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Fainting (syncope) is a sudden, brief loss of consciousness. Fainting occurs if brain function is disturbed. Dizziness and light-headedness are common, but other symptoms can occur depending on the cause of fainting. Doctors may use tilt-table testing and tests of heart function to try to determine the cause of fainting. Usually, lying flat causes the [...]

During any type of medical visit, there are four main vital signs that are routinely monitored by the medical professionals. These vital signs assist the healthcare providers with detecting and monitoring potential medical problems. One of the vital signs monitored by the physician is the pulse rate. The pulse rate and high blood pressure are [...]

Buy the Book Print This Topic Email This Topic Pronunciations angina angiotensin arrhythmia arterioles atrial atrial fibrillation bradycardia cardiomyopathy echocardiography electroencephalography encephalography fibrillation hypertrophic cardiomyopathy hypocapnia micturition syncope myopathy orthostatic hypotension pericarditis pericardium prostate stenosis syncope vasovagal syncope Fainting (syncope) is a sudden, brief loss of consciousness. Fainting occurs if brain function is disturbed. Dizziness [...]

Orthostatic Hypotension (cont.) What causes orthostatic hypotension? Orthostatic hypotension has many potential causes, some affecting only one part of the system that supplies blood to the brain, and others affecting two or three. Loss of fluid within the blood vessels is the most common reason to develop the symptoms of orthostatic hypotension. The fluid may [...]

Fainting Fainting (syncope) is a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness. A person who has fainted cannot be aroused for several seconds to several minutes. Fainting can be frightening. People who have fainted open their eyes and find themselves slumped in a chair or sprawled on the floor, just moments after they had been going [...]

Dizziness and fainting during pregnancy Reviewed by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board Last updated: October 2006 Is it unusual to feel lightheaded during pregnancy? It’s not uncommon to feel lightheaded or dizzy occasionally. When you’re pregnant, your cardiovascular system undergoes dramatic changes: Your heart rate goes up, your heart pumps more blood per minute, and [...]

Homeopathic low blood pressure natural remedies use very small doses to treat the illness. It can normalize low blood pressure by stimulating our own body system. Abnormal low level of blood pressure can be balanced using low blood pressure remedies (homeopathic). Homeopathy remedies consider all the symptoms both physical and mental, thus the remedy is [...]

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Introduction | Control Experiment | Pretreatment Experiment | Self-evaluation A number of generations of medical students learned practical aspects of autonomic and cardiovascular pharmacology from a traditional dog lab. In such a laboratory students were presented with an anesthetized dog. An afternoon was typically spent injecting drugs, monitoring responses and discussing the whys and hows. [...]

Introduction | Control Experiment | Pretreatment Experiment | Self-evaluation Control Experiment Acetylcholine Acetylcholine acts as an agonist of both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors. However, the affinity for muscarinic receptors is much greater than the affinity for nicotinic receptors. Therefore, unless the muscarinic receptors are blocked one almost never observes nicotinically mediated responses following injection of [...]