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  • Heat rash

    Any condition aggravated by heat or hot weather such as intertrigo. A type of rash associated with local irritation from perspiration; in babies it is often found in the diaper area and folds of the skin, and generally responds to loose clothing and exposure to air. Fine papular inflammation of the skin resulting from heat…

  • Heartburn

    Burning sensation in the stomach and esophagus caused by excessive acidity of the stomach fluids. Aburning sensation in the chest usually caused by reflux (regurgitation) of acid digestive juices from the stomach into the oesophagus. A common form of indigestion, treated by antacids. Painful, burning feeling in the chest caused by stomach acid flowing back…

  • HBsAg

    Hepatitis B s antigen.  

  • HBeAg

    Hepatitis B e antigen.  

  • Hallucinogenic

    Causes visions or inducing hallucinations. Causes visions or delusions. A chemical capable of producing distortions of the senses. Referring to a substance which produces hallucinations.  

  • Hallucinogen

    Drug that produces hallucinogen. The syndrome includes maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes such as marked anxiety or depression, fear of losing one’s mind, paranoid ideation, and impaired judgment. Also, perceptual changes such as intensified perceptions, illusions, hallucinations, derealization, and depersonalization occur in a state of full wakefulness. Some physical signs include sweating, very rapid heartbeat,…

  • Haemostatic, hemostatic

    Something that stops bleeding. A substance that reduces or stops bleeding.  

  • Haemostasis, hemostasis

    A complex process which causes the bleeding process to stop. The process of stopping bleeding or slowing the movement of blood. The process by which bleeding stops. It involves constriction of blood vessels, the formation of a platelet plug, and blood clotting. The term is also used for surgical interventions to stop bleeding for example,…

  • Haemorrhoids, Hemorrhoids

    A painful condition in which the veins around the anus or lower rectum are enlarged, swollen and inflamed. Also called piles. An enlarged and often dilated blood vessel or vein of the anal canal or the lower portion of the alimentary tract. Piles, anal varicose veins. Enlarged veins (varicose veins) in the lower portion of…

  • Haemorrhage, hemaorrhage

    Bleeding, profuse discharge of blood from blood vessels. The loss of a large quantity of blood, especially from a burst blood vessel. The escape of blood from a blood vessel, normally in response to some trauma, or as a result of a clotting disorder such as haemophilia. The bleeding may be external and follow, for…

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