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Urination
(micturition or voiding) |
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| the act of passing urine from the bladder the through the urethra to the outside of the body |
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| a bedpan that is flatter than a regular bedpan |
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Potable Commode
(bedside commode) |
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| a chair with a toilet seat and a removable container underneath |
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Urinary Incontinence |
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| the inability to control the bladder, which leads to an involuntary loss of urine |
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| the body's drainage system for removing urine |
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Urinary Tract Infection
(UTI) |
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| a bacterial infection of the urethra, bladder, ureter, or kidney that results in painful burning during urination and the frequent feeling of needing to urinate |
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Kidney Stones
(renal calculi) |
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| stones that form when urine crystallizes in the kidneys, which can block the kidneys and the ureters; causing sever pain |
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Renovascular Hypertension |
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| a condition in which a blockage of arteries in the kidneys causes high BP |
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Chronic Renal Failure
(CRF)
(chronic kidney failure) |
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| a condition that occurs when the kidneys cannot eliminate certain waste products from the body |
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| an artificial means of removing the body's waste products when the kidneys are no longer able to function properly |
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| a thin tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluids |
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Urinary Catheter |
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| a type of catheter that is used to drain urine from the bladder |
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Indwelling Catheter
(foley catheter) |
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| a type of urinary catheter that remains inside the bladder for a period of time |
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Condom Catheter
(texas catheter) |
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| a type of urinary catheter that has an attachment on the end that fits onto the penis |
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| a sample that is used for analysis in order to try to make a diagnosis |
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Routine Urine Specimen |
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| a urine specimen than can be collected any time a person voids |
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| in health care, a plastic collection container that can be inserted into a toilet bowl to collect and measure urine or stool |
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Clean-Catch Specimen
(mid stream specimen) |
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| a urine specimen that does not include the first and last urine voided in the sample |
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24-Hour Urine Specimen |
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| a urine specimen consisting of all urine voided by a person in a 24-hour period |
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| the act of passing feces from the large intestine out of the body through the anus |
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| involuntary contractions that move food through the GI system |
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| the inability to eliminate stool, or the infrequent, difficult, and often painful elimination of hard, dry stool |
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| a specific amount of water, with or with out an additive, that is introduced into the colon to stimulate the elimination of stool |
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| a hard stool that is stuck in the rectum and cannot be expelled |
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| enlarged veins in the rectum or outside the anus that can cause rectal itching, burning, pain, and bleeding |
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| the frequent elimination of liquid or semi-liquid feces |
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Fecal Incontinence |
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| the inability to control the bowels, leading to an involuntary passage of stool |
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Flatulence
(flatus or gas) |
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| air in the intestine that is passed through the rectum, which can result in cramping or abdominal pain |
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Lactose Intolerance |
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| the inability to digest lactose, a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products |
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| the inability to absorb or digest a particular nutrient properly |
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
(GERD) |
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| a chronic condition in which the liquid contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus |
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| a chronic condition in which the liquid contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus |
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| a condition that results from a weakening of the sphincter muscle that joins the esophagus and the stomach and causes a burning sensation in the esophagus |
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| the process of eroding away |
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| raw sores in the stomach that cause pain, belching, and vomiting |
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Ulcerative Colitis |
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| a chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine that causes cramping, diarrhea, pain, rectal bleeding, loss of appetite, and weight loss |
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| an artificial opening in the body |
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Colorectal Cancer
(colon cancer) |
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| a surgically created opening from an area inside of the body to the outside |
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| a surgically created opening from the ureter to the abdomen for the urine to be eliminated |
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| a surgically created opening through the abdomen into the large intestine to allow stool to be expelled |
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| a surgically created opening into the end of the small intestine to allow stool to be expelled |
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