproductive organs in the pelvis; low back pain, fever, vaginal discharge |
| Toxic shock syndrome | shock brought on by acute bacterial infection, stophylococcus aureus, a widespread bacteria that is normal flora in many tissues of healthy individuals |
| Breast cancer | most common malignant disorder affecting women |
| Uterine cancer | second most common site of cancer after breast cancer |
| Prostate cancer | second leading cause of death after lung cancer |
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