Definitions

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Sero negative chronic inflammatory disorder primarily affecting spine and SI joint and secondarily hip knee shoulder etc

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COPD

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Type of obstructive lung disease characterized by chronically poor airflow output which typically worsens over time.

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Chronic Bronchitis

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Chronic/recurrent increase above the normal in the volume of mucus secretion sufficient to cause expectoration when this is not due to localized bronchi pulmonary disease.

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Emphysema

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Is a condition of lung characterized by permanent dilatation of air spaces distal to terminal bronchioles with destruction of walls of these airways.

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Cerebral Palsy

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Is a disorder of posture and movement that occurs secondary to damage to immature brain before during or after birth .

Also called static encephalopathy.

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Is a non supparative systemic inflammatory disease of unknown cause characterized by symmetrical poly arthritis affecting peripheral joints and extra articular structures.

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CVA

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Sudden onset of neurological signs and symptoms resulting from a disturbance of blood supply to the brain.

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Buegers disease

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An inflammatory vasculopathy characterized by an inflammatory endarteritis that causes a prothombotic state and subsequent vaso occlusive phenomenon.

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Stills disease

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Juvenile chronic polyarthritis which could be systemic polyarticular and oligoarticular

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Lung abscess

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Is localized formation of a pus usually surrounded by fibrous capsule within the lung tissue

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Bronchiectasis

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Abnormal dilatation of bronchi associated with obstruction and infection.

Types:

Congenital

Acquired-tumor infection tb aba

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Atherosclerosis

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Is hardening and narrowing of arteries secondary to formation of plague on arterial walls

Plague causes narrowing of arterial walls and diminishes amount of blood supply in it.

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Hypotension

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Is the state when BP falls in the body below considerable normal limits.

Manifests when it gets 90/60 mm where as normally it is 120/80 mm

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Embolism

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Is a a wandering object which flows in the blood stream after dislodging from source/origin blocked blood vessel and obstruct blood vessel in a distant site to cause partial/complete blockage of arterial blood vessel.

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Aneurysm

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Dilatation of wall of artery forming a sac in communication with that vessel.

Abnormal blood filled bulge of a blood vessel specially an artery resulting from weakening of vessel wall.

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Gangrene

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Is a form of tissue death(necrosis) secondary to lack of oxygen rich blood in the tissues.

The tissues die due to lack of oxygen.