Vitamin B12 deficiency causes: Decreased ability to think Changes in personality, e.g. depression, irritability, and psychosis In young children: Failure to thrive (poor growth) Developmental delay (poor development) Difficulties with movement

Urge incontinence, is an overactive bladder (OAB) causing loss of bladder control, due to frequent feelings of needing to pee. [faq]What's urge incontinence? It's where you accidentally wet yourself, because you frequently have a strong...

Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping the mouth and teeth clean to prevent dental problems. Methods Tooth brushing is scrubbing teeth w/ a TB, usually w/ TP. It can be done...

Pharmaceutical drug (aka medication) is a drug used in health care, for the purposes of Dx, Tx, or prevention. Pharmacies administer drugs. Drug discovery and development are complex and expensive endeavors...

Dysphonia is a phonation disorders of the voice, caused by impairment in the ability to produce voice sounds using the vocal organs. Sx Voice which is: Hoarse Excessively breathy Harsh Rough Some kind of phonation is still...

Blood culture (BC) is a microbiological culture of blood. Indications Detect infections that are spreading through the bloodstream, e.g. bacteremia, septicemia Method The bloodstream is usually a sterile environment

Autoimmune disease is damage or a pathologic state arising from an abnormal immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. Autoimmunity is presence of self-reactive...

Jaundice (from French "jaun" meaning "yellow", aka icterus) is yellowish pigmentation of the skin, conjunctiva, and other mucous membranes. [faq]What does jaundice mean? It sounds like someone who's being a bit...

Aortic aneurysm is the dilation (enlargement) of the aorta to a size 1.5x its normal size, most commonly at the abdominal aorta, but also in the thoracic aorta. This can...

Inborn error of metabolism (aka congenital metabolic disease, inherited metabolic disease) are a large class of genetic diseases, involving congenital disorders of metabolism. The majority are due to defects of...