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| At what point is a person considered obese |
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| 30% above ideal body weight |
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| This type of deafness is often curable |
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| This type of deafness refers to the faulty transportation of sound from the outer to the inner ear |
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| This type of deafness is a results from a problem with the acoustic nerve |
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| This type of deafness will result after longterm exposure to loud noises |
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| This type of deafness will result from a buildup of ear wax that blocks the outer ear canal |
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| How should you talk to someone who suffers from deafness |
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| speak softly using a low pitched voice and directly into the patients ear canal |
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| What does normal vision depend on |
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| the uninterrupted passage of light from the front of the eye to the light sensitive retina at the back |
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| a term to describe a loss of power to speak |
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| This is the field of medicine that focuses on the treatment and control of obesity and diseases associated with obesity |
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| its an articulation disorder which makes it difficult to produce speech sounds |
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| What types of patients normally develop dysarthria |
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| MS patients or Parkinsons disease |
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| This is a disorder marked by repetitions of a single sound or whole words by blocking of speech aka stuttering |
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| This is a weakness or paralysis of both legs and sometimes part of the trunk |
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| What does down syndrome result from |
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| an abnormal chromosome numbered 21 that results in a triplet of chromosomes rather than the usual pair |
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| When does the incidence of down syndrome increase for birthing mothers |
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| when the age of the mom is >35 y/o |
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| How long do downs syndrome pts normally live |
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| they do not survive past middle life |
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| What is considered an average IQ |
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| What is the most common form of mental retardation |
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| this type of arthritis results from wear and tear of the joints |
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| This type of arthritis results from autoimmune disorder |
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| Why can preforming a physical exam on patients with arthritis be difficult |
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| Because they have a decreased range of flexibility |
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| it is a non-progressive disorder of movement and posture |
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| When is Cerebral palsy generally diagnosed |
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| During the first year of life when parents notice unusual muscle tone during holding |
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| This disease is a inherited metabolic disease of the lungs and digestive system that manifests in childhood |
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| What are some characteristics of cystic fibrosis |
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| chronic lung infection, pale greasy-looking, foul smelling stools, persistent cough and breathlessness |
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| what is cystic fibrosis caused by |
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| a defective recessive gene inherited from each parent |
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| This is a progressive and incurable autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that destroys patches of myelin in the brain and spinal cord |
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| What part of life do patients get dx with multiple sclerosis |
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| What are characteristics of multiple sclerosis |
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| symptoms can range from numbness and tingling to paralysis and incontinence |
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| This is a inherited muscle disorder that results in a slow but progressive degeneration of muscle fibers |
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| What is the most common form of muscular dystrophy and what gender does it only affect |
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| Ducheenes muscular dystrophy and commonly affects males |
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| What are S&S of duchennes muscular dystrophy |
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| male children who are slow in learning to sit up and walk, unusual gait, curvature of the spine and bulky muscles |
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| through infected feces and by airborne transmission |
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| What are the forms of polio and which one can you recover from? |
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| The forms are nonparalytic and paralytic, the nonparalytic form most people recover from |
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| its a congenitial defect in which one or more vertebrae fail to develop |
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| What are spina bifida patients commonly allergic to |
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| This is an autoimmune disorder in which muscles become weak and tire easily |
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| This disease results from damage to the muscle recepotrs that are responsible for transmitting nerve impulses |
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| What is the easiest way for patients to get relief from myasthenia gravis |
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| a block in flow of cerebrospinal fluid |
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| what does diversity refer to? |
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