Hospitals

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The upper gastrointestinal (GI) series examines the upper and middle portions of the GI tract. The person being tested swallows a "shake" of barium and water (barium contrast material) followed by ...

Edoema

Health care; Hospitals

The swelling of soft tissues as a result of excess fluid accumulation.

Nausea

Health care; Hospitals

The urge to vomit or throw-up. It can be brought by many causes including, systemic illnesses, such as influenza, medications, pain, and inner ear disease

Embolism

Health care; Hospitals

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Those travelling and lodging in the brain cause strokes; if it lodges in the heart, it would cause a ...

Erythema

Health care; Hospitals

A redness of the skin resulting from inflammation, for example sunburn.

Palliative treatment

Health care; Hospitals

To palliate a disease is to treat it or the symptoms providing relief, but not necessarily a cure. Palliation is sometimes called symptomatic treatment.

Regress

Health care; Hospitals

To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behaviour or level of skill characteristic of a younger age. Many normal children demonstrate regressive behaviour when in the hospital, ...