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Welcome to the Singapore General Hospital"Health Glossary", a listing of useful information on key health and medical conditions and treatments.

You will find information on various health conditions and medical treatments as well as surgery treatment options, sourced from the our Hospitals - Singapore General Hospital, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Changi General Hospital - and National Speciality Centres for Cancer, Heart, Neuroscience, Eye and Dental - across the SingHealth group.

From overviews of the health condition, to disease risk factors, signs and symptoms , preventive steps, treatment options as well as how to manage your health condition at home, we hope you find the write-ups useful.

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Abdominal Pain
Abdominal Pain (Child)
Abdominal Surgery
Abnormal Heart Rhythm / Arrhythmias
Acute Laryngotracheobrontis (ALTB) or Croup (Child)
Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
Aesthetic Eyelid Surgery
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Allergic Rhinitis
Allergies (Child)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Watch Monitoring
Ambulatory ECG - Holter Monitoring
Anaemia
Anal Abscess, Anal Fistula
Anal Fissure
Anal Itch (Pruritus Ani)
Anal Surgery
Anal Warts
Aneurysm
Aortic Dissection
Aphthous Ulcer
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Asthma
Asthma (Child)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Child)
Auditory Verbal Therapy
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Child)

Barium Studies
Bladder Cancer
Bleeding Tendency
Blepharitis (Eyelid Infections /Styes)
Bone Mineral Density Scan (DEXA)
Bone Scan
Bowel Incontinence
Brain Cancer
Brain Scan
Breast Cancer
Brugada Syndrome

Cancer
Cancer Pain
Cardiac Catheterisation
Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)
Cardiac Pacemaker Implantation
Cataracts
Catheter Ablation
Cervical Cancer
Chest Wall Diseases
Chest X-Ray
Cholesterol
Cholesterol Management
Chronic Constipation
Chronic Lung Disease (Child)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Post-surgical Pain
Clubfoot (Child)
Cochlear Implant
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Colic (Baby)
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Cancer
Colposuspension (Incontinence Surgery)
Computed Tomography (CT)
Contact Microscopic Endoscopy
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Angioplasty
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Coronary Artery Disease/Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary Atherectomy
Coronary Stent Implantation
Cough & Cold (Child)
Crohn's Disease

Deep Vein Thrombosis
Dementia
Depression
Diabetes Management
Diabetes Mellitus
Dialysis
Diarrhoea (Child)
Dicopac Test
Diverticular Disease
Dry Eyes
Dyspepsia (Peptic Ulcer Disease)

Ear Infections (Child)
Early Childhood Caries
Echocardiogram
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Entropion (Inverted Eyelids)
Epidural Steroid Injection
Erectile Dysfunction in Cardiovascular Disease
Exercise - Arthritis of Knees
Exercise - Back & Neck Pain
Exercise - Chronic Lung Disease
Exercise - Diabetes
Exercise - Osteoporosis
Exercise - Stress Incontinence
Exercise - Vertigo
Exercise Equipment
Exercise - Preparation
Exercise Stress Test
Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO)

Facial Pain
Facet Joint Syndrome and Treatment
Floaters and Flashes
Functional Neurosurgery

Gallbladder Scan
Gallstones
Gastroenteritis (Food Poisoning)
Gastrointestinal Tract
Glaucoma

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Headache in Children (Child)
Hearing Aids
Hearing Tests
Heart Attack
Heart Failure
Heart Scans
Heart Transplantation
Helicobacter Pylori Breath Test
Hemophilia
Hemorrhoids (Piles)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
High Blood Pressure/Hypertension Management
High Fibre Diet
Hypothyroidism (Child)

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrilator (ICD)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inguinal Hernia (Child)
Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Intravenous Urography
Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Jaundice (Baby)

Kidney Cancer
Kidney Failure
Kidney Scans
Kidney Transplant

Larynx Cancer
Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)
Lead Extraction
Liver Cancer
Low Back Pain
Low Back Pain (Spine Care)
Lung Cancer
Lung Scan
Lung Transplantation
Lymphoma

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Male Infertility
Mammography
Maze Surgery
Mechanical Heart Assist Device
Medical Emergencies
Multiple Myeloma
Muscle Diseases
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Office Ergonomics
Musculoskeletal Tumours
Myasthenia Gravis

Neck Pain
Neuro-oncology
Neuropathic (Nerve) Pain Syndrome
Neurostimulation
Neurovascular
Neurotrauma
Nose - Virtual Tour
Nuclear Cardiology

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Oesophageal Cancer
Office Ergonomics
Off-Pump / Beating Heart Surgery
Orthognathic Surgery
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Ovarian Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Pelvic Floor Exercises
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (PAVR)
Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Valvuloplasty
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Peripheral Neuropathy
Pilonidal Disease
Pituitary Tumours
Pneumonia
Pneumonia (Child)
Polyps
Post-injury Chronic Pain
Postnatal Depression
Preventing Falls
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Prostate Cancer
Ptosis (Droopy Eyelids)
Pulmonary Stenosis

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Radiofrequency Lesioning (Thermoablation)
Radioiodine Treatment
Rectal Prolapse
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)

Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Treatment
Sarcomas
Signal-Averaged ECG (SA ECG)
Stress Echocardiogram
Sudden Cardiac Death

Tetralogy of Fallot
Transoeophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
Transtelephonic ECG

Upright Tilt Test

Valve Repair / Replacement
Valvular Heart Disease
Vascular Investigation
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Sympathectomy for Sweaty Palms
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Thymectomy
Viral Myocarditis
Voice Check
Voice Hygiene