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|
Head
|  |
see also Brain
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|
banging of
|  |
What Are Stress-Related Behaviors?
|
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|
injury to
|  |
Head
Injuries
Herniation: The Brain Under Pressure
Recognizing a Serious Head Injury
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|
in children
|  |
Head
Injuries: Minor Head Injury
|
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|
coma with
|  |
Stupor
and Coma: Prognosis
|
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|
consciousness alterations with
|  |
Stupor
and Coma: Causes
Some Causes of Stupor and Coma

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|
dementia with
|  |
Dementia: Dementia
Pugilistica
|
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|
in newborn
|  |
Birth
Injury: Head
and Brain Injury
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|
in Paget's disease
|  |
Paget's Disease of Bone: Symptoms
|
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|
Headaches
|  |
Headaches
How Headaches Differ

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|
after spinal tap
|  |
Low-Pressure
Headache
|
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|
in brain hemorrhage
|  |
Hemorrhagic
Stroke: Symptoms
|
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|
in brain tumor
|  |
How Headaches Differ

Brain
Tumors: Symptoms
|
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|
cluster
|  |
How Headaches Differ

Cluster
Headaches
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|
information resources on
|  |
H
|
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|
with medication overuse
|  |
Tension-Type
Headaches: Treatment
|
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|
migraine
|  |
How Headaches Differ

Migraines
Drugs Used to Treat Migraines
|
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|
tension-type
|  |
How Headaches Differ

