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Toxic Shock Syndrome Low Blood Pressure
1,590 wordsTOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) was discovered almost 20 years ago. At first no one knew what was causing it, although it was quickly linked with "superabsorbent" tampons (which are no longer on the market). Eventually researchers discovered that a poison produced by a type of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for TSS. Some theorized that tampons may produce small ulcerations, which allow bacteria to enter the body. Another theory is that stagnating blood within or behind the tam...
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Low Blood Pressure People With Bulimia
1,344 words... Withdraws into self, becoming socially isolated (Kirby 69). More than half of bulimics are severely depressed and often suffer from alcohol and drug abuse in addition to their eating problems. Unlike the anorexic, who is excessively thin, the bulimic is usually within a normal weight range, but his or her weight fluctuates (Kirby 70). While anorexia often begins in junior high, bulimia tends to develop in later adolescence. While anorexic girls are perfectionist and controlled, bulimic young...
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Low Blood Pressure Beats Per Minute
2,499 words... when they occur in the cardiac cycle as well as by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. MVP-see Mitral Valve Prolapse. Myocardial Infarction-Death of a region of the muscle supplied by an occluded coronary artery. This is commonly referred to as a 'heart attack. ' A previously stable atherosclerotic plaque in a coronary artery-one that was only partially occluding the artery and producing either a stable anginal pattern or no symptoms at all-ruptures its surface due to shear stress ...
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Low Blood Pressure Low Self Esteem
1,644 wordsDepression in the Geriatric Community Today, depression, the common cold of mental illnesses, affects an alarming number of people. Estimates project that about 9? percent of the general population suffers from a depression disorder, equating to an astonishing 18. 8 million Americans. In addition, one out of twenty people will suffer from major depressive disorder this year general loss of interest and energy, and an inability to experience pleasure (National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 2...
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Low Blood Pressure American Medical Association
3,095 wordsAcupuncture, Qigong, and Chinese Medicine Stephen Barrett, M. D. Chinese medicine, often called Oriental medicine or traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), encompasses a vast array of folk medical practices based on mysticism. It holds that the bodys vital energy (chi or qi) circulates through 14 channels, called meridians, that have branches connected to bodily organs and functions. Illness is attributed to imbalance or interruption of chi... Ancient practices such as acupuncture and Qigong are cl...
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Low Blood Pressure Symptoms Of Depression
2,478 wordsMental disorders are becoming more prevalent in today? s society as people add stress and pressure to their daily lives. The elderly population is not eliminated as a candidate for a disorder just because they may be retired. In fact, mental disorders affect 1 in 5 elderly people. One would think that with disorders being rather prevalent in this age group that there would be an abundance of treatment programs, but this is not the case. Because the diagnosis of an individual? s mental state is s...
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