Some terminology

 Some Terminology Related to B.P.P.N

1. Dyspepsia

Indigestion , feeling of fullness, discomfort, nausea and anorexia.

2. Dysphagia

Difficulty in swallowing / painful in swallowing.

3. Nausea

Sensation to vomit.

4. Nutrients

Constituents of food. e.g,  carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals vitamins and water.

5. Regurgitation

It refers to back flow.

e.g, backflow of parcely digested food into the mouth from the stomach.

6. Vomiting

Expulsion of stomach contain through oesophagus and mouth.

7. Anorexia

Lack of appetite.

8. Anosmia

Loss of sense of smell.

9. Appetite

Psychological stimulus to eat that may be connected with and triggered by emotion stimuli.

10. Asphyxia

Lack of oxygen in the tissue.

11. Body Mass Index

A figure derived from a person height and weight that indicate whether that weight is acceptable.

12. Bulimia Nervosa

It is an eating disorder in which excessively eating is followed by depression and guilt , self induced vomiting and burging .

 

13. Malabsorption

Inadequate or disorder absorption of nutrients from the intestinal canal.

14. Halitosis

Bad breath smell

15. Turgor 

Resistance of skin to  deformation when pinch.

16. Anorexia Nervosa

Psychiatric disorder characterized by intense fear of becoming overweight even when emaciated.

17. Bradycardia

Heart rate less than 60 beats per minute in  adult.

18. Tachycardia

Heart rate more than 100 beats per minute in adult.

19. Eupnea 

It refers to easy respiration with normal breath rate per minute that is age specific.

20.  Bradypnea

Respiratory rate become 10 or fewer breath per minute.

21. Tachypnea

Respiratory rate greater than 24 breath per minute.

22. Hypoventilation

Refers to shallow respiration.

23. Hyperventilation

Refers to deep and rapid respiration.

24.  Cheyne stock respiration

 Respiratory rhythm is irregular , characterized by alternating period of Apnea and hyperventilation.

25. Kussmaul respiration

Respiration are abnormal deep but regular, similar to hyperventilation.

26. Orthopnea

Respiratory condition in which a person must sit or stand in order to breathe deeply or comfortably.

27. Platypnea

Opposite of orthopnea.

Difficult respiration on upright position , a person can laying down and breath comfortably.

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