Tension-Type
Headaches
|
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|
Head injury
|  |
|
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|
in children
|  |
Skull
Fracture: Skull
Fractures in Children
|
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|
Health care practitioners
|  |
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|
in care of older people
|  |
Continuity
of Care: Many
Practitioners
Care
Providers: Practitioners
|
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|
communication with
|  |
Where
to Start
Making
the Most of a Health Care Visit: Subsequent Visits
Confidentiality
and HIPAA
Adherence to Drug Treatment: Improving
Adherence
|
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|
decision making by
|  |
Medical
Decision Making
|
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|
for dying person
|  |
Choices
to Make Before Death: Choosing
a Set of Health Care Practitioners to Provide Care
|
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|
medical record release by
|  |
Handling
Medical Records
|
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|
mental health
|  |
Types of Mental Health Care Practitioners
|
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|
needlestick injury in
|  |
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus HIV Infection: Transmission
of Infection
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus HIV Infection: Prevention
|
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|
second opinion from
|  |
Getting
a Second Opinion
How to Get a Second Opinion
|
 |
|
selection of
|  |
Is This Doctor the Right One?
|
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|
visit to
|  |
When
to See a Doctor
Making
the Most of a Health Care Visit
|
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|
Health care professionals
|  |
|
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|
communication with
|  |
Choices
to Make Before Death
|
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|
disclosure by
|  |
Confidentiality
and HIPAA
|
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|
mental health
|  |
Treatment
of Mental Illness
|
 |
|
Health care system
|  |
Making the Most
of Health Care
|
 |
|
continuity of care and
|  |
Continuity
of Care: Health
Care System
|
 |
|
cost control and
|  |
How
Health Care Is Paid For: Controlling
Health Care Costs
|
 |
|
emergency department visits and
|  |
When
to See a Doctor: Visits
to the Emergency Department
|
 |
|
Health insurance
|  |
How
Health Care Is Paid For
|
 |
|
drug policies of
|  |
How
Health Care Is Paid For: Paying
for Drugs
|
 |
|
for older people
|  |
Health Care Coverage for Older Adults
Who Pays for What?
Who Needs Long-Term Care Insurance?
|
 |
|
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
|  |
Handling
Medical Records
|
 |
|
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
|  |
Confidentiality
and HIPAA
|
 |
|
Health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
|  |
How
Health Care Is Paid For: HMOs
|
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|
Hearing
|  |
|
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|
age-associated changes in
|  |
Effects
of Aging
Changes
in the Body: Ears
|
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|
loss of
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness
|
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|
after eardrum perforation
|  |
Eardrum
Perforation: Treatment
|
 |
|
age-related (presbycusis)
|  |
Effects
of Aging
|
 |
|
aids for
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids: Amplifying the Sound
|
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|
in autoimmune disorders
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Autoimmune
Disorders
|
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|
in children
|  |
Hearing
Impairment
Risk Factors for Hearing Impairment in Children
|
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|
conductive
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Causes
Causes of Hearing Loss
|
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|
drug-related
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Drugs
|
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|
in ear infection
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Ear
Infections
|
 |
|
information resources on
|  |
D
|
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|
noise-related
|  |
Ears: Inner
Ear
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Noise
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Prevention
and Treatment
|
 |
|
in osteogenesis imperfecta
|  |
Osteogenesis
Imperfecta
|
 |
|
in otosclerosis
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Otosclerosis
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Prevention
and Treatment
|
 |
|
prevention of
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Prevention
and Treatment
|
 |
|
rehabilitation for
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Other Means of Coping With Hearing Loss
|
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|
sensorineural
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Causes
Causes of Hearing Loss
|
 |
|
sudden
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Sudden
Deafness
|
 |
|
tests for
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Diagnosis
Measurement of Loudness
|
 |
|
treatment of
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Prevention
and Treatment
Hearing Aids: Amplifying the Sound
Cochlear Implant: Aid for the Severely to Profoundly Deaf
|
 |
|
tumors and
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Tumors
|
 |
|
temporary threshold shift in
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Noise
|
 |
|
testing of
|  |
Selected Screening Schedule
for Adults
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Diagnosis
Measurement of Loudness
|
 |
|
Hearing aids
|  |
Hearing Loss and Deafness: Hearing Aids
Hearing Aids: Amplifying the Sound
|
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|
for children
|  |
Hearing
Impairment: Treatment
|
 |
|
Heart
|  |
see also entries at Cardiac; Cardio-
|
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|
abnormal rhythms of
|  |
see also Arrhythmias; Heartbeats
Tracing the Heart's Electrical Pathway
Keeping the Beat: Artificial Pacemakers
Some Drugs Used to Treat Arrhythmias
|
 |
|
age-associated changes in
|  |
Effects
of Aging
Changes
in the Body: Heart
and Blood Vessels
|
 |
|
anatomy of
|  |
Heart
A Look Into the Heart
Supplying the Heart With Blood
|
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|
aneurysm of
|  |
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
angina of
|  |
Understanding Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Angina
Drugs Used to Treat Coronary Artery Disease
|
 |
|
travel and
|  |
Specific Medical Conditions
and Travel: Heart
Disease
|
 |
|
arteries of
|  |
see Coronary arteries
|
 |
|
of athlete
|  |
Athletic Heart Syndrome
|
 |
|
auscultation of
|  |
Diagnosis: Medical
History and Physical Examination
|
 |
|
biopsy of
|  |
Heart Tumors: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
birth defects of
|  |
Other Birth Defects
Heart
Defects
Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Failure to Close
Septal Defect: A Hole in the Heart's Wall
Tetralogy of Fallot: Four Defects
|
 |
|
blood flow in
|  |
Heart: Function
of the Heart
A Look Into the Heart
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Physical
Changes: Heart
and Blood Flow
|
 |
|
bypass surgery of
|  |
Coronary
Artery Disease: Coronary
Artery Bypass Grafting
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Angina: Revascularization
Procedures
|
 |
|
cancer of
|  |
Cancerous
Tumors
|
 |
|
catheterization of
|  |
Diagnosis: Cardiac
Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
|
 |
|
in angioplasty
|  |
Dilated
Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in cardiomyopathy
|  |
Dilated
Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in pericarditis
|  |
Chronic
Pericarditis: Symptoms and
Diagnosis
|
 |
|
coronary artery disease of
|  |
Coronary
Artery Disease
Understanding Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Drugs Used to Treat Coronary Artery Disease
|
 |
|
disease of
|  |
|
 |
|
diagnosis of
|  |
Diagnosis
ECG: Reading the Waves
Holter Monitor: Continuous ECG Readings
|
 |
|
in DiGeorge syndrome
|  |
DiGeorge
Syndrome
|
 |
|
fainting in
|  |
Fainting: Problems With the Heart's Pumping
|
 |
|
information resources on
|  |
C
|
 |
|
in Kawasaki disease
|  |
What Is Kawasaki Disease?
|
 |
|
low blood pressure with
|  |
Low Blood
Pressure: Causes
Fainting
|
 |
|
oral contraceptive use and
|  |
Contraception: Oral
Contraceptives
|
 |
|
over-the-counter drug precautions in
|  |
Chronic Disorders and Over-the-Counter Drugs

