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Headache, febrile
A headache associated with fever. Because this can sometimes indicate inflammation of the brain, as in encephalitis, see your doctor immediately if you experience this type of headache
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- Frigidity Failure of a female to respond to sexual stimulus; aversion on the part of a woman to sexual intercourse…
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- Placenta, low Location of the placenta in the lower part of the uterus (womb) so that the placenta partially or completely…
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