Category: P

The concept of Post-Deployment Syndrome (PDS) has emerged as a contemporary term to encompass a cluster of mental disorders observed among veterans who have served in the conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan. PDS encompasses conditions such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depression, Chronic Pain, and Traumatic Brain Injury.  

Portal vein thrombosis is the formation of a coagulum within the vein responsible for transporting blood into the liver. If left untreated, this condition leads to portal hypertension.  

A portable x-ray examination conducted using equipment that can be transported to the patient’s location is known as mobile radiography. While the resulting radiographs may not possess the same level of quality as those obtained from stationary x-ray machines, this method enables a technologist to conveniently attend to the patient’s needs.  

A medical condition characterized by the accumulation of calcium in the walls of the gallbladder, resulting in a whitish or bluish-white coloration and increased fragility of the organ, is known as calcific cholecystitis.  

In individuals with dyslexia, the term used to describe the perspective from which their mental imagery perceives an object is known as “mind’s eye angle.” This viewpoint may lack stability and exhibit a sense of unanchored movement, as if multiple individuals were simultaneously providing accounts of what they observe.  

A medication derived from the May apple or mandrake plant, commonly employed for the treatment of genital warts, is available.  

Pneumovax is a vaccine that provides protection against pneumonia triggered by 23 different serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae.  

A vaccine designed to safeguard children from the most severe forms of illness caused by the 13 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae is available.  

The inflammation of the pleura, the protective membrane encasing the lungs, is referred to as pleuritis.