|
 |
|
pericardial
|  |
Acute
Pericarditis
Cardiac Tamponade: The Most Serious Complication of Pericarditis
Chronic
Pericarditis
|
 |
|
in pregnancy
|  |
Heart
Disorders During Pregnancy
Heart
Disorders During Pregnancy: Peripartum
Cardiomyopathy
|
 |
|
prevention of
|  |
Selected Strategies for Preventing Some Major
Health Problems
|
 |
|
rehabilitation for
|  |
Specific Problems: Heart
Disorders
|
 |
|
sexual activity and
|  |
Sexual Activity and Heart Disease
|
 |
|
shock in
|  |
Shock: Cardiogenic Shock
|
 |
|
symptoms of
|  |
Symptoms
Symptoms: Swelling, Numbness,
and Changes in Skin Color
|
 |
|
during travel
|  |
Specific Medical Conditions
and Travel: Heart
Disease
|
 |
|
electrical pathway of
|  |
Abnormal
Heart Rhythms: Normal
Electrical Pathway
Tracing the Heart's Electrical Pathway
|
 |
|
enlargement of
|  |
Diagnosis: Radiologic
Procedures
High Blood Pressure: Complications
|
 |
|
in acromegaly
|  |
Acromegaly
and Gigantism: Symptoms
|
 |
|
failure of
|  |
see Heart failure
|
 |
|
inflammation
|  |
see Endocarditis; Pericarditis
|
 |
|
lightning effects on
|  |
Lightning
Injuries: Symptoms
|
 |
|
murmurs of
|  |
see Murmurs
|
 |
|
muscle of (myocardium)
|  |
Muscles
|
 |
|
blood supply of (coronary arteries)
|  |
Heart: Blood
Supply of the Heart
Supplying the Heart With Blood
|
 |
|
dysfunction of
|  |
Cardiomyopathy
Types of Cardiomyopathy
|
 |
|
inflammation of
|  |
Heart Failure: Systolic Dysfunction
Dilated
Cardiomyopathy: Causes
|
 |
|
in rheumatic fever
|  |
Rheumatic
Fever: Heart
|
 |
|
rupture of
|  |
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
radiation injury to
|  |
Radiation Injury: Local Radiation
Injury
|
 |
|
rupture of
|  |
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
sarcoidosis of
|  |
Sarcoidosis: Heart
|
 |
|
scar tissue of
|  |
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
sounds of
|  |
Heart
|
 |
|
fourth
|  |
High Blood Pressure: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in high blood pressure
|  |
High Blood Pressure: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
transplantation of
|  |
Heart
Transplantation
|
 |
|
in heart defects
|  |
Heart
Defects: Treatment
|
 |
|
in heart failure
|  |
Heart Failure: Other Measures
|
 |
|
tumors of
|  |
Heart Tumors
How a Myxoma Can Block Blood Flow in the Heart
|
 |
|
valves of
|  |
Heart
A Look Into the Heart
|
 |
|
in cardiomyopathy
|  |
Dilated
Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms
Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms
|
 |
|
disease of
|  |
Heart Valve Disorders
Understanding Stenosis and Regurgitation
|
 |
|
in children
|  |
Heart
Defects: Aortic
Valve Stenosis
|
 |
|
in heart failure
|  |
Heart Failure: Systolic Dysfunction
Heart Failure: Diastolic Dysfunction
|
 |
|
infection of (endocarditis)
|  |
Infective Endocarditis
An Inside View of Infective Endocarditis
Which Procedures Require Preventive Antibiotics?
Pseudomonas Infections: Symptoms
Staphylococcus
aureus Infections: Symptoms
Streptococcal
Infections: Treatment
|
 |
|
in Marfan syndrome
|  |
Marfan
Syndrome
|
 |
|
replacement of
|  |
Mitral
Regurgitation: Treatment
Replacing a Heart Valve
Aortic
Stenosis: Treatment
|
 |
|
valvuloplasty of
|  |
Diagnosis: Cardiac Catheterization
Mitral
Stenosis: Prevention and
Treatment
Aortic
Stenosis: Treatment
|
 |
|
Heart and
|  |
|
 |
|
abnormal rhythms of
|  |
Abnormal
Heart Rhythms
|
 |
|
Heart attack
|  |
Acute
Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable
Angina)
|
 |
|
cholesterol level and
|  |
Dyslipidemia: Symptoms
|
 |
|
complications of
|  |
Acute
Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable
Angina): Complications
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
estrogen and
|  |
Menopause: Hormone
Therapy
|
 |
|
in hypercholesterolemia
|  |
Dyslipidemia: Hereditary
Dyslipidemias
|
 |
|
mitral regurgitation with
|  |
Mitral
Regurgitation: Cause
|
 |
|
oral contraceptives and
|  |
Contraception: Disadvantages
|
 |
|
pericarditis after
|  |
Acute
Pericarditis
|
 |
|
radionuclide imaging (scanning) after
|  |
Diagnosis: Radionuclide
Imaging
|
 |
|
rehabilitation after
|  |
Specific Problems: Heart
Disorders
|
 |
|
shock with
|  |
Shock: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
ventricular fibrillation after
|  |
Ventricular
Fibrillation: Treatment
|
 |
|
ventricular premature beats after
|  |
Ventricular
Premature Beats: Treatment
|
 |
|
Heartbeats (heart rate)
|  |
Heart: Regulation
of the Heart
|
 |
|
in atrial fibrillation and flutter
|  |
Atrial
Fibrillation and Atrial
Flutter
|
 |
|
awareness of (palpitations)
|  |
Symptoms: Palpitations
|
 |
|
in arrhythmias
|  |
Abnormal
Heart Rhythms: Symptoms
|
 |
|
in mitral regurgitation
|  |
Mitral
Regurgitation: Symptoms
|
 |
|
control of
|  |
Abnormal
Heart Rhythms
|
 |
|
electrocardiogram of
|  |
see also Electrocardiography
Diagnosis: Electrocardiography
ECG: Reading the Waves
|
 |
|
fetal
|  |
Medical
Care: Follow-up Examinations
Labor: Fetal Monitoring
Monitoring the Fetus
Fetus
or Newborn Problems: Fetal
Distress
|
 |
|
in heart block
|  |
Heart
Block
|
 |
|
in heart disease
|  |
Symptoms: Palpitations
Diagnosis: Medical
History and Physical Examination
|
 |
|
in long QT syndrome
|  |
Long
QT Syndrome
|
 |
|
normal
|  |
Abnormal
Heart Rhythms
|
 |
|
in pacemaker dysfunction
|  |
Pacemaker
Dysfunction
|
 |
|
in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
|  |
Paroxysmal
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT, PSVT)
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Physical
Changes: Heart
and Blood Flow
Physical
Changes: Hormones
|
 |
|
premature
|  |
|
 |
|
atrial
|  |
Atrial
Premature Beats
|
 |
|
ventricular
|  |
Ventricular
Premature Beats
|
 |
|
in sick sinus syndrome
|  |
Pacemaker
Dysfunction
|
 |
|
target
|  |
Estimating Target Heart Rate
Starting an Exercise
Program: Aerobic Exercise
Usual Maximum and Target Heart Rates
|
 |
|
in ventricular fibrillation
|  |
Ventricular
Fibrillation
|
 |
|
in ventricular tachycardia
|  |
Ventricular
Tachycardia
|
 |
|
in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
|  |
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome
|
 |
|
Heart block
|  |
Heart
Block
|
 |
|
Heartburn
|  |
Symptoms: Chest
or Back Pain
|
 |
|
in children
|  |
Gastroesophageal Reflux: Symptoms
|
 |
|
in gastroesophageal reflux
|  |
Gastroesophageal
Reflux (GERD): Symptoms and
Complications
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Physical
Changes: Digestive
Tract
|
 |
|
in scleroderma
|  |
Systemic
Sclerosis (Scleroderma): Treatment
|
 |
|
Heart failure
|  |
Heart Failure
Heart Failure: Pumping and Filling Problems
|
 |
|
acute
|  |
Heart Failure: Treatment of
Acute Heart Failure
|
 |
|
after heart attack
|  |
Acute
Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable
Angina): Pumping
Problems
Complications of a Heart Attack
|
 |
|
in cardiomyopathy
|  |
Dilated
Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms
|
 |
|
diastolic
|  |
Heart Failure: Types of Heart
Failure
Heart Failure: Pumping and Filling Problems
Heart Failure: Diastolic Dysfunction
|
 |
|
drugs for
|  |
Some Drugs Used to Treat Heart Failure
|
 |
|
gallop rhythm in
|  |
Diagnosis: Medical
