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Fe

Fear

see also Anxiety

  • exaggerated (phobia)

  • Phobic Disorders
    Some Common PhobiasTables

  • of marketplace (agoraphobia)

  • Phobic Disorders: Agoraphobia

  • of school

  • School Problems

    Febrile seizures

    Causes of SeizuresTables
    Infantile Spasms and Febrile Seizures

    Feces

    see Stool

    Feeding

    see also Diet; Nutrition

  • enteral

  • Undernutrition: Tube Feeding

  • of infants

  • see also Breastfeeding
    Feeding
    Positioning a Baby to BreastfeedFigures

  • problems in

  • Feeding Problems

  • intravenous

  • Undernutrition: Intravenous Feeding

  • in necrotizing enterocolitis

  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Prevention, Treatment, and Prognosis

  • of premature infant

  • Prematurity: Underdeveloped Digestive Tract and Liver
    Prematurity: Treatment and Prognosis

  • tube

  • Undernutrition: Tube Feeding

  • for cancer patient

  • Chemotherapy: Other Common Side Effects

  • for dying person

  • Treatment Options: Feeding Tubes
    Symptoms During a Fatal Illness: Loss of Appetite

    Fee for service

    How Health Care Is Paid For: Fee for Service

    Felbamate

    Drugs Used to Treat SeizuresTables

    Felon (fingertip infection)

    Infections: Felon

    Felty's syndrome

    Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): Blood Tests

    Female athlete triad

    Starting an Exercise Program: Screening for Sports Participation

    Female genital mutilation

    Female Genital Mutilation

    Female-pattern baldness

    Alopecia: Androgenetic Alopecia

    Femoral artery

  • hernia of

  • Abdominal Wall Hernias: Femoral Hernia

    Femoral artery, aneurysm of

    Aneurysms: Aneurysms in Other Arteries

    Femur (thighbone)

  • fracture of

  • Leg

  • in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease

  • Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease

  • separation of (slipped capital femoral epiphysis)

  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
    Slipped Capital Femoral EpiphysisFigures

  • torsion of

  • Common Foot, Knee, and Leg Conditions in Infants and Young ChildrenSidebar

    Fenofibrate

    Lipid-Lowering DrugsTables

    Fentanyl

    Opioid AnalgesicsTables

    Ferritin

    Iron: Diagnosis
    Iron Deficiency Anemia: Symptoms and Diagnosis

    Ferrochelatase deficiency

    Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
    Erythropoietic Protoporphyria: Prevention and Treatment

    Ferrous sulfate, in elderly persons

    Some Drugs With Increased Risk for Older People Tables

    Fertility problems

    Infertility

    Fertilization

    Stages of Development: Fertilization
    From Egg to EmbryoFigures

  • most likely time for

  • Internal Genital Organs: Uterus and Cervix

  • in vitro

  • Problems With Sperm: Treatment
    Fertilization Techniques

    Fetal alcohol syndrome

    Drug Use During Pregnancy: Alcohol
    Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability: Prevention and Prognosis

    Fetal tissue implant

    Transplantation of Other Organs

    Fetishism

    Paraphilias: Fetishism

    Fetoscopy

    Labor
    Labor
    Fetus or Newborn Problems: Fetal Distress

    Fetus

  • alcohol effect on

  • Drug Use During Pregnancy: Alcohol

  • amniocentesis from

  • see also Amniocentesis
    Prenatal Diagnostic Testing: Amniocentesis
    Detecting Abnormalities Before BirthFigures

  • anemia in

  • Anemia

  • anticonvulsant effects on

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Seizure Disorders

  • blood loss in

  • Anemia

  • blood sampling from

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Testing: Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling
    Monitoring the FetusSidebar

  • caffeine effects on

  • Drug Use During Pregnancy: Caffeine

  • chorionic villus sampling from

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Testing: Chorionic Villus Sampling
    Detecting Abnormalities Before BirthFigures
    Birth Defects: Diagnosis
    Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability: Prevention and Prognosis

  • circulation of

  • Heart Defects
    Normal Circulation in a FetusFigures

  • death of

  • Miscarriage: Symptoms

  • development of

  • From Egg to EmbryoFigures
    Stages of Development: Development of the Fetus and Placenta

  • distress of

  • Fetus or Newborn Problems: Fetal Distress
    Postmaturity

  • drug effects on

  • Acne: Severe Acne
    Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Drugs
    Drug Use During Pregnancy
    How Drugs Cross the PlacentaFigures
    Some Drugs That Can Cause Problems During PregnancyTables

  • Graves' disease effects on

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Autoimmune Disorders

  • heartbeats of

  • Medical Care: Follow-up Examinations
    Labor
    Labor
    Monitoring the FetusSidebar
    Fetus or Newborn Problems: Fetal Distress

  • hemolytic disease of

  • Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Rh Incompatibility

  • infections in

  • Some Infections of NewbornsTables

  • lungs of

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Diabetes
    Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Problems With Amniotic Fluid
    Prematurity: Prevention

  • lupus antibodies of

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Autoimmune Disorders

  • maternal diabetes and

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Diabetes

  • maternal heart disease effects on

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Heart Disease

  • monitoring of

  • Monitoring the FetusSidebar

  • multiple

  • Fetus or Newborn Problems: Multiple Births

  • nutrition for

  • Birth Defects: Nutrition

  • prenatal testing of

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Testing
    Some Genetic Disorders That Can Be Detected Before BirthTables
    A Woman's Age and Her Risk of Having a Baby With a Chromosomal AbnormalityTables
    Interpreting Abnormal Alpha-Fetoprotein LevelsSidebar
    Detecting Abnormalities Before BirthFigures

  • presentations of

  • Labor
    Fetus or Newborn Problems: Abnormal Position and Presentation of the Fetus
    Position and Presentation of the FetusFigures

  • radiation risks and

  • Common Imaging Tests: During Pregnancy

  • toxoplasmosis in

  • Toxoplasmosis

  • ultrasound examination of

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Testing: Ultrasonography
    Detecting Abnormalities Before BirthFigures
    Medical Care: Follow-up Examinations

  • umbilical cord injury of

  • Fetus or Newborn Problems: Nuchal Cord

    Fever

    Defenses Against Infection: Fever
    Some Causes of FeverSidebar

  • after childbirth

  • Infections

  • after immunization

  • Fever: Causes and Symptoms

  • after surgery (postoperative)

  • Surgery: After Surgery

  • in childhood respiratory tract infection

  • Respiratory Tract Infections: Symptoms and Complications

  • in cholecystitis

  • Cholecystitis: Symptoms

  • coma with

  • Some Causes of Stupor and Coma Tables

  • in infants and children

  • Fever
    How to Take a Child's TemperatureSidebar
    Bacteremia (Occult)

  • inhalational

  • Building-Related Illnesses: Specific Building-Related Illnesses

  • in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  • Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Symptoms and Complications

  • in malaria

  • Malaria: Symptoms and Complications

  • Mediterranean, familial

  • Familial Mediterranean Fever

  • Pel-Ebstein

  • Hodgkin Lymphoma: Symptoms

  • during pregnancy

  • Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Fevers

  • in rheumatic fever

  • Rheumatic Fever: Joints

  • scarlet

  • Streptococcal Infections: Symptoms

  • seizures with

  • Causes of SeizuresTables
    Infantile Spasms and Febrile Seizures

  • of unknown origin

  • Defenses Against Infection: Fever

    Feverfew

    Some Possible Medicinal Herb—Drug Interactions Tables
    Feverfew

    Fexofenadine

    Some AntihistaminesTables

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