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41 Cards in this Set
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AIDS
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Accuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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Conjunctivitis
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also known as pink eye
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Cataract
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opaqueing of lens
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Glaucoma
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increaed pressure in the eye
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Legionnaire's disease
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respritory disease named after the epidemc that broke out at the 1976 American Legionnaires confrence in Philadelphia due to faulty air conditioners
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Scarlet Fever
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symptom: Strawberry tongue
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Whooping Cough
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also known as Pertussis
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DTP vaccine
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for Diptheira, Tetnus, and Pertussis
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Tuberculosis
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caused by Mycobacterium
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Botulism and Salmonella
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types of bacterial food poisoning
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Typhoid Fever
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Typhoid Mary (Mary Mallon) was a carrier (infected but shows no symptoms of the disease)
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Meningitis
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swelling of brain or spinal cord coverings (meinges)
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Syphilis
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infected Hitler
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Leprosy
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also known as Hahsen's disease
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Lyme Disease
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Identified in the Lyme. spread by ticks
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Tetnus
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also known as lock jaw
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Chicken Pox
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also known as Varicella
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Herpes Zoster
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also known as Shingles
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Measles
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also known as Rubeola
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German Measles
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also known as Rubella or three day Measles
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Encephalitis
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inflammation of brain
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Tinea pedis
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Atheletes foot
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Malaria
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spread by Anopheles mosquito
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Trichinosis
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food poisoning usually from raw pork
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Hypertension
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High Blood Pressure
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Metathesis
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Spreading of cancer
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Malignant tumor
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Dangerous (cancerous)
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Benign tumor
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not Dangerous (non-cancerous)
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Leukemia
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Cancer of White Blood cells
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Multiple myeloma
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Bone marrow cancer
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Melanoma
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Skin cancer
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Cirrhosis
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Disease of liver
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Lithotripsy
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uses ultrasonic sound waves to destroy kidney stones
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Scoliosis
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Laternal curvature of the spine
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Epilepsy
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seisure disorder cused by disturbed brain electrical patterns
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Parkinson's diease
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Treatment with L-Dopa; subject of movie "Awakenings"
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Sickle cell anemia
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predominantly in blacks
Immune to Malaria |
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Cystic Fibrosis
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thick mucous secreations in lungs
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Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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inability to digest amino acid phenylalanine
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SIDS
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Bubonic Plague
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"Black Death" spread by fleas
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