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Hyphema
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Hyphema Blood in the aqueous fluid - front part of the eye, often caused by an injury. Patient should seek immediate medical attention since a hyphema may lead to glaucoma and permanent loss of vision.
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Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Eye
The organ of sight. The eye has a number of components. These components include but are not limited to the cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, macula, optic nerve, choroid and vitreous.
Injury
Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical.
Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
Attention
The ability to focus in a sustained manner on a particular stimulus or activity. A disturbance in attention may be manifested by easy distractibility or difficulty in finishing tasks or in concentrating on work.
Hyphema
Blood in the aqueous fluid - front part of the eye, often caused by an injury. Patient should seek immediate medical attention since a hyphema may lead to glaucoma and permanent loss of vision.
Glaucoma
A disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball. If left untreated, glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause loss of vision
Vision
The sense of sight.
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Hyphephilia
One of a group of paraphilias of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which the sexuoerotic stimulus is associated with the touching, rubbing, or the feel of skin, hair, leather, fur, and fabric, especially if worn in proximity to erotically significant parts of the body [from Greek, hyphe, web + -philia].
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Hygroton
An antihypertensive/long-term diuretic based in chlorthalidone.
HPV
HPV is an acronym for the Human Papilloma Virus, a virus which is known to cause warts. HPV has also been associated with various precancerous and malignant disorders. It is most common sexually transmitted infection, affecting about 80 percent of all adults at one time or another by the time they are 50. HPV is the name for a group of viruses that includes more than 100 types. About 30 percent are transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse or intimate skin-to-skin contact. Of these, most are considered "low-risk," which means they cannot cause cancer. However, about a dozen or so are "high risk," which means they can lead to cancer if they are not fought off by the immune system.
Hemianopia
A loss of one-half of the field of vision; for example, all of the right side of vision is gone. This is sometimes seen in older people with vascular problems, in certain types of brain tumors or after head trauma.
Hyperphoria
A tendency for one eye to drift upward. A vertical type of muscle imbalance between the eyes.
Hypertropia
A muscle imbalance in which one eye is straight and the other is turned upward.
Hyphema
Hydroxyzine
A tranquilizer.
Haloxazolam
A hypnotic drug.
Haloperidol
An antipsychotic substance.
Hemochromatosis
A disorder due to the deposition of hemosiderin in the parenchymal cells, causing tissue damage and dysfunction of the liver, pancreas, heart, and pituitary. Full development of the disease in women is restricted by menstruation, pregnancy, and lower dietary intake of iron. Acquired hemochromatosis may be the result of blood transfusions, excessive dietary iron, or secondary to other disease. Idiopathic or genetic hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism associated with a gene tightly linked to the A locus of the HLA complex on chromosome 6.
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.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
Eye
The organ of sight. The eye has a number of components. These components include but are not limited to the cornea, iris, pupil, lens, retina, macula, optic nerve, choroid and vitreous.
Injury
Injury is damage or harm caused to the structure or function of the body caused by an outside agent or force, which may be physical or chemical.
Medical
Pertaining to Medicine.
Attention
The ability to focus in a sustained manner on a particular stimulus or activity. A disturbance in attention may be manifested by easy distractibility or difficulty in finishing tasks or in concentrating on work.
Hyphema
Blood in the aqueous fluid - front part of the eye, often caused by an injury. Patient should seek immediate medical attention since a hyphema may lead to glaucoma and permanent loss of vision.
Glaucoma
A disease of the eye marked by increased pressure within the eyeball. If left untreated, glaucoma can damage the optic nerve and cause loss of vision
Vision
The sense of sight.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Hyphephilia
One of a group of paraphilias of the fetishistic/talismanic type in which the sexuoerotic stimulus is associated with the touching, rubbing, or the feel of skin, hair, leather, fur, and fabric, especially if worn in proximity to erotically significant parts of the body [from Greek, hyphe, web + -philia].
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Hygroton
An antihypertensive/long-term diuretic based in chlorthalidone.
HPV
HPV is an acronym for the Human Papilloma Virus, a virus which is known to cause warts. HPV has also been associated with various precancerous and malignant disorders. It is most common sexually transmitted infection, affecting about 80 percent of all adults at one time or another by the time they are 50. HPV is the name for a group of viruses that includes more than 100 types. About 30 percent are transmitted primarily through sexual intercourse or intimate skin-to-skin contact. Of these, most are considered "low-risk," which means they cannot cause cancer. However, about a dozen or so are "high risk," which means they can lead to cancer if they are not fought off by the immune system.
Hemianopia
A loss of one-half of the field of vision; for example, all of the right side of vision is gone. This is sometimes seen in older people with vascular problems, in certain types of brain tumors or after head trauma.
Hyperphoria
A tendency for one eye to drift upward. A vertical type of muscle imbalance between the eyes.
Hypertropia
A muscle imbalance in which one eye is straight and the other is turned upward.
Hyphema
Hydroxyzine
A tranquilizer.
Haloxazolam
A hypnotic drug.
Haloperidol
An antipsychotic substance.
Hemochromatosis
A disorder due to the deposition of hemosiderin in the parenchymal cells, causing tissue damage and dysfunction of the liver, pancreas, heart, and pituitary. Full development of the disease in women is restricted by menstruation, pregnancy, and lower dietary intake of iron. Acquired hemochromatosis may be the result of blood transfusions, excessive dietary iron, or secondary to other disease. Idiopathic or genetic hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism associated with a gene tightly linked to the A locus of the HLA complex on chromosome 6.
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.
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