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| pain in the head; headache |
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| progressive, irreversible deterioration of memory, judgement and other thought processes |
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| inflammation of the brain |
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| paralysis of one side of the body |
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| abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid around the brain; water on the brain |
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| infection or inflammation of the membranes covering the brain or spinal cord |
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| herniation of the meninges through a hole in the skull or vetebral column |
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| severe sharp pain of a nerve or along the course of a nerve |
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| inflammation of nerve or nerves |
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| any disease of the nerves |
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| paralysis of the lower half of the body, including the legs |
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| severe pain along the course of the sciatic nerve, from the back of the thigh down the inside of the leg |
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| excessive irregular electrical activity of the CNS associated with epilepsy |
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| acute viral infection characterized by an inflammation of a spinal or cranial nerve pathway that produces painful vesicular eruptions on the skin |
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temporary interference or interruption of the blood supply to a portion of the brain |
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| severe pain that radiates along the fifth cranial nerve and usually affects one side of the head and face (tic douloureaux) |
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| incision into the skull to provide access to the brain or to relieve intracranial pressure |
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process of recording the electrical activity of the brain |
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insertion of a needle to withdraw cerebrospinal fluid |
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| a refractive error causing light rays to be focused irregularly on the retina due to an abnormally shaped cornea |
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| inflammation of the eyelids |
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| progressive cloudiness of the crystalline lens |
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| inflammation of the conjunctiva; pinkeye |
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| impaired vision to to aging; oldsightedness |
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| any disease/disorder of the retina |
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| inability of the eyes to gaze in the same direction because of a weakness of the eye muscles |
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| surgical repair or plastic surgery of eyelid |
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| surgical repair of cornea |
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| examination of the interior of the eye |
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| eardrum; tympanic membrane |
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| inflammation of the external ear canal; commonly called swimmers ear |
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| infection and inflammation of the middle ear |
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| fungal infection of the external auditory meatus (opening) |
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| discharge or drainage from the ear |
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| impaired hearing related to the aging process |
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| incision into the tympanic membrane and insertion of tubes to allow draining of fluid that might accumulate behind the eardrum |
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