History and Physical Examination
|
 |
|
in heart defects
|  |
Heart
Defects
|
 |
|
in kidney failure
|  |
Chronic
Kidney Failure: Symptoms
|
 |
|
liver damage in
|  |
Congestive
Hepatomegaly
|
 |
|
liver enlargement and
|  |
Congestive
Hepatomegaly
|
 |
|
in Paget's disease of bone
|  |
Paget's Disease of Bone: Complications
|
 |
|
pregnancy and
|  |
Heart
Disorders During Pregnancy
|
 |
|
in rheumatic fever
|  |
Rheumatic
Fever: Heart
|
 |
|
sexual activity and
|  |
Sexual Activity and Heart Disease
|
 |
|
shortness of breath and
|  |
Symptoms: Heart
Failure
|
 |
|
systolic
|  |
Heart Failure: Types of Heart
Failure
Heart Failure: Pumping and Filling Problems
Heart Failure: Systolic Dysfunction
|
 |
|
thrombophilia in
|  |
Thrombophilia: Causes
|
 |
|
travel and
|  |
Specific Medical Conditions
and Travel: Heart
Disease
|
 |
|
in vitamin B1 deficiency
|  |
Thiamin: Wet Beriberi
|
 |
|
Heart rate
|  |
see Heartbeats
|
 |
|
Heartworm
|  |
Other Parasites
|
 |
|
Heat
|  |
|
 |
|
allergy to
|  |
Physical
Allergy
|
 |
|
disorders from
|  |
Heat
Disorders
Ways to Help Prevent Heat Disorders
Spotlight on Aging
|
 |
|
injury from
|  |
see Burns
|
 |
|
Heat cramps
|  |
Heat
Cramps
|
 |
|
Heat exhaustion
|  |
Heat
Exhaustion
|
 |
|
Heatstroke
|  |
Heatstroke
|
 |
|
Heat therapy
|  |
Treatment of Pain
and Inflammation: Heat Therapy
Types of Heat Therapy
|
 |
|
Heavy chain disease
|  |
Heavy
Chain Diseases
|
 |
|
Heavy metals
|  |
|
 |
|
poisoning with
|  |
Gastroenteritis: Chemical Gastroenteritis
|
 |
|
Heberden's nodes
|  |
Joint Disorders: Symptoms
|
 |
|
Heel
|  |
|
 |
|
bursitis in
|  |
Inferior
Calcaneal Bursitis
Bursitis in the Heel
|
 |
|
fractures of
|  |
Foot
and Ankle Fractures: Heel
Fractures
|
 |
|
inflammation of (Sever's disease)
|  |
Sever's
Disease
|
 |
|
pain in
|  |
Plantar
Fasciosis
|
 |
|
plantar nerve compression at
|  |
Medial
Plantar Nerve Entrapment
|
 |
|
spurs of
|  |
What Is a Heel Spur?
Plantar
Fasciosis: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
Height
|  |
|
 |
|
in adolescent
|  |
Physical
and Sexual Development
|
 |
|
children's charts for
|  |
Height and Weight Charts for Boys and Girls
|
 |
|
metric equivalents for
|  |
Equivalents for Height and Weight
|
 |
|
pregnancy and
|  |
Risk Factors Present
Before Pregnancy: Height
|
 |
|
in preventive care
|  |
Selected Screening Schedule
for Adults
|
 |
|
short
|  |
Hypopituitarism: Growth Hormone Deficiency
Short
Stature
Osteochondrodysplasias
|
 |
|
Heimlich maneuver
|  |
Performing Abdominal Thrusts
Choking: First-Aid Treatment
|
 |
|
Helicobacter pylori
|  |
|
 |
|
in gastritis
|  |
Gastritis: Causes
When the Stomach Is Infected
|
 |
|
indigestion and
|  |
Symptoms: Dyspepsia
|
 |
|
in peptic ulcer
|  |
When the Stomach Is Infected
Peptic
Ulcer
Peptic
Ulcer: Treatment
|
 |
|
stomach cancer and
|  |
Stomach
Cancer: Causes and Risk
Factors
|
 |
|
HELLP syndrome
|  |
Preeclampsia: HELLP Syndrome
|
 |
|
Helper T cells
|  |
Understanding the Immune System
Acquired
Immunity: T Cells
|
 |
|
Hemangioblastoma
|  |
Brain
Tumors
Tumors That Originate in or Near the Brain
|
 |
|
Hemangioma
|  |
Hemangioma
Growths
and Malformations of the Vessels: Hemangiomas
Using Lasers to Treat Skin Problems
Common Birthmarks and Minor Skin Markings in Newborns
|
 |
|
liver
|  |
Hemangioma
|
 |
|
Hemapheresis
|  |
Controlling Diseases by Purifying the Blood
|
 |
|
Hematemesis
|  |
Symptoms: Bleeding
from the Digestive Tract
|
 |
|
Hematochezia
|  |
Symptoms: Bleeding
from the Digestive Tract
|
 |
|
Hematocrit
|  |
Blood Tests*
|
 |
|
measurement of
|  |
Complete Blood Count (CBC)

