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Mountain sickness
>If possible, don't fly or drive to high altitude. Start below 10,000 feet (3,048 meters) and walk up. >If you do fly or drive, do not over-exert yourself or move higher for the first 24 hours. >If you go above 10,000 feet (3,048 meters)…
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- Nurse-midwifery The practice engaged in by a nurse-midwife
- Melorheostosis A rare bone condition that usually begins in childhood characterized by thickening of the bones (sclerosis)…
- Skin erosion Skin erosion is a loss of some or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface. Erosion…
- Papules Small solid rounded bumps rising from the skin that are each usually less than 1 centimeter in diameter (less…
- Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of childhood See: Minimal change disease
- Polio, abortive A minor form of infection with the polio virus, abortive polio accounts for 80 to 90 percent of clinically…
- Plaque 1. An semi-hardened accumulation of substances from fluids that bathe an area. Examples include dental plaque…
- Precancerous Pertaining to something that is not yet overtly cancerous, but appears to be on its way to becoming a cancer…
- Mitochondrial cytopathy, Kearns-Sayre type See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Schistosoma mansoni A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and that (like S. japonicum) causes liver and…
- Plague Plague: The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly…