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Hypothermia Treatment
Defining Hypothermia
Hypothermia is a condition where a person’s core body temperature goes down far below the temperature required for normal metabolism. A human being’s body temperature is almost always constantly maintained at 36.5 to 37.5 degrees Celsius or 98 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This constant body temperature is maintained through thermoregulation or otherwise known as homeostasis. Understanding this condition is essential in hypothermia treatment.
Causes of Hypothermia
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What Causes Lyme Disease?
According to the Bailliere’s Nurses Dictionary, Lyme is a disease of animals that is transmitted to humans. They refer to this transmission as a zoonosis. Common zoonosis diseases include anthrax, cat-scratch fever, and of course Lyme. Lyme disease got its origin when it broke out in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975. This disease is associated with high fever, headaches, fatigue, and skin rashes known as erythema chronicum migrans (otherwise called bull’s eye due to its appearance). If it is left untreated...
Mitochondrial Disease
Mitochondrial diseases comprise those disorders that in one way or another affect the function of the mitochondria or are due to mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial diseases take on unique characteristics both because of the way the diseases are often inherited and because mitochondria are so critical to cell function. The subclass of these diseases that have neuromuscular disease symptoms are often referred to as a mitochondrial myopathy. Read more
What Causes Dizziness?
Defintion
Feeling dizzy is not an illness, but a symptom of something else. Dizziness is a common description for many different feelings. The feeling of dizziness may be very familiar to you, yet difficult to describe. The most common types of dizziness are vertigo and syncope. Vertigo is a medical term to describe the feeling of spinning, whirling, or motion either of yourself or your surroundings. This is the same feeling you might have after getting off a merry-go-round or spinning in place....
Sciatic Pain
Sciatic pain deals with the discomfort found at the lower back, wherein a nerve root connecting to the so-called sciatic nerve is irritated or compressed. Add to that, it causes weakness, numbness and a tingling sensation in the area from the back of the leg, all the way up to the lower back area. Patients can handle such pain much better if they can understand its symptoms, causes, diagnosis as well as treatments.
Sciatic Pain Symptoms
The pain associated with this kind of medical condition is...
Blood Clot Symptoms
Blood clot, which is also called thrombus, is a result of blood coagulation process in the so-called hemostasis. Possible causes include thrombosis and injury, wherein there is reduced blood flow. People are subject to increased risk of this medical problem if they have deep venous thrombosis, heart valve replacement as well as atrial fibrillation. Moreover, even disease-related and genetic deficiencies are possible to cause clotting. Here are some of the blood clot symptoms, treatments and diagnosis.
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Cold Sore Remedy
Facts about Cold Sores
The following list includes some basic facts about cold sores.
Cold sores are also referred to as fever blisters.
They are red, painful blisters that are filled with fluid and usually appear around the lips, chin or cheeks and in the mouth. They could also appear in the genital area.
They are caused by the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) which invades the cells of the outer skin layer. Cold sores are contagious (passed through close personal contact) and will cause the affected...
What Causes Circulatory Shock?
What is Circulatory Shock
Circulatory shock, commonly known as just shock, is a serious, life-threatening medical condition characterized by a decrease in tissue perfusion to a point at which it is inadequate to meet cellular metabolic needs. As the blood carries oxygen and nutrients around the body, reduced flow hinders the delivery of these components to the tissues, and can stop the tissues from functioning properly. Circulatory shock should not be confused with the emotional state of shock as...
