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Catheter - A thin, flexible tube through which fluids or other materials enter or leave the body. Central nervous system - Brain, spinal cord and their nerve endings. Cerebrospinal fluid - The watery fluid that fills the spaces in and around the brain and spinal cord. Endemic - A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location. Hypertension – I ncrease in blood pressure. Immunity - State of being resistant to a disease, particularly an infectious one. Incubation period - The time from contact with infectious agents (bacteria or viruses) to onset of disease. Infection - Invasion of the body by agents (bacteria, viruses or fungi) that cause disease or tissue damage. Inflammation - A response of redness, swelling, pain, and a feeling of heat in certain areas affected by injury or disease. Myocarditis - Inflammation of the muscles of the heart. Paralysis - Loss of control of all electric activity within a muscle. Polio - An infectious disease caused by a virus; usually causes only mild symptoms but in rare cases can attack the brain and spinal cord and cause paralysis or death. Pneumonia - An inflammatory infection that occurs in the lung. Pulmonary edema - Excess fluid in the lungs. Spinal cord - It is a long, neural, conical structure extending as a continuation of the brain. Spinal cord consists of many nerves, which is supported by the vertebral column of bones. Tracheostomy - Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy. Urinary tract infection - Refers to an infection anywhere along the length the the urinary system Vaccination - Injection of a vaccine to create immunity. |
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