The Power of Emotions in Broken Heart Syndrome Related Conditions and Complications The long-term effects of uncontrolled stress can take a toll on your health. Chronic stress is characterized by sustainedhigh blood pressure, which not only affects your heart but all other organs connected to the ...
In addition to weakening the heart, the widowmaker can also make the heart muscle irritable, increasing the risk of abnormal electrical activity like ventricularfibrillation(VFib). VFib is the cause of sudden cardiac death. Normally, the heart beats rhythmically, but in VFib, every cell of the...
the heart may begin to beat too fast, too slow, irregularly, or not at all. Heart rhythm disorders are often referred to as cardiac arrhythmias (cardiac = heart; a = lack of) but this is technically incorrect since in most cases there is a heart...
Up to half of people with DVT will have long-term complications because of damage to the leg vein (post-thrombotic syndrome) where blood remains too long (chronic venous insufficiency). You may notice pain, swelling, and redness, which can lead to open sores if you don’t get early treatm...
Anita explains, “A lovesick person tends to disconnect with others because their mind is always preoccupied with thoughts of their prospective lover.” Sometimes, those experiencing broken heart syndromewould rather be aloneinstead of socializing or being around their family, friends, and loved ones...
Antenatal screening tests to check for conditions like Down’s syndrome Blood tests to screen for infections like syphilis,HIV, andhepatitis B Screening forsickle celland thalassaemia (the name for a group of inherited conditions that affect haemoglobin, a substance in the blood that’s used to ...
Sagittarians are generally outgoing and well-liked, but they’re notorious for being too blunt; the ol’ foot in mouth syndrome! Teach your child tact and social graces. Do not allow rudeness in your household. Sagittarians are the explorers of the zodiac. Little Archers in particular can be...
Double ups – a $20 rock that can be broken into two $20 rocks Double yoke – crack Dove – $35 piece of crack Downer – depressant Downie – depressant Draf weed – marijuana Drag weed – marijuana Draw up – to inject a drug Dream – cocaine Dream gum – opium Dream stick – opiu...
The Brain Tells Us If We Are in Love, Ten Signs That Reveal It When love enters our lives, a series of neurotransmitters and hormones activate key regions of the brain. Below, ten signs are detailed.
the active thyroid hormone. This can lead to a condition calledeuthyroid sick syndrome, where T3 is low, reverse T3 is high, and thyroid-stimulating hormone and T4 are often normal. In this condition, your body developshypothyroidismsymptoms without necessarily showing any change in the typical th...