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Blepharitis
Blepharitis An inflammation of the eyelids or lid margins. It is often caused by an infection. A chronic form produces a scaling or crusting of the lid margins. This is treatable by an eye doctor.
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Inflammation
A reaction to an injury to the body - by infection, chemicals or physical agents. The symptoms can be - depending on the location of the injury- redness, swelling, heat and pain. The purpose of the inflammation is to dilute and destroy the agent causing the inflammation. To do this, the immune system starts a cascade of actions that causes active cells to gather at the affected location. It is these cells and fluids that cause the redness, swelling, heat and pain.
Infection
Anything that invades the body and reproduces. Infections can be bacteria, protozoa, fungi, or viruses. Bacteria and fungi are one celled creatures that cause many infections including strep throat, bladder infections, and some lung infections. Fungi cause “athlete’s foot” and thrush, an infection in the mouth. Protozoa are small organisms with many cells that can cause infections in the guts or in the lungs. Most healthy people do not get protozoal infections, but people with suppressed immune systems can. Viruses are not really organisms; they are tiny particles that can live only inside another cell. They reproduce by taking over a cell and causing that cell to make more virus particles, rather than doing what the cell is supposed to do. Viruses cause most colds and flu cases.
Chronic
Ongoing or recurring. Chronic medical conditions include diabetes, epilepsy, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Doctor
1. One whose occupation is to treat diseases, particularly a physician, dentist, or veterinarian with an appropriate license. 2. A teacher (particularly at a college or university), a scholar, or one who holds a postgraduate degree (especially a Ph.D. degree). 3. A shaman.
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Bleph-10
Bleph-10 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) legal in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): sulfacetamide sodium.
Bleph-30
Bleph-30 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) legal in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): sulfacetamide sodium.
Blephamide
Blephamide is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) legal in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): prednisolone acetate; sulfacetamide sodium.
Blephamide s.o.p.
Blephamide s.o.p. is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) legal in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): prednisolone acetate; sulfacetamide sodium.
Blepharophimosis
Horizontal narrowing of the palpebral fissures (eye slits).
Blepharoplasty
Plastic surgery on the eyelid.
Blepharospasm
Excessive winking; tonic or clonic spasm of the orbicularis oculi muscle.
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Bursitis
See 'bursa' above.
Billing medical software
A specific type of software addressed to medical charging and billing needs.
Brinerdin
An antihypertensive agent produced by Novartis and based on reserpine, clopamide, dihydroergocristine, and hydralazin.
Butazolidin
A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug manufactured by Novartis and based in phenylbutazone.
Best's disease
Also called Vitelliform macular dystrophy. Causes atrophy of the RPE and photoreceptors in the macula. Late in the disease there is a loss of visual acuity to legal blindness and a blind spot in central vision. No treatment is available.
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Blindness
Legal blindness is defined as: 1) visual acuity of 20/200 (only being able to see the big E on the eye chart) or less in the best eye even with the eyes corrected by glasses or contact lenses; or, 2) The peripheral visual field is reduced to 20 degrees of visual angle or less. Twenty degrees of visual angle is about the size of a one foot ruler held at arms length.
Biltricide
Biltricide (praziquantel) is a medication for the treatment of infections caused by various schistosoma species. Produced by Bayer.
Baycip
A potent broad spectrum oral antibiotic that, when first introduced, represented a breakthrough in fighting infectious diseases. Made by Bayer.
Baymycard RR
Baymycard RR(nisoldipine) is a Bayer treatment for migraine pain.
Bayer
A German-based multinational pharmaceutical corporation developing many medical devices and drugs.
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