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2. Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease - Wikipedia

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   Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease ( AERD ), also called NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease ( N-ERD) or historically aspirin-induced asthma and Samter's Triad, is a long-term disease defined by three simultaneous symptoms: asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, and intolerance of aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti ...

3. Nutritional anemia - Wikipedia

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   Nutritional anemia can be caused by a lack of iron, protein, vitamin B12, and other vitamins and minerals that are needed for the formation of hemoglobin. However, Iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional disorder. [7] Signs of anemia include cyanosis, jaundice, and easy bruising. [7]

4. Asthma - Wikipedia

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   Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. [5] It is characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and easily triggered bronchospasms. [10] [11] Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. [4] These may occur a few times a day or a ...

5. Cardiac asthma - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac asthma is the medical condition of intermittent wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that is associated with underlying congestive heart failure (CHF). [1] Symptoms of cardiac asthma are related to the heart's inability to effectively and efficiently pump blood in a CHF patient. [2] This can lead to accumulation of fluid in and ...

6. Clinical nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care.

7. Reactive airway disease - Wikipedia

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   The term reactive airway disease originally began to appear in medical literature in the 1980s in reference to asthmatic patients with hyperactive airways, which is a common feature of asthma. This feature is characterized by increased bronchoconstriction reactions in response to stimuli that should not elicit so strong of response.

8. Acute severe asthma - Wikipedia

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   Acute severe asthma. Silent chest, worsening symptoms despite use of medication. [1] Acute severe asthma, also known as status asthmaticus, is an acute exacerbation of asthma that does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators (inhalers) and corticosteroids. [2] Asthma is caused by multiple genes, some having protective effect, with ...

9. Dietitian - Wikipedia

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   Dietitian. A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician [1] is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of cancer cachexia. Many dietitians work in hospitals and usually see specific patients ...