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Shoulder dislocations, sprain, strain

Dislocation – displacement of one or more bones at a joint

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Skin traction to reduce hip and sacral p

Skin Traction - a pulling force exerted on a skeletal structure (as in a fracture) by means of a special device or apparatus applied over the skin ; also : a state of tension created by such a pulling force

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Soft tissue Injury

Pulp Injury (Finger Tip Injuries) - The pulp is the area of skin opposite the fingernail and is usually very vulnerable to injury. Pulp injuries commonly occur in persons who use or are in close contact with fast moving mechanical devices. These injuries can crush, cut, and puncture. The fingertips can also be injured by common crushing accidents. This could cause the development of a sub-ungal hematoma (an accumulation of blood under the nail).

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Spasticity

Spasticity - a spastic state or condition; especially : muscular hypertonicity with increased tendon reflexes

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Spine Tuberculosis

Spine Tuberculosis - a usually chronic highly variable disease that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium (M. tuberculosis) and rarely in the United States by a related mycobacterium (M. bovis), is usually communicated by inhalation of the airborne causative agent, affects especially the lungs but may spread to other areas (as the kidney or spinal column) from local lesions or by way of the lymph or blood vessels, and is characterized by fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, inflammatory infiltrations, formation of tubercles, caseation, pleural effusion, and fibrosis -- called also TB

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