Complete inability to smell May be unilateral or bilateral Olfactory hallucinations : Perception of smells for which no stimulus is present Often by irritation to the uncus Termed cacosmia if olfactory hallucination is unpleasant May be related to disorders of taste sensation Diagnosis Based on hi...
Critics complain that no similar evidence exists for many disorders. Kendell himself admits [1975, 451] that shingles or psoriasis does not make people die sooner or have fewer children. In current human environments, even total anosmia (inability to smell) may not reduce longevity or fertility....
(3) changes in the level of consciousness; (4) headache that increases in intensity; (5) vomiting, especially persistent, projectile vomiting; (6) unequal size of pupils; (7) inability to move one of the extremities; (8) leakage of spinal fluid (clear yellow or pink-tinged) from the ...
PRESSURE ULCERS. Inability to move also leads to pressure ulcers or bed sores. Pressure ulcers form where skin remains in contact with a bed or chair for a long time. The most common sites of pressure ulcers are the buttocks, hips, and heels. ...
defined as the inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection that would result in the inability to perform sexual intercourse. Systemic, neurologic, and local diseases can causeerectile dysfunctionErectile DysfunctionErectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the inability to achieve or maintain a pe...
Patients who are unconscious must be watched closely for respiratory difficulty or inability to swallow. If the patient cannot swallow, the head must be turned to the side and the mouth and trachea suctioned as necessary to prevent aspiration of mucus into the lungs. A tracheostomy set and ...
Many other large pharmaceutical companies from India, Turkey, and China were waiting for a perfect moment to enter Western markets where the term “generic” had just started to become a common buzz word in the industry. Today, many pharmacies sell generic versions of commercially successful drugs...
Eleventh (CN XI; spinal accessory): Drooping of the shoulder; inability to rotate the head. Twelfth (CN XII; hypoglossal): Paralysis of the tongue; deviation of the tongue toward one side; thick speech. crural nerve crural nerve crural nerve SEE: Femoral nerve cutaneous nerve cutaneous nerve ...
And it is the price that an increasing number of people are paying after surviving a brush with thecoronavirus, with some facing a seemingly long-term inability to smell. "Anosmia cuts you off from the smells of life, it's a torture," says Maillard, president of anosmie.org, a French ...
Introduced in the 1920s, the ketogenic diet has had limited, short-term success in controlling seizure activity. Its use exposes patients to such potentially harmful side effects as: staphylococcal infections atunted or delayed growth low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) ...