for cancer of the mouth. Tobacco smoke can also cause gum disease‚ tooth decay and bad breath. The teeth become unsightly and yellow. Smokers may experience frequent headaches. And lack of oxygen and narrowed blood vessels to the brain can lead to strokes. Lungs and Bronchi Moving down to your chest‚ smoke passes through the bronchi‚ or breathing tubes. Hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals in the smoke attack the lining of the bronchi‚ inflaming them and causing that chronic smoker’s cough. Because
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to special kind of endovascular procedure within the vessels of the brain or within the spinal cavity‚ utilizing minimally invasive techniques‚ imaging guidance‚ and special microcatheters (thin tubes)‚ guide wires‚ and small instruments to treat stroke and other neurological disorders. Neurointerventional procedures can be performed through different techniques such as neurothrombectomy procedure‚ cerebral angiography and stenting technique‚ and coiling procedure. These techniques are almost mutually
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Competitors who blood dope believe this is best way they can compete at their finest. Although this shows a much higher performance throughout competition there are major consequences that put athletes at risk such has suffering from a heart attack‚ stroke‚ blood clots. There are 3 different types of blood doping‚ Injections of erythropoietin (EPO) is a hormone that the kidney produces. Erythropoietin injections helps to stimulate the productions of the red cells throughout the body. This may be used
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launched not long after Franklin Delano Roosevelt succumbed to a massive stroke‚ the result of runaway blood pressure‚ at a time when cardiologists in the United States numbered fewer than 400 and heart disease was the nation’s number one cause of death. The study asked 5‚209 citizens of Framingham‚ Massachusetts‚ 2‚336 were men and 2‚873 were women from the town of 28‚000‚ who over ate‚ smoked‚ and suffered heart attacks and strokes to the same extent as the rest of the United States to undergo biennial
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)‚ also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy‚ is a histologic diagnosis characterized by proliferation of the cellular elements of the prostate. Cellular accumulation and gland enlargement may result from epithelial and stromal proliferation‚ impaired preprogrammed cell death (apoptosis)‚ or both. BPH involves the stromal and epithelial elements of the prostate arising in the periurethral and transition zones of the gland. The hyperplasia
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Most people are born with two healthy carotid arteries. So why do an estimated 700‚000 people get carotid artery disease each year‚ And why do more than 130‚000 people die of strokes each year?1 these questions will be answered in order to provide a better understanding of the carotid arteries and their importance. [change slide] Oxygenated blood is carried from the heart to the face and brain by the carotid arteries‚ one on each side of the neck. [change slide] The carotid arteries bifurcate
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something is something a strong healthy person would never even imagine happening to them. They have accepted what has happened and became accustomed to this new‚ isolated‚ solitary lifestyle. “You can visit the woman you love‚ slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face.” After reading this line‚ I can assume that the main person in this story is most likely a male. The person is imagining themselves doing all these wonderful things‚ things he couldn’t even do if he wasn’t paralyzed from head
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presentation is to explain the case study of Mrs. S. and give valuable information on contralateral neglect‚ impact of the massive stroke‚ regions of the brain that were affected‚ deficits experienced by Mrs. S.‚ and therapies and behavioral modification that have been explored by continueing this case study with Mrs. S and her need to turn circles. Mrs. S.’s stroke had left her unable to recognize or respond to things to the left—including external objects as well as parts of her own body. For
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years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to the bathroom‚ he stumbles a few times and falls once. His wife suspects that he has suffered a stroke and calls . Emergency personnel arrive within minutes of her call and transport Samuel to the emergency room of the nearest hospital. Upon examination by the emergency room physician‚ Samuel is found to have right hemiparesis and diminished
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most is probably my grandmother. My grandmother is currently living in St.Kitts and is 61 years old. In the year of 2008 my grandmother got a stroke which she is recovering from right now. Three qualities that I admire from is that she is strong‚ never gives up and wants to see me have an education and come out to be something good. My grandmother has a stroke and her whole left part of her body is not moving‚ and for that I call her strong. Could you imagine yourself not being able to move your whole
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