|
 |
|
Hematoma
|  |
|
 |
|
brain (intracranial)
|  |
How Headaches Differ

Intracranial
Hematomas
Pockets of Blood in the Brain
|
 |
|
dissecting
|  |
Aortic
Dissection
Understanding Aortic Dissection
|
 |
|
ear
|  |
Injury
|
 |
|
under nail (subungual)
|  |
Trauma: Subungual Hematoma
|
 |
|
spinal
|  |
Compression
of the Spinal Cord: Causes
|
 |
|
subungual
|  |
Hand
Fractures: Finger
Fractures
|
 |
|
Hematometra
|  |
Cervical
Stenosis
|
 |
|
Hematopoietic syndrome
|  |
Radiation Injury: Acute Radiation
Illness
Radiation Injury: Treatment
|
 |
|
Hematuria
|  |
Symptoms: Blood
in the Urine
Diagnosis: Urinalysis
Kidney
Cancer: Symptoms
Bladder
Cancer: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
asymptomatic proteinuria with
|  |
Glomerulonephritis
(Nephritic Syndrome): Asymptomatic
Proteinuria and
Hematuria Syndrome
|
 |
|
benign familial
|  |
Primary Glomerular Disorders That Can Cause Glomerulonephritis

Glomerulonephritis
(Nephritic Syndrome): Asymptomatic
Proteinuria and
Hematuria Syndrome
|
 |
|
Heme
|  |
Iron
Porphyrias
|
 |
|
Hemianopia
|  |
Visual Pathways and the Consequences of Damage
|
 |
|
Hemiballismus
|  |
Chorea, Athetosis,
and Hemiballismus
|
 |
|
Hemifacial spasm
|  |
Hemifacial
Spasm
|
 |
|
Hemlock poisoning
|  |
Chemical Food
Poisoning: Plant
and Shrub Poisoning
|
 |
|
Hemochromatosis
|  |
Iron: Hemochromatosis
Iron: Treatment
|
 |
|
information resources on
|  |
H
|
 |
|
Hemodialysis
|  |
Dialysis
Reasons for Dialysis in Kidney Failure
Possible Complications of Hemodialysis
Comparing Hemodialysis With Peritoneal Dialysis
|
 |
|
in hypercalcemia
|  |
Calcium: Treatment
|
 |
|
in poisoning
|  |
Poisoning: Treatment
|
 |
|
Hemoglobin
|  |
Iron
Components
of Blood: Red
Blood Cells
Diagnosis: Complete
Blood Count
Blood Tests*
|
 |
|
abnormalities of
|  |
Sickle
Cell Disease
|
 |
|
deficiency of
|  |
see Anemia(s)
|
 |
|
measurement of
|  |
Complete Blood Count (CBC)

|
 |
|
in polycythemia
|  |
Polycythemia
Vera: Diagnosis
|
 |
|
in urine
|  |
Symptoms: Changes
in the Urine's Color
|
 |
|
HemoglobinA1C
|  |
Diabetes Mellitus (DM): Monitoring Treatment
|
 |
|
Hemoglobin A1C
|  |
Diabetes Mellitus (DM): Diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus (DM): Monitoring
Treatment
|
 |
|
Hemoglobin C disease
|  |
Hemoglobin C, S-C, and
E Diseases
|
 |
|
Hemoglobin E disease
|  |
Hemoglobin C, S-C, and
E Diseases
|
 |
|
Hemoglobin S-C disease
|  |
Hemoglobin C, S-C, and
E Diseases
|
 |
|
Hemoglobinuria, paroxysmal nocturnal
|  |
More About Some Causes of Anemia

|
 |
|
Hemolytic anemia
|  |
Anemia: Causes
Common Causes of Anemia

More About Some Causes of Anemia

|
 |
|
autoimmune
|  |
Autoimmune
Hemolytic Anemia
Some Autoimmune Disorders

|
 |
|
Hemolytic disease of newborn
|  |
Anemia
in the Newborn
What Is Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn?
|
 |
|
Hemolytic reaction, with blood transfusion
|  |
Precautions
and Adverse Reactions
|
 |
|
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
|  |
Hemorrhagic
Colitis: Symptoms
Thrombocytopenia (ITP,
TTP): Causes
Escherichia
coli Infections: Symptoms
|
 |
|
Hemoperfusion, charcoal, in poisoning
|  |
Poisoning: Treatment
|
 |
|
Hemophilia
|  |
Hemophilia
|
 |
|
prenatal testing for
|  |
Some Genetic Disorders That Can Be Detected Before
Birth
|
 |
|
transfusion-related HIV infection in
|  |
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus HIV Infection: Transmission
of Infection
|
 |
|
Hemophilus infection
|  |
see Haemophilus infection
|
 |
|
Hemoptysis
|  |
Symptoms: Hemoptysis
|
 |
|
in mitral stenosis
|  |
Mitral
Stenosis: Symptoms and
Diagnosis
|
 |
|
Hemorrhage
|  |
see also Bleeding
Barriers
on the Outside and the Inside
|
 |
|
cerebral
|  |
see Stroke
|
 |
|
retinal
|  |
|
 |
|
altitude sickness and
|  |
Altitude Illness: Other Symptoms
|
 |
|
Hemorrhagic colitis
|  |
Hemorrhagic
Colitis
|
 |
|
Hemorrhagic conjunctivitis
|  |
Enteroviral Infections: Common in Childhood
|
 |
|
Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn
|  |
Vitamin K: Vitamin
K Deficiency
|
 |
|
Hemorrhagic fevers
|  |
Hemorrhagic
Fevers
|
 |
|
Hemorrhagic telangiectasia, hereditary (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease)
|  |
Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
|
 |
|
Hemorrhoids
|  |
Hemorrhoids
Banding a Hemorrhoid
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Physical
Changes: Digestive
Tract
|
 |
|
Hemostasis
|  |
see also Clotting
Thalassemias
Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
Blood Clots: Plugging the Breaks
|
 |
|
drug effects on
|  |
Drugs and Blood Clots: A Complicated Relationship
|
 |
|
Hemothorax
|  |
Pleural
Effusion: Types of Fluid
|
 |
|
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
|  |
Some Disorders Characterized by Vasculitis
Henoch-Schönlein
Purpura
Henoch-Schönlein
Purpura
|
 |
|
Hen worker's lung
|  |
What Causes Hypersensitivity
Pneumonitis?

