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| illness with rapid onset. short-term |
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| long-term illness. sometimes over a lifetime. |
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| skin infection caused by tiny mite called sarcoptes scabiei |
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| skin rash caused by varicella-zoster virus (same as chickenpox) |
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| causes body's immune system to attack normal tissue |
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| degenerative joint disease that affects the elderly |
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| can affect people of any age. can result in deformaties. movement is eventually restricted. smaller joints are usually affected first |
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| broken bone that doesn't break the skin |
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| broken bone that breaks the skin |
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| resident can put some body weight on both legs |
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| resident cannot put body weight on either leg |
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| resident can put full body weight on both legs |
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| device that replaces a body part that is missing |
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| a number of progressive diseases that causes a variety of physical disabilities due to muscle weakness |
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| surgical removal of some or all of a body part |
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| when a person feels that the amputated body part is still there |
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| when person feels pain in a limb that's been amputated |
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| treatments that are used in addition to conventional treatments |
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| practices and treatments used instead of conventional medicine |
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| progressive, incurable diseases causing sections of the brain to degenerate |
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| progressive disease that affects CNS |
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| loss of function of lower body parts |
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| loss of function of legs, trunk and arms |
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| brain disorder that results from a disruption in normal electrical impulses in the brain |
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| when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy |
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| disease that's the leading cause of blindness |
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| complication of diabetes caused by damage to the retina |
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Age-related Macular
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| Usually affects older adults. Occurs when macula, part of retina, gradually deteriorates eventually causing vision loss and inability to recognize faces.. |
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| hardening or narrowing of blood vessels |
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| pressure or discomfort caused when the heart doesn't get enough oxygen |
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| medication that relaxes walls of coronary arteries |
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| Myocardial Infarction (MI) |
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| Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) |
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| when one or both sides of the heart stops pumping |
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| Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) |
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| disease in which legs, arms, feet or hands don't have enough blood circulation |
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
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| chronic, progressive disease that affects respiration |
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| irritation or inflammation of lining of the bronchi |
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| chronic disease of lungs that usually results from chronic bronchitis and cigarette smoking |
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| illness that can be caused by bacterial, viral or fungal infection |
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| chronic inflammation disease affecting bronchi |
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| when the bronchial tubes are abnormally enlarged |
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Upper Respiratory
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| growth of abnormal cells or tumors in the lungs |
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| highly contagious lung disease |
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| occurs when pancreas produces too little insulin or doesn't properly produce insulin |
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| hormone that works to move glucose |
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| pancreas doesn't produce any insulin |
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| when body produces too little insulin or properly use insulin |
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| occurs when blood glucose levels are above normal but high enough for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes |
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| high blood sugar during pregnancy |
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| thyroid produces too much thyroid hormone |
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| Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) |
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| caused by sex with an infected person |
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| caused by organisms introduced into the mucous membranes of the reproductive tract |
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| caused by bacteria. leads to chancres on the penis or inside of vagina |
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| cause by bacteria. White, yellow discharge in men. cloudy vaginal discharge. |
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| caused by HSV-2 virus that leads to burning painful red sores |
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| sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillomavirus. spread primarily though genital contact |
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Benign Prostatic
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| when prostate becomes enlarged and causes pressure on uterus |
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| inflammation of the vagina |
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Acquired Immune
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| caused by HIV. AIDS is final stage of HIV infection in which infections, tumors and CNS symptoms appear due to weakened immune system |
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| late stage of AIDS that results in memory loss, poor coordination, paralysis or confusion |
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| rare form of skin cancer that appears as purple, red or brown skin lesions |
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| (pneumonia or tuberculosis) invade the body because immune system is weak and cannot defend itself. |
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| numbness, tingling or pain in feet |
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| disease in which abnormal cell grow in uncontrolled way |
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| cluster of abnormally growing cells |
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| ability to think logically |
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| losing ability to think clearly |
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| inability to think clearly or logically |
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| state of severe confusion that occurs suddenly |
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| general term refers to serious loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning and communicating |
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| disease that get continually worse |
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| time signs and symptoms begin |
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| progressive, degenerative, irreversible disease that affects brain and nervous system |
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| repetition of words, actions, phrases, questions by people dealing with AD |
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| way to change an action or development |
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| resident who is excited, troubled or restless |
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| situation that leads to agitation |
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| when a person with AD gets agitated in the late afternoon, evening or night. |
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| when person with AD overreacts to something |
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| walking back and forth in the same area |
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| when resident walks aimlessly around the facility or facility grounds |
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| when resident wanders away from facility and doesn't return |
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| resident who sees, hears, smells, tastes, or feels things that are not there |
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| Resident who believes things that are not true |
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| going through drawers, closets or personal items that belong to oneself of other people |
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| collecting and putting things away in guarded way |
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| giving value or approving |
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