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Unit 8 Medical Disease/Disorders

1.

Kidney Stones

Small masses that form from waste clumps

2.

Childhood disease were child's bones are too soft

Rickets

3.

Congested Heart Failure

CHF

4.

Adenitis

Inflammation of a lymph gland

5.

An infection of one or both of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi

Pnemonia

6.

Epilepsy

A disorder of the brain characterized by repeated seizures

7.

Yeast Infection

Infection of the vulva

8.

Abnormally low blood pressure

Hypotension

9.

Scoliosis

Condition in which a person's spine has an irregular curve

10.

Chronic Obstructed Pulmonary Disease

A common lung disease causing restricted air flow & breathing problems

11.

A paralysis of muscles on one side of your face

Bells Palsy

12.

Arthritis

Redness and swelling of a joint

13.

Alzheimers

A dementia that affects your memory & your behavior

14.

Condition that causes softening of the bones

Osteomalacia

15.

When the heart stops beating

Cardiac Arrest

16.

Myoma

A tumor of a muscle

17.

Inflammation of a bone

Osteoitis

18.

Myositis

Inflammation of a muscle

19.

Spinal Stenosis

Abnormal narrowing of the spinal cord.

20.

Shriveling of muscles

Atrophy