Medical Transcription and Healthcare Experience Sharing

What causes thyroid problems? There are many abnormal conditions that causes thyroid problems. One of the abnormal condition of thyroid is goiter. What is goiter? Goiter is an abnormal state of enlargement of the thyroid gland. This is not a symptom for any one disease. Goiter may be a reflection of more than one disease conditions. There are two kinds of goiters, such as endemic goiter and nodular or adenomatous goiter. Now we will see about each goiter types one by one. Endemic Goiter: Endemic means inside. We will see what causes this thyroid problem now. This is meant as goiter inside. Endemic goiter occurs in a patient because of a deficiency condition of iodine in the food of the patient. When this forms, a celluloid material, which seems like a gel is collected in the thyroid gland. This collection of celluloid liquids makes the gland big in size. This is an expression of struggle of the body to compensate the less iodine in the body. Endemic goiter can be cured by the int...

This is about physiology of cells, all should know about this topic very clearly of what are the nuts and bolts of a cell. The topics covered here are cytoplasm, golgi bodies, diffusion, filtration process of cells, phagocytosis, cytopenesis, and cilia. All medical transcription learners should know about physiology of a cell. We will see about one by one now. 1. Cytoplasm: The portion of the protoplasm outside the nucleus of cells is called as cytoplasm. 2. Golgi Bodies: These are complex packages secretions for export from the cell and golgi bodies producer lysosomes. 3. Diffusion Process: This is the process of movement of ions from regions of higher to lower concentration. 4. Filtration: This is the process by which a substance is forced through a membrane by hydrostatic pressure. 5. Phagocytosis: The process of white cells in getting other substances is phagocytosis. 6. Cytopenesis: The duplication of chromosomes prior to cell division of cy...

Today we will see about important suffixes and prefixes that are used in medical transcription field commonly on a daily basis. Every transcriptionist must memorize these words with its meanings. Next two posts will follow  this topic. I am going to add more videos hereafter for each topic. Many new changes will happen soon in our blog. We need your support as usual. Now we will see important suffixes and prefixes used in medical transcription one by one now. 1. -tomy means cutting or incision 2. -graphy means process of writing or recording 3. -oligo means scany or deficient 4. -logy means study of 5. super- means above or excessive 6. -uria means pertaining to urine 7. inter- means between 8. -pathy means disease 9. post- means after 10. -plasia means development or growth 11. -algia means painful condition 12. -osis means an abnormal condition 13. -rrhea means discharge 14. meno- means pertaining to menses 15. crypto- ...

Today we will see about some important endocrine medical terms. These terms are very much important about endocrine system. Studying about these important terms are really helpful when listening these terms while doing training files or while doing live files. Read the terms and understand the meaning of each clearly. We will see about some important hormones related to the endocrine systems too in this lesson. We will see about catacholamines, vasopressin,corticosteroids,glucocortcoid, and mineralocorticoid.  Catacholamines: These are important hormones that are derived from an amino acide. Catacholamines are produced by adrenal medulla. The best example for a catacholamine is epinephrine. Vasopressin: This hormone is secreted by the back lobe or postrerior lobe of the pituitary gland. This area of the brain is also named as neurohypophysis. The another name of vasopressin is antidiuretic hormone. Corticosteroids: These are hormones that are p...

This post is the continuation of the lesson 314 of Important Medical Transcription Units. Please memorize these units by reading them. All units are very important one when you do live transcription work or any other dummy files for transcription training. The next lesson will also be the continuation of this lesson. 1. IU - Internation Unit 2. IV - Intravenous 3. J- Joule 4. K - Kelvin 5. kg - kilogram 6. km - kilometer 7. L - litre 8. lb.- pound 9. m - metre 10. mA - milli ampere 11. mcg - microgram 12. mCi - millicurie 13. mEq/l - milli equivalent/litre 14. mg - millgram 15. mg/cc - milligram/cubic centimetre 16. mIu - milli internation units 17. mL - milli litre 18. mg/kg - milligram/kilogram 19. mmol - millimole 20. mOsm - milliosmol In the next post, we will see more important prefixes and suffixes. Okay. Home Page: http://learn-free-medical-transcription.blogspot.com To go to the prior post, please click the link below. htt...

In this lesson, we will see about important suffixes and prefixes. In the next lesson, we will see about important plural words used in medical transcription. These suffixes and prefixes are very much useful in live files and in practice files. Now we will see one by one. 1. Nephro- means pertaining to kidneys 2. -opsy means to view 3. ichtylo- pertaining to fish 4. -ectomy means excision of part or all of an organ 5. myelo- means pertaining to spinal cord 6. myo- means pertaining to muscle 7. neo- means new 8. infra- means situated below or beneath 9. pseudo- means false 10. dys- means painful or difficult 11. -genesis means condition of producing or forming 12. exo- means outside 13. -odynia means pain 14. -lysis means breakthrough 15. -a means without  16. -oma means tumor or mass 17. histo- means pertaining to tissue 18. -plasty means denoting plastic surgery 19. -scopy means pertaining to use of an i...

In this post, we will see about important suffixes and prefixes that are used in medical transcription. Even there are thousands of prefixes and suffixes, all medical transcriptionists should memorize these words. They are used often in all live files by physicians everyday. Please understand meaning of each word. Now we will about one by one now. 1. -tomy means cutting or incision 2.  -graphy means process of writing or process of recording 3.  oligo- means scanty or deficient 4.  super- means above or excessive 5.  inter- means between 6. -uria means pertaining to write 7. -pathy means disease 8.  post- means after 9.  -plasia means development or formation 10. -algia means denoting a painful condition 11. -osis means a condition, usually an abnormal condition 12. -rrhea means pertaining to flow or discharge 13. meno- means pertaining to menses 14. crypto- means hidden or concealed 15. myco- me...