STAT means now. Everything else means consult a specialist.
Abnormally low blood glucose levels. When your blood sugar decides to ghost you, leaving your brain confused and your hands shaking.
Abnormally decreased volume of circulating blood. When you don't have enough blood for your body to properly functionāessentially running on fumes.
Artificial kidney replacement therapy where a machine filters waste from your blood because your kidneys called in sick permanently. It's dialysis meeting blood outside the bodyāmedical multitasking at its finest.
Excessive blood volume causing circulatory overloadābasically your blood vessels are overstuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey.
A needle, syringe, or injection administered beneath the skinābecause apparently we live in an era where getting stabbed by medical professionals is therapeutic. The go-to method for delivering drugs, vaccines, and regret directly into your subcutaneous tissue.
When blood pressure and circulation decide to go haywireābasically your cardiovascular system having a meltdown.
The organism (you) that a pathogen invades and uses as real estateābasically becoming an unwilling landlord.
Abnormally low blood pressureāwhen your cardiovascular system decides to work in slow motion.
An obscure protein in your blood plasma that acts as hemoglobin's personal bodyguardābinding to free hemoglobin to prevent oxidative damage and keep your blood chemistry from rusting from the inside out. It's the unsung hero of hemolysis prevention.
The microscopic detective work of examining tissue samples under a microscope to determine if they're cancerous, infected, or just being their weird normal self. It's the tissue gossip your doctor actually needs to hear.
Rural slang for methamphetamine; a self-aware reference to the cultural association between certain rural communities and meth production and use.
Brain dysfunction caused by liver failureāwhen your liver can't filter toxins and ammonia accumulates in your bloodstream, scrambling your brain. Talk about your organs betraying you.
The microscopic study of tissue samplesāwhat pathologists do under microscopes for hours to tell you if something's cancerous or just annoying.