Thursday, February 5, 2015

GC 1-26-15 & 1-29-15
Rehab: Define Nocturia, Cataracts, Dysphagia, Glaucoma, & Incontinence
Nocturia- a condition where you wake up in the middle of the night to urinate, the condition becomes more common as your age increases.
Cataracts- clouding of the lenses of the eyes, looks like looking through a fogged up window
Dysphagia- difficulty with swallowing is the sensation that food is stuck in the throat, or from the neck down to just above the abdomen behind the breastbone 
Glaucoma- damage to the optic nerve. This nerve carries visual information from the eye to the brain. In most cases, damage to the optic nerve is due to increased pressure in the eye, also known as intraocular pressure
Incontinence- when you are not able to keep urine from leaking out of your urethra, the tube that carries urine out of your body from your bladder

No comments:

Post a Comment