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medications, tricyclic ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS, and antispasmodic medications. See alsoACUTE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; EUDYNIA; MAL ...

T terminal pain PAINthat results from the end- stages of disease processes such as cancer, CARDIO- VASCULAR DISEASE (CVD), and A ...

be painful, there is no risk for electrical shock from TENS. It is important to keep the electrode pads covered with gel. The ma ...

U–V understanding pain Though there are numerous physiologic mechanisms responsible for PAIN, the actual experience of pain is s ...

first look for a direct cause for the pain. When one does not exist, diagnostic efforts extend to referred causes. Injured nerve ...

of the pain, other health conditions that are pres- ent, other medications the person is taking, and the person’s overall health ...

W–Z weight and pain The influence of excessive body weight on the experience of PAIN. Excessive body weight may itself be the ca ...

fitness improvement as well as weight loss. Such a consultation is especially helpful for people who have been physically inacti ...

391 MEDICAL ADVISORY REVIEW PANEL Kyra J. Becker, M.D., is codirector of the Uni- versity of Washington Stroke Center in Seattle ...

392 Medical Advisory Review Panel University of Michigan. Dr. McClain has coau- thored or edited 14 books and frequently conduct ...

Medical Advisory Review Panel 393 Medical Center and University of Washington Medical Center. Dr. Reed is also an affiliate inve ...

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Page numbers in boldindicate major treatment of a topic. Page numbers with an italic tindicate tables. A ABCD skin examination ( ...

alphahydroxyl acid (AHA) 144, 171 alpha waves 253 alprazolam 289 ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) 223–225 alternative methods ...

autonomic nervous system 216, 277 avulsion 322 avulsion fracture 301, 341 axial skeleton 293, 355 axon 216, 220, 270, 271, 283 B ...

pain and pain management 361 seizure disorders 281–282 smell and taste disturbances 52–54 traumatic brain injury (TBI) 287–289 t ...

chondrosarcoma 309 chorea 241–242 chorionic villi sampling (CVS) 155 choroid 113, 120 chromosome 4 256, 298 chromosome 19 221 ch ...

corrective lenses 67, 82–84,96, 101, 109, 111 cortical reflex myoclonus 265 corticosteroid medications bulla 142 bullous pemphig ...

barotrauma 11 cauliflower ear 14 cerumen 14–15 cholesteatoma 15 cleaning 15 cochlea 16–17 eustachian tube 23 foreign objects in ...

health and disorders of 68 how the eye “sees” 67 lens 100 overview 65–69 physics of vision 67–68 retina 113 structures 65 tradit ...