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pH monitoring |
tracking of stomach acid, usually in the esophagus to evaluate reflux |
poor eye contact |
the inability to meet eyes with another individual; many people with Autism Spectrum Disorder find eye contact unsettling for many reasons. |
prolonged QT syndrome |
also known as long QT Syndrome, refers to a group of disorders that increase the risk for sudden death due to an abnormal heartbeat |
proprioception |
the unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from the stimuli within the body itself |
PT (physical therapy) |
health profession which aims the physical treatment and management of disease or condition which enables people to reach their maximum potential |
recurrent pneumonia |
condition associated with immune problems, aspiration of fluids into the lung from the esophagus or underlying lung disease that results in repeated inflammation of the lung causing pneumonia |
recurrent UTIs |
infection anywhere along the urinary tract |
renal reflux |
abnormal movement of urine from the bladder into the ureters or kidneys; reverse of the typical direction |
schizophrenia |
severe, persistent, debilitating, and poorly understood psychiatric disorder that includes disturbances in thoughts (or cognitions), mood (or affects), perceptions, and relationships with others |
scoliosis |
crooked spine that curves laterally |
secondarily generalized seizures |
starts as a partial seizure (in one limited area of the brain) but then (sometimes so quickly that the partial seizure is hardly noticed) spread throughout the brain, becoming |
sensory integration disorder |
A condition that exists when sensory signals don |
severe sleep apnea |
temporary interruption of breathing during sleep, severe symptoms include more than 30 incidents of disrupted breathing per hour |
shortness of breath |
breathing difficulty involves a sensation of difficult or uncomfortable breathing or a feeling of not getting enough air |
simple partial seizures |
seizures which affect only a small region of the brain; no impairment of consciousness |
sinus surgery |
surgery to improve drainage or remove diseased sinus membranes |
sleep apnea |
temporary interruption of breathing during sleep |
speech |
the vocalized form of human communication |
spinal tap |
procedure performed when a doctor needs to look at the cerebrospinal fluid (also known as spinal fluid). |
stiff joints or contractures |
chronic loss of joint motion due to structural changes in non-bony tissue, including muscles, ligaments, and tendons |
strabismus (eye alignment) |
wandering eye; the eye seems misaligned |
swallowing difficulties |
occurs when there's a problem with any part of the swallowing process |
tics |
persistent prescence of abrupt, repetitive involuntary movements and sounds that have been described as caricatures of normal physical acts |
tonic seizures |
brief seizures, usually less than 60 seconds, consisting of sudden onset of increased tone in extensor muscles |
tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal seizure |
seizure involving the entire body; usually involves muscle rigidity, violent muscle contractions, and loss of consciousness. |
tonsilitis |
inflammation (swelling) of the tonsils |
tonsillectomy |
surgery to remove the tonsils, the glands that are at the back of your throat |
torticollis |
neck is twisted so that the head is held/tipped to one side, while the chin is turned to the other |
trouble transitioning (water in the lung |
pulmonary edema; swelling of the lungs |
ulcerative colitis |
a disease that causes ulcers in the lining of the rectum and colon; one of a group of diseases called inflammatory bowel disease |