|
 |
|
Heparin
|  |
Drugs and Blood Clots: A Complicated Relationship
|
 |
|
after surgery
|  |
Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Anticoagulation
|
 |
|
in hemodialysis
|  |
Dialysis: Hemodialysis
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Some Drugs That Can Cause Problems During Pregnancy
Thromboembolic
Disorders During Pregnancy: Diagnosis
and Treatment
|
 |
|
in pulmonary embolism
|  |
Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Anticoagulation
|
 |
|
in stroke
|  |
Ischemic
Stroke: Antiplatelet
Drugs and Anticoagulants
|
 |
|
Hepatic arteries
|  |
View of the Liver and Gallbladder
Liver: Blood
Supply of the Liver
Blood
Vessel Disorders of the Liver
Blood Supply of the Liver
|
 |
|
occlusive disease of
|  |
Occlusive
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Hepatic and
Splenic Arteries
Occlusive
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Hepatic and
Splenic Arteries
Ischemic
Hepatitis
|
 |
|
Hepatic coma
|  |
Alcohol: Long-Term Effects
|
 |
|
Hepatic ducts
|  |
Digestive System
Gallbladder and Biliary
Tract
View of the Liver and Gallbladder
|
 |
|
Hepatic encephalopathy (coma)
|  |
Hepatic
Encephalopathy
|
 |
|
Hepatic veins
|  |
View of the Liver and Gallbladder
Liver: Blood
Supply of the Liver
Blood Supply of the Liver
Blood
Vessel Disorders of the Liver
|
 |
|
in Budd-Chiari syndrome
|  |
Budd-Chiari
Syndrome
|
 |
|
in heart failure
|  |
Congestive
Hepatomegaly
|
 |
|
occlusive disease of
|  |
Veno-occlusive
Disease of the Liver
|
 |
|
Hepatitis
|  |
Hepatitis
The Hepatitis Viruses

|
 |
|
acute
|  |
Acute Viral Hepatitis
|
 |
|
alcoholic
|  |
Alcohol's Toll on the Liver
|
 |
|
autoimmune
|  |
Chronic Hepatitis: Symptoms
Chronic Hepatitis: Autoimmune Hepatitis
|
 |
|
cancer and
|  |
Viruses and Cancer: A Link

|
 |
|
chronic
|  |
Chronic Hepatitis
|
 |
|
granulomatous
|  |
Hepatic
Granulomas: Symptoms
|
 |
|
immunization for
|  |
Protecting Children Against Disease Through Vaccines

