Diseases of the Blood
A temporary decrease in the number of circulating leukocytes
What is leukopenia?
Enlargement of the heart due to stretching of the heart chamber walls, itself a result of overfilling of the chambers.
What is dilation?
A thrombus or embolism can block one of these arteries that supply the heart with oxygen.
What are the cardiac arteries?
This is a traumatic injury to the brain resulting in swelling and pain.
What is a contusion?
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Anemia caused by the lack of intrinsic factor in gastric juice necessary to absorb vitamin B12 from the small intestine.
What is pernicious anemia?
Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, usually by bacteria.
What is endocarditis
This type of arteriosclerosis is characterized by fatty deposits called plaques on the wall of the artery.
What is athersclerosis?
This is the most common type of intracranial hemorrhage.
What is a subdural hemorrhage (hematoma)?
This defect often found in children, infants, and fetuses, is the result of the failure of the cerebrovascular fluid to drain properly.
What is hydrocephalus?
Anemia caused by the suppression of the marrow producing red blood cells, a result of chemical camage, radiation, infection, and/or metabolic disorders.
What is aplastic anemia?
The valvular defect where one of the cusps is turned inside out.
What is prolapse?
This type of aneurysm is equally dilated along the circumference of the artery.
What is a fusiform aneurysm?
This disease where the membranes around the brain and spinal cord are inflames, is usually caused by a bacterial or virus.
What is meningitis?
Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord, resulting in damage and paralysis of the muscles controlled by the affected motor nerves.
What is polio(myelitis)
Anemia due to destruction or loss of erythrocytes, due to disease or trauma.
What is secondary anemia?
Inflammation of the heart muscle, commonly following rheumatic fever or diphtheria.
What is myocarditis?
This type of aneurysm has a sac-like bulge on one side of the vessel.
What is a sacculated aneurysm?
This inflammation of the brain tissue itself is caused by a virus introduced by what disease vector?
What is a mosquito?
Petit mal seizures of epileptic children is often mistaken for this behavior.
What is day-dreaming?
An uncontrolled overproduction of red blood cells
What is polycythemia vera (Erythrocytosis)
Inflammation of the outer sac of the heart.
What is pericarditis?
This condition results in dilated superficial veins, especially in the lower legs, esophagus, or perianal area.
What are varicose veins?
Also called a stroke, this is damage to the brain as a result of interruption of blood circulation.
What is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or apoplexy?
This condition where the myelin sheathes of nerves are destroyed is found in young adults between the ages of 20 and 40.
What is multiple sclerosis?