Diseases
A condition where a person's blood glucose levels are above normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
What is Prediabetes?
What is Hemi?
Giving value or approving when a patient verbally shares something difficult with you
What is Validation?
An infection of the middle ear causing pain, pressure, fever, and a reduced ability to hear. AKA the medical term for an Ear Infection
What is Otitis Media?
The ability to see objects that are near more clearly then distant objects
What is Nearsightedness?
A disease where a portion of a patient's brain degenerates causing tremors, rigid muscles, shuffling gait, pill rolling, and mask-like face.
What is Parkinson's Disease?
A condition involving inflammation or infection
What is Itis?
Collecting and putting things away in a guarded way
What is Hoarding?
A doctor's order stating that a patient may support their entire weight on both legs and no weight bearing limitations
What is Full Weight Bearing (FWB)?
The loss of function of the lower body and legs
What is Paraplegia?
Condition where the bones become brittle and weak causing them to break easily
What is Osteoporosis?
A disorder that causes recurring seizures
What is Epilepsy?
The basic Nerve Cell of the Nervous System
What is a Neuron?
An artificial device that replaces a body part such as an eye, hip, arm, leg, tooth, or heart valve to improve function and/or appearance.
What is a Prosthesis?
The part of the Nervous System made up of the nerves that extend throughout the body and connect to the spinal cord
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
Condition where the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, causing vision loss
What are Cataracts?
Comes from the greek word meaning 'Bone'
What is Osteo?
Condition where a patient becomes restless and agitated in the late afternoon, evening, or night
What is Sundowning?
High blood glucose (blood sugar)
What is Hyperglycemia?
Chemical substances produced by the body that control numerous body functions
What are Hormones?
An inherited, progressive disease that causes a gradual wasting away of muscle, resulting in weakness and deformity
What is Muscular Dystrophy?
When a muscle, tendon, or joint tightens and shortens
What is a Contracture?
Something that continually gets worse or deteriorates
What is Progressive?
Pain in a limb that has been amputated
What is Phantom Limb Pain?
The organs that produce and secrete Hormones
What are Glands?