What is jaundice?
Yellowish coloring of the skin caused by excessive levels of bilirubin in the blood.
What does preventative medicine means?
It focuses on preventing diseases from occurring rather than curing them.
What is bili light?
Light terapy tool used to treat jaundice in newborns.
What is family medicine?
A branch of medicine that provides long-term, general health care for all individuals.
What is a polypharmacy?
The use of too many medications at once.
What are bed sores?
Skin wounds caused by too much pressure cutting off blood circulation to a part of the body.
My 72-year-old patient will be referred to the pediatrics/geriatrics department.
Geriatrics
The inability to control one's bladder or bowel movements is called...
Incontinence
What is dizziness?
A condition in which a person feels as if they are spinning and that they might fall over.
What is a check up?
Medical examination performed periodically to evaluate a patient's health even if they have no apparent diseases.