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Abnormality that refers to the intermittent ischemic attacks that affect arterioles of the skin?
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What causes mild paralysis and stroke?
Transient ischemic attacks.
Intermittent attacks of pallor cyanosis and redness of the fingers and toes?
peripheral arterial occlusive disease
What is the medical term meaning a brief episode of bleeding in the brain?
Sub dural or extra dural haematoma
A peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are triggered by cold or stress?
Raynaud's Syndrome.
The condition that gives stroke like symptoms but lasts less than 24 hours is called?
Ischemic attacks are similar to strokes. They are normally caused by small clots in the brain.
What is the peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are triggered by cold or stress i s known as?
Raynaud's disease is the answer. It is categorized under "Peripheral Vascular Disease".
What is the medical term meaning mini-stroke?
What most think of as ministrokes are called transient ischemic attacks in medical terms.Often transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are called mini strokes, though this is somewhat of a misnomer since in TIAs don't cause permanent damage to the brain, while strokes do.
What causes cerebral vascular insufficiency?
A stroke, caused by reduced blood and oxygen supply, may be an indication of severe blockage in the carotid artery. Less severe blockage may still cause "mini-strokes" or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
How does dysentery attacks and spreads?
Dysentery is a disease you get from contaminated food. it can cause bloody vomit or diarrhea, cramps, frequent loose stools, abdominal pain, fatigue, intermittent constipation, diarrhea with abdominal swelling, and flatulence.
What is the success rate of carotid endarterectomy?
If you DON'T do something about the arterial plaque, you WILL have a stroke when some of the plaque breaks free.
What are some of the short and long effects of smoking that would stop someone from taking up this deadly habit?
Short term - tachycardia, bad breath, reduced lung capacity, ageing of the skin, dry skin, breathlessness, increased blodd pressure, dental decay and discolouring Long term - peripheral arterial disease (leading to eventual limb amputation), cancer of the nose, mouth, throat, lungs, impotence, chronic heart failure, emphysema and COPD, stroke, transient ischemic attacks, intermittent claudication (due to PAD) (to list but a few!)
What term describes intermittent attacks of paleness cyanosis and redness of the fingers and toes?
This is known as Raynaud's Phenomenon. It can start in puberty and goes to the age of 30. Mostly it affects women and is due to family history.
