upload
Womenshealth.gov
行业: Government; Health care
Number of terms: 15438
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
Womenshealth.gov is a service of the Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches. The strategy OWH uses to achieve its mission and vision ...
A condition in which abnormal cells are found in the lining of breast ducts. These cells have not spread outside the duct to the surrounding breast tissue. DCIS is not cancer. But some cases of DCIS become breast cancer over time, so it’s important to get treatment for DCIS.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other areas of the body, usually inside the abdominal cavity, but acts as if it were inside the uterus. Blood shed monthly from the misplaced tissue has no place to go, and tissues surrounding the area of endometriosis may become inflamed or swollen. This can produce scar tissue. Symptoms include painful menstrual cramps that can be felt in the abdomen or lower back, or pain during or after sexual activity, irregular bleeding, and infertility.
Industry:Health care
A condition in which too much iron builds up in the body over time. Without treatment, this extra iron can damage the organs, mainly the liver, heart, and pancreas, and cause organ failure. Hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic diseases in the United States. But iron overload also can happen due to other diseases or from years of taking too much iron or from repeated blood transfusions or dialysis for kidney disease. The most common treatment to remove extra iron is to remove some blood.
Industry:Health care
A condition marked by excessive worry and feelings of fear, dread, and uneasiness that lasts six months or longer. Other symptoms include being restless, being tired or irritable, muscle tension, not being able to concentrate or sleep well, shortness of breath, fast heartbeat, sweating, and dizziness.
Industry:Health care
A condition that occurs mostly in breastfeeding women, causing a hard spot on the breast that can be sore or uncomfortable. It is caused by infection from bacteria that enters the breast through a break or crack in the skin on the nipple or by a plugged milk duct.
Industry:Health care
A condition where the body is not able to process galactose (a sugar), which makes up half of the sugar (called lactose) found in milk. When galactose levels become high, body organs and the central nervous system can be damaged. In newborns, the condition is found when first breastfeeding and can cause jaundice and other problems.
Industry:Health care
A conditioned reflex ejecting milk from the alveoli through the ducts to the sinuses of the breast and the nipple.
Industry:Health care
A conditioned reflex ejecting milk from the alveoli through the ducts to the sinuses of the breast and the nipple.
Industry:Health care
A diagnostic procedure in which a flexible tube with a light source in inserted into the colon (large intestine or large bowel) through the anus to view all sections of the colon for abnormalities.
Industry:Health care
A diagnostic procedure in which a thin, flexible tube is introduced through the mouth or rectum to view parts of the digestive tract.
Industry:Health care