Essays on Fainting

Heart disease, otherwise known as coronary artery disease, is a name given to a side array of conditions that impact the heart. These disease include arrhythmias, congenital heart defects, and. At times, heart disease has been called cardiovascular disease as if the two refer to the same issue. While they both involved the heart and human body, they are not the same. Heart disease refers to the aforementioned issues, among others, while cardiovascular disease refers to blocked, clogged, or narrowing blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease can often lead to an angina, a heart attack, general chest pain, or even a ...

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Blood pressure refers to the force exerted by the blood on the walls of the artery. Measuring the blood pressure is done in mmHg or millimeters of mercury and is given by two numbers. The number on the top shows the maximum pressure that is exerted by the heart while beating also known as systolic pressure. The bottom number shows the quantity of pressure in the arteries between heartbeats also known as the diastolic pressure. The difference that occurs between the top number and the lower one is referred to as the pulse pressure. Heart rate is ...

Vasovagal syncope is a condition that results in fainting mostly experienced by healthy people. The condition would be due to a fainting spell or response to an unpleasant trigger. It tends to occur when the heart rate or blood pressure reduce significantly. The low blood pressure could be due to a body reaction to a certain trigger such as the sight of blood or other extreme emotional distress. The Low blood pressure leads to reduced blood flow to the brain and subsequently ends in a brief loss of consciousness. The loss of consciousness attributable to the lack of blood flow is preceded by loss ...

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Anorexia nervosa is an increasingly serious eating disorder characterized by a patient’s preoccupation with weight loss, which motivates them to engage in such actions as skipping meals, engaging in extreme physical activity to lose weight and using diet pills among others. It is a psychiatric disease which is increasingly common, partly due to the way the current society glamorizes thinness, leading many young women to get anxious at the thought of gaining weight. The health condition affects virtually people of all demographic segments, but young women are arguably the main culprits as research has shown (Ruth et al. 2003, p. ...

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Inferno is a terminology in Italy, which connotes Hell. Dante Alighieri uses this allegory in the form of an epic poem of the 14th century. The poet, Dante, narrates his ordeals as he maneuvers through hell in an effort to reach a certain solace. The chief references in the story circumnavigates between the guides of Virgil. The allegories of the allures determine nine circles of pain and suffering established within the global earthly expanse. The poem and its ordeals are allegorical in the representation of the soul and its journey to God. The inferno in the poem is reminiscent of a cognizant ...

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Vaso vagal episode is also known as the vaso vagal response. In other terms it can also mean vaso vagal attack or even neurocardiogenic syncope. Basically it is a depression that occurs in the vagus nerve that would lead to a situation that is called syncope or can we call it fainting? For this reason it is also known as the vasovagal syncope. However, there are different types of the vasovagal syncope and are generally known by the name vasovagal syncope as the umbrella name. In these vaso vagal episodes, there common thing that ties them together is the central tenet ...