Fluoride
Fluoride supplements are recommended to prevent tooth decay in kids >6mo in areas where the drinking water is low in fluoride. It is typically used as a liquid, pill, or...
Peptic ulcer
Peptic ulcer [disease] is a break in the lining of the stomach (aka stomach ulcer) [or even the first part of the small intestine (aka duodenal ulcer), or the lower esophagus].
[faq]What is a...
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is inflammation of the lung's alveoli (i.e. microscopic air sacs). Prognosis is that in the very young and very old, and chronically ill, pneumonia is a leading cause of...
Ptosis
Ptosis (from Greek meaning “fall”) is drooping or falling of the upper eyelid. The drooping may be worse after being awake longer, when the patient’s muscles are tired.
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Source: EyeWeb
Cause
Horner syndrome
Prognosis
If...
BMI
Bare weight involves weighing a bare child. Wt is an abbreviation for Weight. Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at birth. BW is an abbreviation for either Bare weight...
Hemophilia
Hemophilia (from Greek "heme" meaning "blood", and "philia" meaning "love") are hereditary genetic disorders that impair ability to control blood clotting, which is used to stop bleeding.
[faq]What is hemophilia?
So the word,...
Pap smear
Pap smear (short for Papanicolaou, also known as Cervical smear) is the screening for potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (i.e. opening of the uterus or womb), i.e....
Gynecomastia
Gynecomastia is benign enlargement of breast tissue in males. Up to 70% of adolescent boys have some breast development during puberty, but 75% of cases resolve within 2 years without Tx....
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (CTx) is Tx of cancer with cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents. The objective can be either curative or to relieve suffering. It can either be used as a single-agent, or in combination. Chemoradiotherapy...
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar [affective] disorder (aka manic-depressive illness) is a mental disorder involving periods of mania (severely elevated mood, that may involve psychosis) or hypomania (significantly elevated mood), and periods of depression.
Sx
Manic...