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CALCITONINA |
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Definition |
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The calcitonina is a hormone polipeptídica produced by the cells parafoliculares of the thyroid gland (cells C). Also they are secreted from the original cells of the comb neural. His action is to inhibit the bony destruction. The normal values are lower than 10 pg/ml. His clinical interest is the precocious diagnosis of the fundamental cancer of the thyroid gland.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/calcitonina.php" |
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BALDNESS ANDROGÉNICA |
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Alopecia androgénica.
Alopecia seborreica.
Hair fall.
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Definition |
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The androgénica alopecia or masculine baldness is a physiological declaration that happens in genetically predisposed persons. During the adolescence these persons produce more quantity of one enzyme called 5-alfa-reductasa, that transforms the testosterone in dihidrotestosterona (DHT). This hormone is the culprit of the slimming of the hair and of the progressive decrease of the hair follicles where the hair is born.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/calvicie.php" |
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CANCER |
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Definition |
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The cancer is not only one illness but a group of any more than 200 different illnesses in which an abnormal growth of the cells takes place, until called tumors turn into textiles masses. There are two types of tumors: benign or not cancerous and malignant or cancerous.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/cancer.php" |
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CANDIDIASIS |
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Other names |
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Vaginal fungi.
Vaginitis for monilias.
Vaginal infection for fungi (yeast).
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Definition |
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The candidiasis is a vaginal infection caused by a fungoid organism (yeast) that Candida Albicans calls herself.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/candidiasis.php" |
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WEARINESS |
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Other names |
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Asthenia,
Depletion,
Lethargy.
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Definition |
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The weariness is a subjective sensation of absence of physical or intellectual energy or of both.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/cansancio.php" |
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CATARACTS |
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Definition |
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The cataract is the loss of trasparencia of the crystalline one. The crystalline one is a transparent lens that we have behind the pupil and that serves to us to focus clearly the objects. For a series of circumstances, illnesses or more often due to the step of the years, the crystalline one can be losing his natural transparence and turn into an opaque lens.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/cataratas.php" |
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THYROID CENTELLEOGRAFÍA |
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Definition |
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The thyroid Gammagrafia is a medical exploration that consists of the introduction in the patient of radioactive isotopes (Iodine I-131 ó Tecnecio 99m), which are absorbed by the thyroid gland, allowing to obtain a radiological image of the gland thyroid gland. This image gathers for the beams emission gamma of this tracer towards an external x-rays badge.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/gammagrafia_tiroidea.php" |
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CESAREAN SECTION |
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Other names |
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Abdominal birth.
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Definition |
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The Cesarean section is the surgical intervention that allows the exit or birth of a fetus by means of an abdominal incision.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/cesarea.php" |
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CHALACIÓN |
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Other names |
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Lipogranuloma of gland of Meibomio.
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Definition |
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The chalación is a nodular inflammation of small size that takes place in the eyelid produced by the blockade of a small oil gland of the same one. It is a cyst of greasy retention that normally is not infected that develops inside the Meibomio glands. These glands produce oils for the formation of the superficial movie of the tears that lubricate the eyes.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/chalacion.php" |
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KLEPTOMANIA |
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Definition |
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The kleptomania is a disorder of the control of the impulses which essential characteristic is the difficulty appellant to control the impulses of stealing any object, even if it is not necessary for the personal use or for his economic value.
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To see more in: http://www.broadviewcare.org/temas/cleptomania.php" |
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