If the argument is accepted as essentially sound up to this point, it remains for us to consider whether the patient's difficulties in orienting himself spatially and in locating objects in space with the sense of touch can be explained by his defective visual condition.

If the mutated sequence is present in the patient's genome, the probe will bind to it and flag the mutation.

If the patient's eyes move in a direction opposite to the direction of the rotation of the head, then the patient is said to have an intact brainstem.

#: If the delusions are judged to be bizarre, or hallucinations consist of hearing one voice participating in a running commentary of the patient's actions or of hearing two or more voices conversing with each other, only that symptom is required above.

If patient's status is found to be illegal, hospitals may not discharge a patient prior to completion of care, though law enforcement and hospital security may take necessary action to prevent a patient from escaping or harming others.

If the patient doesn't pay the bill, the hospital can sue the patient and the unsatisfied judgment will likely appear on the patient's credit report.

If a pacemaker has been embedded in a patient's chest ( usually for the purpose of monitoring and regulating the heart for steady electrically induced beats ), care should be taken to keep it away from magnetic fields.

If the lactose cannot be digested, enteric bacteria metabolize it and produce hydrogen, which, along with methane, if produced, can be detected on the patient's breath by a clinical gas chromatograph or compact solid-state detector.

If only one of these nerves is damaged, the patient's voice may be impaired ( dysphonia ); if both of the nerves are damaged, the patient will be unable to speak ( aphonia ).

If the cancer metastasizes to other tissues or organs, it usually dramatically decreases a patient's likelihood of survival ( i. e. the " prognosis ").

) If the patient is unable to consent for him / herself, researchers can seek consent from the patient's legally authorized representative.

If afflicting both eyes, the deterioration in vision can affect the patient's ability to drive a car or read normal print.

If the typical over-the-counter treatments are not effective, a physician can prescribe treatment based on a person's age, overall health, the cause and severity of the condition, and a patient's tolerance.

If the pressure is dropped to a level equal to that of the patient's systolic blood pressure, the first Korotkoff sound will be heard.

If accrued supervision is required for the feeding, the tube is often connected to an electronic pump which can control and measure the patient's intake and signal any interruption in the feeding.

If the tube is to be used for continuous drainage, it is usually appended to a collector bag placed below the level of the patient's stomach ; gravity empties the stomach's contents.

If the labeled urea was metabolized by h. pylori in the stomach, the patient's breath would contain labeled carbon dioxide.

If the belt is too loose you could either have it slip upward and injure the patient's chest ( especially the female patient ) or increase your risk for dropping them once the weight is put on the belt.

If the diagnosis is not entirely clear from the patient's history and physical examination, a Doppler ultrasound scan can confirm increased flow of blood to the affected epididymis ( whereas tortion is characterized by ischemia ).

If the perineal pain is positional ( changes with the patient's position, for example sitting or standing ), this suggests a tunnel syndrome.

If attempting to calm the patient does not work within a few minutes, and the patient's condition is deteriorating, the hyperventilation may be caused by a medical condition ( some of which are life threatening such as head injuries or drug overdose ).

If the patient's Asthma is treated with an inhaler then it should be used as a pre-treatment prior to the injection of the pharmacologic stress agent.

If oil has been applied, the cups can be moved around the patient's body along the " meridians " and at specific points to allegedly help with immune boosting and other " modalities ".

If a patient's prolactin level remains normal for 6 months, a doctor may consider stopping treatment.

If we remove ourselves for a moment from our time and our infatuation with mental disease, isn't there something absurd about a hero in a novel who is defeated by his infantile neurosis??

If left untreated, Chagas disease can be fatal, in most cases due to heart muscle damage.

If the treatment is successful, the new gene will make functional protein to treat a disease.

If a disease is rapidly fatal, the host may die before the microbe can get passed along to another host.

If the disease is associated with cancer, direct treatment of the cancer often relieves the symptoms of LEMS.

If microorganisms can cause disease in a host they are known as pathogens.

If a child is not screened during the routine newborn screening test ( typically performed 2-7 days after birth, using samples drawn by neonatal heel prick ), the disease may present clinically with seizures, albinism ( excessively fair hair and skin ), and a " musty odor " to the baby's sweat and urine ( due to phenylacetate, one of the ketones produced ).

:# If a general medical condition or another mental disorder is present, the fear in Criterion A ( Exposure to the social or performance situation almost invariably provokes an immediate anxiety response ) is unrelated to it, e. g., the fear is not of Stuttering, trembling in Parkinson's disease, or exhibiting abnormal eating behavior in Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa.

If the officer has reasonable grounds that the traveller is or might have been infected with a communicable disease or refused to provider answers, a quarantine officer ( QO ) must be called and the person is to be isolated.

If researchers were trying to initially determine the chromosomal location of a particular disease gene, they would analyze the DNA of members of a family afflicted by the disease, and look for RFLP alleles that show a similar pattern of inheritance as that of the disease ( see Genetic linkage ).

If the occlusal surfaces of the teeth or the supporting structures have been altered due to inappropriate dental treatment, periodontal disease, or trauma, the proper occlusion may need to be restored.

If one had a so called " hot " disease, like Eczema, then he would not want to eat " hot " foods such as garlic, onions, or chocolate lest the " hot " disease is worsened.

If central DI is suspected, testing of other hormones of the pituitary, as well as magnetic resonance imaging, is necessary to discover if a disease process ( such as a prolactinoma, or histiocytosis, syphilis, tuberculosis or other tumor or granuloma ) is affecting pituitary function.

If Parkinson's disease has been excluded, the differential diagnosis or list of potential causes for Parkinsonism syndrome includes:

If TSI is not elevated, then a radioactive iodine uptake should be performed ; an elevated result with a diffuse pattern is typical of Graves ' disease.

If a person drinks solutions with excessive sugar or excessive salt, these can draw water from the body into the bowel and cause osmotic diarrhea .. Osmotic diarrhea can also be the result of maldigestion ( e. g., pancreatic disease or Coeliac disease ), in which the nutrients are left in the lumen to pull in water.

If any cause had been discovered, this would eliminate Ménière's disease, as by its very definition, as an exclusively idiopathic disease -- it has no known cause.

If a safe pharmacological treatment can be developed – one that increases expression of lysosomal sialidase in neurons without other toxicity – then this new form of therapy could essentially cure the disease.

If a child inherits the gene from both parents, the child may develop Wilson's disease.

If this contains more than 1600 μg ( 25 μmol ), it is a reliable indicator of Wilson's disease.