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40 Cards in this Set
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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AIDS
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also known as pink eye
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Conjunctivitis
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opaqueing of lens
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Cataract
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Increased pressure in the eye
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Glaucoma
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Respiratory disease named after the epidemic that broke out at the 1976 conference in Philadelphia due to faulty air conditioners
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Legionnaire's disease
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Strawberry tongue
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Scarlet Fever
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also known as Pertussis
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Whooping Cough
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caused by Mycobacterium
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Tuberculosis
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types of bacterial food poisioning
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Botulism and Salmonella
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Mary Mallon was a carrier
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Typhoid Fever
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Infected Hitler
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Syphillis
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Swelling of brain or spinal cord coverings
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Meningitis
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also known as Hansen's disease
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Leprosy
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Identified in Connecticut, spread by ticks
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Lyme disease
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Also known as lock jaw
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Tetnus
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"Black Death", spread by fleas
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Bubonic Plague
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Varicella
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Chicken pox
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Shingles
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Herpes Zoster
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Rubeola
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Measles
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Rubella or three day Measles
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German Measles
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Inflammation of brain
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Encephalitis
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Athletes foot
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Tinea pedis
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Spread by Anopheles mosquito
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Malari
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Food poisioning from raw pork
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Trichinosis
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High Blood Pressure
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Hypertension
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Spreading of cancer
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Metathesis
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Cancerous
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malignant
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Non Cancerous
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Benign
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Cancer of WBC
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Leukemia
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Bone marrow cancer
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Multiple myeloma
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Skin cancer
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Melanoma
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Disease of liver
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Cirrhosis
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Uses ultrasonic sound waves to destroy kidney stones
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Lithotripsy
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Lateral curvature of the spine
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Scoliosis
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Seisure disorder caused by distrubed brain electrical patterns
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Epilepsy
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Treatment with L-Dopa; subject of "Awakenings"
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Parkinson's disease
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Predominantly in blacks; Immune to Malaria
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Sickle cell anemia
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Thick mucus secretions in lungs
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Inablity to digest amino acie phenylalanie
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PKU
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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SIDS
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