-BAS_MA_Immune Dx Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Anemia | A state of lowered oxygen transport. * low RBC# * abnormal RBC * low Iron * Abnormal Hgb * Bone marrow suppression |
Thrombosis and Embolism | Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot. Embolism is the formation of a clot in a blood vessel. |
Aneurysm | The ballooning out of an artery wall. Caused by a weakening of the arterial wall. |
Angina | Chest pain that occurs as one of the signs before a heart attack. Pain is a crushing pain and located mostly in the chest area. |
MI | Myocardial infarction |
CVA | Cardiovascular accident. |
Arrhythmia | Irregular heart rhythm |
Arteriosclerosis | A condition in which the arterial wall hardens. |
Atherosclerosis | The hardening of an artery due to cholesterol plaques |
Carditis | Inflammation of the heart |
CHF | Congestive heart failure |
Murmur | The sound that occurs when one of the heart valves does not close properly. |
Hypertension | High blood pressure. 60 - 90 -------- 90 - 130 |
Leukemia | A disease in which the bone marrow produces an abnormal type of white cell. The body cannot defend itself and the RBC production is reduced. |
Thrombophlebitis | This is a condition of a vein that is inflammed with a blood clot. |
varicose | veins that do not carry blood back to the heart due to valve failure. |
SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosis |
Candidiasis | Yeast infection. May occur commonly in the young. Reason for vaginitis in the female. |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A disease in which the immune system is shut down. Believed to be caused by the HIV virus. |
CFS | A combination of symptoms related to a mononucleosis infection. |
Cancer | Proliferaction of abnormal cells that are not caught by the immune system. They take over the tissue and cause a failure of the organ in which they occur. |
Lymphedema | A swollen area in the lymphatic system due to the collection of body fluid and plasma. The lymphatic system does not return the filtered plasma back to the circulation. |
RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
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