Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term Care and Home Care, 4th Edition
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| show | an illness that has rapid onset, is usually short-term, and is treated immediately.
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| chronic illness | show 🗑
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| scabies | show 🗑
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| shingles | show 🗑
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| show | a type of injury to the skin.
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| show | a general term that refers to an inflammation of the skin causing swollen, reddened, irritated, and itchy skin.
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| show | swelling.
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| fungus | show 🗑
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| show | a general term that refers to inflammation of the joints, causing stiffness, pain, and decreased mobility.
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| show | an illness in which the body’s immune system attacks normal tissue in the body.
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| osteoarthritis | show 🗑
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| rheumatoid arthritis | show 🗑
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| show | a condition in which bones become porous and brittle, causing them to break easily.
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| show | a broken bone that does not break the skin.
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| show | a broken bone that penetrates the skin; also known as compound fracture.
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| partial weight-bearing (PWB) | show 🗑
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| show | a doctor’s order stating that a person is unable to touch the floor or support any body weight on one or both legs.
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| show | a doctor’s order stating that a person has the ability to support full body weight (100%) on both legs.
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| prosthesis | show 🗑
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| muscular dystrophy (MD) | show 🗑
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| show | a progressive disease that causes muscle atrophy and eventually leads to death; also called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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| amputation | show 🗑
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| show | warmth, itching, or tingling from a body part that has been amputated.
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| show | pain in a limb (or extremity) that has been amputated.
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| complementary medicine | show 🗑
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| alternative medicine | show 🗑
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| show | a progressive, incurable disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate; causes stiff muscles, stooped posture, shuffling gait, pill-rolling, and tremors.
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| show | a progressive disease in which the myelin sheath breaks down over time; without this protective covering, nerves cannot conduct impulses to and from the brain in a normal way.
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| paraplegia | show 🗑
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| quadriplegia | show 🗑
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| epilepsy | show 🗑
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| show | a condition in which cloudy spots develop in the lens of the eye, causing vision loss.
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| show | a disease in which increased pressure inside the eye causes damage that often leads to vision loss and blindness.
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| diabetic retinopathy | show 🗑
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| age-related macular degeneration (AMD) | show 🗑
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| show | high blood pressure, regularly measuring 140/90 mm Hg or higher.
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| atherosclerosis | show 🗑
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| angina | show 🗑
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| show | a medication that helps to relax the walls of the coronary arteries, allowing them to open and get more blood to the heart; comes in tablet, patch, or spray form.
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| myocardial infarction (MI) | show 🗑
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| congestive heart failure (CHF) | show 🗑
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| peripheral vascular disease (PVD) | show 🗑
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| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | show 🗑
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| bronchitis | show 🗑
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| emphysema | show 🗑
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| show | a bacterial, viral, or fungal infection that causes acute inflammation in lung tissue, causing fever, chills, cough, greenish sputum, chest pains, and rapid pulse.
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| show | a chronic inflammatory disease that makes it difficult to breathe and causes coughing and wheezing.
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| show | a condition in which the bronchial tubes are abnormally enlarged, causing chronic coughing, thick sputum, recurrent pneumonia, and weight loss.
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| show | a viral or bacterial infection of the nose, sinuses, and throat causing nasal discharge, sore throat, fever and fatigue.
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| show | the growth of abnormal cells or tumors in the lungs.
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| tuberculosis (TB) | show 🗑
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| diabetes | show 🗑
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| insulin | show 🗑
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| glucose | show 🗑
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| type 1 diabetes | show 🗑
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| show | a common form of diabetes in which either the body does not produce enough insulin or the body fails to properly use insulin; typically develops after age 35 and is the milder form of diabetes.
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| prediabetes | show 🗑
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| gestational diabetes | show 🗑
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| show | a condition in which the thyroid produces too much thyroid hormone, causing body processes to speed up, resulting in rapid heartbeat, sweating, weight loss, and nervousness.
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| hypothyroidism | show 🗑
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| show | infections caused by sexual contact with infected people; signs and symptoms are not always apparent.
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| chlamydia | show 🗑
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| syphilis | show 🗑
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| show | open sores.
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| show | a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria; signs include white, yellow, or green discharge from the penis, swollen testes, burning during urination, cloudy vaginal discharge, vaginal bleeding between periods, and rectal itching and soreness.
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| genital herpes | show 🗑
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| genital HPV infection | show 🗑
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| show | a disorder that can occur in men as they age, in which the prostate becomes enlarged and causes problems with urination and/or emptying the bladder.
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| vaginitis | show 🗑
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| show | the final stage of HIV infection, in which infections, tumors, and central nervous system symptoms appear due to a weakened immune system that is unable to fight infection.
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| AIDS dementia complex | show 🗑
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| show | a rare form of skin cancer that appears as purple, red, or brown skin lesions.
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| show | infections that invade the body when the immune system is weak and unable to defend itself.
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| neuropathy | show 🗑
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| cancer | show 🗑
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| tumor | show 🗑
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| benign tumors | show 🗑
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| show | tumors that are cancerous.
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| show | the surgical removal of all or part of the breast and sometimes other surrounding tissue.
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