Sentences with phrase «exclude medical causes»

A thorough physical examination, including urine, stool, and blood tests, will help exclude the medical causes of inappropriate elimination.

As a general rule of thumb, any dog attacking unexpectedly, should be seen by a veterinarian to exclude medical causes before assuming the cause is behavioral.

Not exact matches

Your medical adviser will also exclude other causes of similar symptoms to infections, such as dermatitis.

«We knew there were nutritional difficulties in teens who had undergone bariatric surgery, but everyone thought it was primarily the surgery that caused these problems since gastric bypass excludes the portion of the small intestine where many nutrients, especially iron, are most absorbed,» says Stavra Xanthakos, MD, medical director the Surgical Weight Loss Program for Teens at Cincinnati Children's and a co-author of the study.

nPTLS subjects were excluded if history or testing revealed a medical condition that could cause cognitive impairment or confound neuropsychological assessment (e.g., neurological disease, autoimmune disease, unstable thyroid disease, learning disability, substance abuse, B12 deficiency).

We excluded 66 (3 %) CRP values > 10 mg / L from this analysis because such elevated concentrations are likely to be caused by an infection or underlying medical problem and are not related to diet (21, 22).

Participants were excluded if they were currently taking a prescribed or over - the - counter sleep medication, currently taking medication causing drowsiness or alertness, had neck or back pain preventing use of the Dreampad Pillow ®, commonly experienced motion sickness (sometimes reported from Dreampad Pillow ® use), had a medical diagnosis causing sleep disruption, had pets or family members causing sleep disruption, were pregnant, or were smokers (see Figure 1).

Furthermore, «minor medical conditions» are also excluded as these do not cause «enduring and intolerable suffering» (see para. 51).

The Total and Permanent Disability is not applicable if the disability was caused directly or indirectly by alcohol or drug abuse, failure to seek or follow medical advice, engaging in racing of any kind excluding athletics and swimming, any kind of war or riots, nuclear contamination, participation in hazardous pastimes, any mental or functional disorder, attempted suicide or self injury, etc..

While travel insurance plans specifically exclude reimbursement or coverage for any loss caused by or resulting from nervous, mental, or psychological disorders, some (not all) plans include the caveat that the exclusion does not apply to medical expense and evacuation benefits.

«Travel insurance plans that cover emergency medical expenses should list the causes that are excluded,» says Hsia of AIG Travel Americas.

Are you currently hospitalized, confined to a nursing facility, a bed, or a wheelchair due to chronic illness or disease, currently using oxygen equipment to assist in breathing, receiving Hospice Care or home health care, or had an amputation caused by disease, or do you currently have any form of cancer (excluding basal cell skin cancer) diagnosed or treated by a medical professional, or do you require assistance (from anyone) with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, eating or toileting?

Any accidental death cover is not given to the person when the death is caused by factors that have a direct or indirect connection to drug abuse, alcohol, inability to seek or follow any medical advice, indulging in communal riots or war, functional or mental disorder, engaging themselves in heinous pastimes, participating in racing, excluding athletics, etc..

The Accidental Death benefit is not paid if the death was caused directly or indirectly by alcohol or drug abuse, failure to seek or follow medical advice, engaging in racing of any kind excluding athletics and swimming, any kind of war or riots, participation in hazardous pastimes, any mental or functional disorder, etc..

Insurance companies hate even more when there is a conflict of laws which causes them to exclude coverage for something like medical marijuana, and they're forced to rely on the law rather than the policy document.

Your actual rates will depend on a number of factors, and your medical exam could help your position or cause you to be excluded from coverage.