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appearing abnormally sleepy, confused, violent, or even completely unresponsive: change in alertness and awareness |
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| abnormally low glucose level |
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| abnormally high blood glucose level |
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| interruptions of normal brain function caused by bursts of abnormal electrical signals in the brain |
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| condition that occurs when the blood supply to an area of the brain is interrupted |
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| condition involving gradual deveopment of memory impairment and cognitive disturbance |
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| medical condition that results when a person's pancreas will no longer produce an adequate supply of insulin or when the body loses the ability to utilize insulin properly |
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| hormone produced by the pancreas and required for the transfer of glucose from the blood to the tissues and cells where it can be used for fuel |
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| a simple form of sugar that is required by all cells as fuel for metabolic processes: blood sugar |
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| a hyperglycemic condition in which an absence of insulin causes the body to metabolize other sources of energy such as fat. The blood becomes acidic and the condition may result in a fruity breath odor and AMS |
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| altered mental status resulting from untreated hyperglycemia |
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| condition resulting from untreated hypoglycemia |
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| full-body muscle contractions lasting up to several minutes |
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| a neurological disorder characterized by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or psychic malfunction with or without loss of consciousness or convulsive seizures |
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| seizures caused by a sudden increase in fever. Most common in children. |
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| Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures |
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seizure characterized by a loss of consciousness, convulsion. Also called a grand mal seizure |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| also called mini-stroke, this condition presents as a stroke but signs and symptoms resolve usually within 24 hours |
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| the body's exaggerated response when exposed to specific substances to which it has sensitivities |
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| substance that causes sensitivity |
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| sudden, severe allergic reaction |
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| red, itchy, possibly raised blotches on the skin, possibly from insect bites or food allergy |
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| progression of a severe allergic reaction. May result in death |
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| a hormone produced by the body in respnse to stress; also called adrenaline. As a medication, it constricts blood vessels and dialates respiratory passages and is used to relieve severe allergic reactions. |
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| a hormone produced by the body in response to stress |
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| a situation where a patient's behavior becomes intolerable, dangerous, or bizarre enough to cause the concern of family, bystanders, or the patient |
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| pulling into oneself. Retreating from reality |
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| feeling profound sadness or melancholy |
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| a state characterized by excess worry or fears |
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sudden onset of a fear or discomfort including symptoms such as sweating, trembling, palpitations, feelings of shortness fo breath or chest tightness, nausea and/or vomiting, and fears of dying or loss of controll |
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| profound sadness or feeling fo melancholy. May affect major portions of the patient's life including work, relationships, weight changes, sleeping difficulties, feeling of worthlessness and guilt, and occasionally the desire to die. |
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| a serious condition that involves unusual or bizarre thoughts, behaviors, adn speech. The patient may be very quiet or catatonic in some presentations of the desease |
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| unusual or bizarre behaviors indicating a lack of touch with reality |
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| a delusion (false belief) where the patient believes he is being followed, persecuted, or harmed |
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| sensory perceptions without an external stimulus |
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| an unfounded or intense fear of an object or situation |
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| attempting or threatening to take one's own life |
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| death of a patient who has been restrained. Often associated whtih extreme exertion (long foot chases or struggling against restraints), drugh or alcohol use, and/or hog-tie or hobble restraints, some patients die while restrained |
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restraints that are used on the legs and torso to restrict movement |
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a science that deals with poisons and their effect and with the problems involved |
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| Poisonous substances produced by animal or plants |
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| entrance of a substance into the digestive system |
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| an active process in which the intercostal (rib) muscles and the diaphragm contract, expanding the size of the chest cavity and causing air to flow into the lungs. |
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a phosphorus-contanining organic pesticide that act by inhibiting cholineterase. |
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| placement of medication in or under the skin with a neeble and syringe |
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| also commonly called Stomach pump or Gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. Such devices are normally used on a person who has ingested a poison or overdosed on a drug |
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| the process of removin gor neutralizing contaminants from a person or object |
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| a medication used to treat certain cases of poisoning or overdose |
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| An antidote or counterdose is a substance which can counteract a form of poisoning. |
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| the characteristic signs and symptoms that appear when a drug that causes physical dependence is regularly used for a long time and then suddenly discontinued or decreased in dosage. |
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| any chemical compound that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a hydrogen ion activity greater than in pure water, i.e. a pH less than 7.0 |
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| compounds with pH greater than 7 |
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a comparison of the amount of a therapeutic agent that causes the therapeutic effect to the amount that causes toxic effects |
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a soluble poisonous substance produced during growth of a microorganism and realeased into the surrounding medium |
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| a toxic substance that is produced by microorganisms and causes gastrointestinal symptoms |
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| improper or excessive use of a physical material from wich something is made or which has a discrete existance |
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| compulsive physcological need for and use of a habit forming substance |
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| the capacity of the body to endure or become less responsive to a substance |
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