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| passing urine from bladder through urethra to outside of body |
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| a bedpan that is flatter than regular bedpan |
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| a chair with a toilet seat and removable container |
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| inability to control the bladder which leads to involuntary loss of urine |
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| form when urine crystallizes in the kidneys |
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| The organs of the body that produce, store, and discharge urine (kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra) |
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| Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) |
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| bacterial infection of urethra, bladder, ureter or kidney |
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| thin tube inserted into the body used to drain or inject fluid |
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| Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) |
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| chronic kidney failure: occurs when kidney are not able to eliminate certain waste products |
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| artificial means of removing body's waste products |
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| Renovascular Hypertension |
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| condition in which blockage of arteries in kidneys cause high blood pressure |
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| catheter inserted to drain urine from bladder |
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| used to drain urine from bladder |
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| catheter used for males that attaches to penis |
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| remains in the bladder for a period of time |
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| sample used for analysis to try and make a diagnosis |
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| plastic collection container sometimes put into a toilet bowl to collect and measure urine or stool |
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| collected anytime the resident voids or urinates |
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| specimen obtained mid-stream |
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| collects all the urine voided by resident in the last 24 hours |
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| involuntary contractions that move food through the gastrointestinal system |
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| inability to eliminate stool |
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| frequent elimination of liquid or semi-liquid feces |
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| hard stool stuck in the rectum and cannot be expelled |
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| enlarged veins in the rectum |
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| inability to control the bowels |
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| air in the intestine passed through the rectum |
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Gastroesophageal Reflux
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| chronic condition in which liquid contents of stomach back up into the esophagus |
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| chronic condition in which liquid contents of stomach back up into the esophagus |
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| result of weakening of the sphincter muscle that joins the esophagus and the stomach |
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| inability to digest lactose |
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| when the body cannot absorb or digest a particular nutrient properly |
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| can be caused if heartburn occurs frequently and remains untreated |
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| putting fluid in the rectum to eliminate stool |
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| artificial opening to divert waste |
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| chronic inflammatory disease of large intestine |
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| something hidden or difficult to see |
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| surgically created opening into the large intestine to allow stool to be expelled |
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| surgically created opening into the small intestine to allow stool to be expelled |
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| surgical creation of an opening from an area inside the body to the outside |
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| when the ureter is opened to the abdomen for urine to be eliminated |
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