uric acid 323–324
urination 216
urticaria 183, 205–206
US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Alzheimer’s disease 222
botulinum therapy 141
keratoconus 99
meninges 263
myopia 101
Parkinson’s disease 276
US National Institutes of Health
(NIH) 141, 365
US Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) 30, 37
utricle 11
uveitis 97, 120
uvula 5, 16
V
vaccination (poliomyelitis) 277, 278
vaccinia virus 150
vagus nerve 53, 246
variable pain response 388
variant CJD (vCJD) 248
varicella zoster 103, 269
vascular birthmark 139
vascular dementia 251
vascular headache 373–374
vasculitis 117
velopharyngeal insufficiency 60
velopharyngeal sphincter 60
ventral spinal nerve root 284
venules 127
verbal apraxia 225–226
vernix 125
vertebrae 302–303, 316–317,
326–327, 333
vertebral channel 356–357
vertigo 60–61
barotrauma 11
BPPV 11, 12
cholesteatoma 15
labyrinthitis 31
Ménière’s disease 34
ototoxicity 43
vestibular neruonitis 61, 62
Vesalius, Andreas 218
vesicle 207, 210
vestibular dysfunction 20, 31, 60–62
vestibular neuronitis 61–62
vestibulocochlear nerve 17, 246,
247 t
Viagra. Seesildenafil
violence 283
viral infection. See specific infections
viral labyrinthitis 31
virus. See specific viruses
visceral motor nerves 246, 247t
vision health 121–122, 122 t
vision impairment 122–123, 122 t
albinism 135
amblyopia 72–73
ARMD 70–71
braille 75–76
color deficiency 80
corrective lenses 82–84
diplopia 86
entropion 87
exophthalmos 88
eyes 67
intraocular pressure 97
ischemic optic neuropathy 98
keratoconus 99
myopia 101
nystagmus 102
optic nerve hypoplasia 106
refractive errors 111
retinitis pigmentosa 114
scleritis 117
visual acuity 121
Vistaril (hydroxyzine) 206
visual acuity 80, 104, 121
visual cortex 105
visual field 102, 104, 121, 121 t
visual health (ophthalmic
examination) 103–104
vitamin A 102
vitamin B 16, 142
vitamin B 12 119, 269, 275
vitamin D 128, 315, 343, 345–346
vitamins and health 315, 343
vitiligo 127, 176, 207–208
vitrectomy 123–124
vitreous detachment 67, 124
vitreous humor 67, 91, 113,
123–124
vocal cord cyst 62
vocal cord nodule 63
vocal cord paralysis 63
vocal cord polyp 63
vocal cords 63–64
Bogart-Bacall syndrome 13
functions of the throat 5
sneeze 54
tremor disorders 288–289vocal tic 287
voice therapy 13, 63, 64
Volksmann’s contracture 319
vomiting 374
vulva 32W
Waardenburg’s syndrome 136
warmup 302, 332, 356
wart 180, 209
weak ankles 302
weight and pain 389
weight loss and weight
management 265
wet (neovascular) ARMD 70
wheal 205–206, 209–210
white matter 216, 283
whitlow 210
WHO (World Health Organization)
344
withdrawal reflex 381, 382
women’s health
episcleritis 88
fibromyalgia 321, 322
migraine headache 374
osteoporosis 346
pain and pain management 362
Wong-Baker Faces Scale 364, 390
World Health Organization (WHO)
344
wound care 141
wrinkles 134–135, 141, 158, 191,
210–211
wrist drop 319
wryneck. SeetorticollisX
xanthelasma 124, 211
xanthoma 211
xenograft 199
X-rays 13, 295Y
YAG (yttrium-aluminum-garnet)
laser surgery 79
yeast infection 57–58, 152
yoga 332, 375
yttrium-aluminum-garnet (YAG)
laser surgery 79Z
zeaxanthin 102
Z-score 311414 Index