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20 Important Endocrinology Related Medical Terms

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This post gives a list of important Endocrinology related medical words. 1.  Chelating agents - Multidentate ligand 2.  Thrombolytic - related to treat dissolving dangerous clots in blood vessels 3.  Streptokinase - used to dissolve blood clots formed in the blood vessels 4.  Urokinase - plasminogen activator 5.  Sodium oxalate - a sodium salt 6.  Sodium citrate - a sodium salt 7.  Ammonium citrate - citric acid salt 8.  Hemarthrosis - bleeding into joint spaces 9.  Ecchymosis - discoloration of the skin from bruising 10.  Contraindication - a treatment or drug should not be used for patient for a particular reason 11.  Hemorrhoid - discomfort because of swollen and inflamed veins in the rectum and anus 12.  Thyroid gland - Large ductless gland in the neck 13.  Endocrine - related to eight ductless glands in the body 14.  Histology - st...

Medical Transcription Important Terminologies and Meanings

This article gives meanings of some important, often using medical terminologies used in anatomy and physiology of human body.  We will see those one by one now. 1.  Tremor - Shivering or shaking of any part of the body. 2.  Stature - Height or growth. 3.  Motility - Movement. 4.  Exophthalmus - Protrusion of eyeball. 5.  Goitre - Enlargement of thyroid gland. 6.  Edema - Collection of fluid. 7.  Tachycardia - Increased heart rate. 8.   Bradycardia - Decreased heart rate. 9.  Insomnia - Reduced sleep. 10.  Hoarseness - Husky voice. 11.  Menorrhagia - Increased menstrual flow. 12.  Amenorrhea - Decreased menstrual flow. 13.  Hypothyroidism - Decreased secretion of thyroid hormones. 14.  Hyperthyroidism - Increased secretion of thyroid hormones. 15.  Adenoma - Tumor. 16.  Tumor - Swelling. 17.  Cretinism - Hypothyroidism in children...

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3 Things to Know About the Difference Between a Heart Attack and a Cardiac Arrest

As a medical transcription learner, you must know about the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack. The three important things between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack. Heart Attack: 1.  Heart attack means blood flow to the heart from other organs or parts of the body is hindered by any blockage in the blood arteries, and heart attack happens. 2.  In heart attack, the heart beats will not stop necessarily immediately. 3.  Heart attack is just a problem of circulation of blood. Cardiac Arrest: 1.  Cardiac arrest means a sudden stoppage of heart beats due to malfunction in the heart and so blood supply is affected to the vital organs such as brain, lungs, and kidneys etc. 2.  In cardiac arrest, the heart beat stops immediately. 3.  Cardiac arrest is a problem of the electrical conduction inside the heart. In the next post, we will study about what is ECMO and its uses. Okay. To go to Home Page, click here. ...

Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Medical Terms

After a gap of a few months our blog is updated with a new lesson update.  Here onwards, new lessons will be updated frequently on a regular basis of 2 days interval. In this lesson, we will see about some important medical terms are used in Ear, Nose, and Throat are of medicine on a day-to-day basis whenever we handle medical transcription job as a profession. 1.  Pulse oximetry - A device used to detect oxygen (O2) in the blood stream of a patient. 2.  Hyperventillation:  Excessive breathing consumption by a patient in particular period of time. 3.  Salivary amylaze:  An enzyme is produced in saliva of a human being to digest carbohydrates of food materials consumed. 4.  Mastication:  It is the process of chewing of a food. 5.  Buccal mucosa:  Inner layer of the mucous membrane of the mouth. 6.  Lingual:  Pertaining to tongue. 7.  Hypoxemia:  A condition of reduced oxygen in a patient's...

Different Types of Drugs

 We can divide the drugs normally used in the medicine field to cure diseases or to control the symptoms of a patient are of approximately 13 in varieties.  They are of Eye drops, nasal sprays, tablets, nasal solutions, capsule, syrup, ointments, vaccines, inhalational drug forms, vaccines, intrauterine contraceptive device, hormonal drug forms, ointments. We will see about one by one now. Eye and Ear drops: Commonly eye drops are in liquid form to apply through eyes and ears to cure any infection conditions like conjunctivitis, red eyes, itchy eyes etc.  Ear drops are used to cure ear infections like otitis. Nasal sprays:  These are used to treat conditions like allergic rhinitis and nasal congestion etc. Tablets:  They are solid unit of dosage forms of a medicine with active substances of materials to cure  any separate or combined medicinal effect in a patient's body.  We can see tablets in round, elliptical, or square forms generally in medi...

Routes of Administration of a Medicine

Medicines are used  to cure a disease or controlling symptoms or for any other purposes in any human body or  in  any animals can be administered in three routes, they are enteral, parenteral, and local ways.  We will see about the routes of these one by one now. Before this we should understand that medicines are of different in forms.  They are of eye drops, nasal sprays, tablets, nasal solutions, capsules, syrups, ointments, vaccines, inhalational drugs,  intrauterine contraceptives, and hormonal drugs etc., All kind of these drugs can be given by a medical professional using the enteral parenteral, and local ways to administer inside a patient's body to cure or control a disease or any disease conditions etc.,  Entral:  This method of medicine administration can be given in 3 ways such as oral, rectal, and sublingual.  Tablets, capsules, syrup are for examples are administered through oral route.  Rectal suppositories l...