Protecting Adults Against Common Infectious Diseases
Common Vaccinations: Hepatitis
A
Common Vaccinations: Hepatitis
B
Vaccinating Infants and Children
Vaccines for International
Travel*†‡
|
 |
|
ischemic
|  |
Ischemic
Hepatitis
|
 |
|
liver cancer and
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Hepatoma
|
 |
|
in newborn
|  |
Some Infections of Newborns
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Liver
and Gallbladder Disorders During Pregnancy
Specific Medical Conditions
and Travel: Pregnancy
|
 |
|
sexually transmitted
|  |
Other Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
|
 |
|
transfusion-acquired
|  |
Testing Donated Blood for Infections
|
 |
|
in traveler
|  |
Problems at the Destination: Sexually
Transmitted Infections
|
 |
|
vaccination against
|  |
Acute Viral Hepatitis: Prevention
|
 |
|
Hepatoblastoma
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Other Primary
Liver Cancers
|
 |
|
Hepatocellular adenoma
|  |
Hepatocellular
Adenoma
|
 |
|
Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma)
|  |
Primary Liver Cancers: Hepatoma
|
 |
|
Hepatomegaly
|  |
Congestive
Hepatomegaly
|
 |
|
Hepatorenal syndrome
|  |
Liver
Failure: Prognosis and
Treatment
|
 |
|
Herbal medicine
|  |
Biologically
Based Therapies: Herbal
Medicine
|
 |
|
Herbs
|  |
|
 |
|
medicinal
|  |
Overview
of Drugs: Prescription or Nonprescription
|
 |
|
liver damage and
|  |
Medicinal Herbs and the Liver
|
 |
|
Herbs, medicinal
|  |
Medicinal Herbs and Nutraceuticals
Some Possible Medicinal
Herb–Drug Interactions
|
 |
|
for cancer
|  |
Alternative
Medicine
|
 |
|
Hereditary angioedema
|  |
Lip Disorders: Swelling
Hereditary Angioedema: Not an Allergy
|
 |
|
Hereditary diseases
|  |
see Gene(s); Genetics; and specific diseases
|
 |
|
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber disease)
|  |
Hereditary
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
|
 |
|
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma
|  |
Colorectal
Cancer: Hereditary
Nonpolyposis Colorectal Carcinoma (HNPCC)
|
 |
|
Hereditary (familial) spastic paraparesis
|  |
Hereditary
Spastic Paraparesis
|
 |
|
HER-2neu
|  |
Breast Cancer: Characteristics
|
 |
|
Hernia and herniation
|  |
|
 |
|
abdominal wall
|  |
Abdominal
Wall Hernias
|
 |
|
brain
|  |
Herniation: The Brain Under Pressure
Head
Injuries: Severe Head
Injury
Brain
Tumors: Symptoms
|
 |
|
in children
|  |
Hernia
|
 |
|
diaphragm
|  |
Digestive
Tract Defects: Diaphragmatic
Hernia
Hernia: Diaphragmatic
Hernia
|
 |
|
in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
|  |
Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome
|
 |
|
hiatus
|  |
Hiatus
Hernia
Understanding Hiatus Hernia
|
 |
|
inguinal
|  |
Abdominal
Wall Hernias: Inguinal
Hernia
Inguinal
Hernia
What Is an Inguinal Hernia?
Hernia: Inguinal
Hernia
Hernia: Inguinal
Hernia
|
 |
|
intervertebral disk
|  |
A Herniated Disk
Low
Back Pain: Causes
Low
Back Pain: Pain Due to
Compression of a Spinal Nerve Root
Low
Back Pain: Treatment
|
 |
|
intestinal
|  |
Abdominal
Wall Hernias
What Causes Intestinal Strangulation?
|
 |
|
umbilical
|  |
Abdominal
Wall Hernias: Umbilical
Hernia
Hernia: Umbilical
Hernia
|
 |
|
Heroin
|  |
Opioids
|
 |
|
adolescent use of
|  |
Drug
and Substance Use and Abuse: Other Substances
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Drug Use During Pregnancy: Opioids
|
 |
|
Herpangina
|  |
Enteroviral Infections: Common in Childhood
|
 |
|
Herpes gestationis
|  |
Skin Rashes During Pregnancy
|
 |
|
Herpes simplex virus infection
|  |
Herpes
Simplex Virus Infections
|
 |
|
in atopic dermatitis (eczema herpeticum)
|  |
Dermatitis: Symptoms
|
 |
|
brain (encephalitis)
|  |
Encephalitis: Sporadic
Encephalitis
Central
Nervous System Infections
|
 |
|
cornea (keratitis)
|  |
Herpes
Simplex Keratitis
|
 |
|
erythema multiforme with
|  |
Erythema
Multiforme
|
 |
|
esophageal
|  |
Infection
|
 |
|
fingertip (Herpetic whitlow)
|  |
Infections: Herpetic
Whitlow
|
 |
|
genital
|  |
Herpes
Simplex Virus Infections
|
 |
|
mouth
|  |
Mouth Sores: Infection
Gingivitis: Gingivitis
due to Infections
Herpes
Simplex Virus Infections
|
 |
|
in newborn
|  |
Some Infections of Newborns
|
 |
|
during pregnancy
|  |
Infections
During Pregnancy
|
 |
|
Herpesviruses
|  |
Viral
Infections: Types of Viral
Infections
|
 |
|
Herpesvirus 6 infection
|  |
Roseola Infantum
|
 |
|
Herpesvirus 8 infection, cancer and
|  |
Viruses and Cancer: A Link

Kaposi's
Sarcoma
|
 |
|
Herpes zoster (shingles)
|  |
Herpes
Simplex Virus Infections: Treatment
Shingles
What Is Postherpetic Neuralgia?
|
 |
|
cornea
|  |
Herpes
Zoster Ophthalmicus
|
 |
|
immunization for
|  |
Common Vaccinations: Herpes
Zoster
|
 |
|
mouth
|  |
Mouth Sores: Infection
|
 |
|
pain after
|  |
Types: Postherpetic
Neuralgia
What Is Postherpetic Neuralgia?
|
 |
|
Herpetic gingivostomatitis
|  |
Herpes
Simplex Virus Infections: Oral Infection
|
 |
|
Herpetic whitlow
|  |
Infections: Herpetic
Whitlow
|
 |
|
Hers' disease
|  |
Types and Characteristics of Glycogen Storage
Diseases
|
 |
|
Heterocyclic antidepressants
|  |
Depression: Drug Therapy
Drugs Used to Treat Depression
|