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Headache
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Headache Primary - includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions. Secondary - includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
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Vascular
Pertaining to blood vessels.
Cluster
In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer or birth defect, closely grouped in time and place. The number of cases in the cluster may or may not exceed the expected number. This is determined by cluster analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze clusters.
Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
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Head and shoulders conditioner
Head and shoulders conditioner is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): pyrithione zinc.
Head injury
Traumatic injuries involving the cranium and intracranial structures. Injuries may be classified by whether or not the skull is penetrated (i.e., penetrating vs. nonpenetrating) or whether there is an associated hemorrhage.
Head Upright Tilt Test (HUT, tilt table test, head-up tilt test)
A test used to determine the cause of fainting spells. The test involves being tilted at different angles for a period of time. Heart rhythm, blood pressure, and other measurements are evaluated with changes in position.
Headache-primary
Includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions.
Headache-secondary
Includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
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Health care
Care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes but is not limited to: preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling services, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status of an individual, or that affects the structure or function of the body; and the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
A permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
A spiral-shaped bacterium found in the stomach. H. pylori damages stomach and duodenal tissue, causing ulcers. Previously called Campylobacter pylori.
Hemorrhoidectomy
An operation to remove hemorrhoids.
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Vascular
Pertaining to blood vessels.
Cluster
In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer or birth defect, closely grouped in time and place. The number of cases in the cluster may or may not exceed the expected number. This is determined by cluster analysis, a set of statistical methods used to analyze clusters.
Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Head and shoulders conditioner
Head and shoulders conditioner is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): pyrithione zinc.
Head injury
Traumatic injuries involving the cranium and intracranial structures. Injuries may be classified by whether or not the skull is penetrated (i.e., penetrating vs. nonpenetrating) or whether there is an associated hemorrhage.
Head Upright Tilt Test (HUT, tilt table test, head-up tilt test)
A test used to determine the cause of fainting spells. The test involves being tilted at different angles for a period of time. Heart rhythm, blood pressure, and other measurements are evaluated with changes in position.
Headache-primary
Includes tension (muscular contraction), vascular (migraine), and cluster headaches not caused by other underlying medical conditions.
Headache-secondary
Includes headaches that result from other medical conditions. These may also be referred to as traction headaches or inflammatory headaches.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Health care
Care, services or supplies related to the health of an individual. Health care includes but is not limited to: preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care and counseling services, assessment, or procedure with respect to the physical or mental condition, or functional status of an individual, or that affects the structure or function of the body; and the sale or dispensing of a drug, device, equipment, or other item in accordance with a prescription.
Health insurance quote
A price quote for a health insurance as provided by the insurer to potential customers.
H2-blockers
Medicines that reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces by blocking histamine2, which signals the stomach to make acid.
Hammertoe
A permanent sideways bend in the middle toe joint.
Hay fever
See rhinitis
Headache
Heart block
Interrupted electrical impulse to heart muscles.
Heart valve prolapse
A condition of the heart valve in which it is partially open when it should be closed.
Heart-lung machine
A machine that performs for the heart during open heart surgery.
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
A spiral-shaped bacterium found in the stomach. H. pylori damages stomach and duodenal tissue, causing ulcers. Previously called Campylobacter pylori.
Hemorrhoidectomy
An operation to remove hemorrhoids.
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