2.1 Definition of Terms. 2.1.1. Symptoms and Consequences of Stress: The physiological changes that take place within the body in response to stress are responsible for most stress symptoms. The battle against the stressor is referred to as the fight-or-flight response. Recent studies suggest that females tend-and befriend in response to a stressor. They protect and nurture (tend) and turn to social networks for support (befriend). Also‚ the brain senses stress as damage to well-being and therefore
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PTSD is sometimes known as a normal reaction to abnormal events. It was not noticed by the medical community until the 1970s‚ during the Vietnam War. Originally diagnosed in veterans during 1955-1975 It was then first defined as a disorder in 1980. Post-traumatic stress disorder is now recognized in civilians of rape‚ or other criminal assaults‚ natural disasters‚ train collisions‚ aircraft crashes‚ or acts of terrorism such as child abuse. In the early nineteenth century‚ soldiers were diagnosed
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anxiety or fear for the situation around them. There are three different types of syncope‚ including cardiac‚ non-cardiac‚ and neurocardiac. There is three stages of syncope‚ which are‚ pre-syncope‚ syncope‚ and recovery. There are many signs and symptoms for each stage of syncope. No matter the type of syncopal episode there is one way to go about treating the patient. Cardiac syncope occurs when there is an “inadequate cardiac output and usually occurs as a result of a serious underlying heart
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Chapter 15: The West and the Changing World Balance Decline of the Old Order 1) What were symptoms of decline in the Arabic Caliphate by 1300? 2) By what date had the Arabs been virtually excluded from European trade? 3) How involved was Arabic trade after 1100 in the world market? 4) After the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate who replaced them in control of the Arabic world? 5) Why were the Ottomans never able to expand very far? What was their main concerns? 6) What area represented a
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Scientific Mishap Writing One day in a science lab on top of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado there was a scientist named Billy Bob Jr. he was working to cure Ebola. It was 2:02 pm at this time. He was the only one in lab at the time is boss Lebron was in florida on a family vacation and the other workers were all gone because it was a Saturday afternoon. He was mixing two chemicals together until something went bad right outside of lab (really bad). There was a huge blizzard that came rolling through
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toxin • Many toxic effects • Young children most impacted – Subclinical effects Major Public Health Success • Existing blood Pb threshold for action = 10 µg/dL • 1976-80‚ mean blood Pb ~14.9 µg/dL (88%>10) • 2002‚ mean blood Pb ~1.7 µg/dL (1.2%>10) But…Still a Big Problem • Nationally‚ 1.2% still >10‚ ~180‚000 kids • WI 4.7% entering school had Pb >10 (2006) • 2111 kids (2.6% tested) >10‚ ~5/day (2006) The Lead-Learning Link • • • • • Low-level Pb effect studies began 1970’s
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Heart attack symptoms in men and women What is a heart attack? Heart attack is the death of a segment of the heart due to a blockage in the coronary arteries by a blood clot. Coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply the heart with nutrients and oxygen. Heart attack takes about 8-hours to be complete. During a heart attack symptoms just last for about 30 minutes. Heart attack can be diagnosed when there’s a severe chest pain and tests such as the cardiac enzyme test‚ electrocardiograph‚
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the start of the movie are depression and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The symptoms he shows for depression are that he develops poor coping skills and begins to feel rejection in his aspirations. These symptoms lead to social isolation where he works on his genius power for evil. The next disorder evident is NPD. Once Syndrome fell out of his depression he evidently showed symptoms of NPD. The symptoms include him showing an exaggerated sense of selfimportance‚ he expected to be recognized
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bacteria called Chlamydia Trachomatis. Chlamydia infection is very common among young adults and teenagers. Many people do not know that they have Chlamydia because although they are infected they may not have any symptoms. About 75% of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms of Chlamydia. This disease can cause serious complications that cause irreversible damage such as damaging women’s reproductive organs‚ and infertility. In men Chlamydia can cause discharge from the penis of
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about the body’s motion. A change in the volume of the endolymph fluid‚ or swelling or rupture of the membranous labyrinth is thought to result in Meniere’s disease symptoms. Diagnosis There is no test or single symptoms that a doctor can use to make the diagnosis. The diagnosis is strictly made upon your medical history and presence of: Two or more episodes of vertigo lasting
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