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Folk Medicine {Ans: : beliefs and practices relating to illness prevention and healing that derive from cultural traditions rather than from modern medicine's scientific base.}severe anxiety {Ans: 3rd Level of Anxiety. Perception is greatly diminshed, attention span limited , difficulty completing simple tasks, physical symptoms Headache, palpations, insomnia and emotional symptoms, confusion, dread, discomfort so all behavior is aimed at relieving anxiety}neuropathic pain {Ans: pain that results from direct stimulation of nervous tissue or the peripheral or central nervous system, generally felt as a burning or tingling and often occuring in an area or sensory loss}medical asepsis {Ans: Clean technique; involves procedures and practices that reduce the number and transfer of pathogens (hand washing, wearing gloves)}Clinical data {Ans: Skin Dry, flaky, or scaly; pale or pigmented; presence of petechiae (red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage) or bruises; lack of fat; edema Hair & Nails Hair= Dry, dull, sparse, loss of color, brittle Nails= Brittle pale, ridges, or spoon shaped (iron) Mucous membranes Eyes=red, dry, night blindness, dull cornea Lips=swollen, red cracks at sides, vertical fissures (B vitamins) Tongue=swollen, beefy red or magenta colored (B vitamin) smooth appearance (B vitamin