Cryosurgery
The destruction of warts, actinic keratoses, seborrheic keratoses

Inderal
A medication that is used to lower blood pressure and help the heart beat normally.

Sickle cell anemia
Often called sickle cell disease is a disease that affects the red blood cells. It happens when a person inherits the abnormal hemoglobin gene from both parents. It is most common in blacks in the United States.

Healthy red blood cell
Looks like a doughnut. Hemoglobin is what gives blood its color. It picks up oxygen in the lungs and delivers it to all parts of the body.

Peritoneal dialysis
A treatment that takes liquid waste, extra water, and salts from the blood by using a lining in the belly (peritoneum) as a filter.

Nephrotic syndrome
A kidney disease that lets protein, which is normally in the blood, to pass into the urine.

Reflux or Chalasia
The presence of stomach acids in the swallowing pipe or esophagus.

Sickle Cell
A sick red blood cell that looks something like a sickle. The hemoglobin in sickle cells lets out too much oxygen and that causes cells to sickle

Methotrexate
Blocks an enzyme needed by the cell to live. This stops the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed.

Lice
An infestation by the louse insect and their eggs on body hair. Lice infestation may cause itching and/or a rash.