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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by Thomson Gale on April 15, 2006. The length of the article is 627 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Evidence backs tensing exercises for syncope.(Cardiovascular Medicine)(vasovagal syncope)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 15, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 36Issue: 8Page: 20(1)

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This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by International Medical News Group on July 1, 2009. The length of the article is 747 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: FDA strengthens syncope warning on Gardasil label.(INFECTIOUS DISEASES)
Author: Michele G. Sullivan
Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2009
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 40Issue: 7Page: 32(1)

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1899Original Publisher: MaclehoseSubjects: Raynaud's diseaseNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: ETIOLOGY.Mr. Hutchinson l has given us the following list of the local effects of exposure to cold :Pallor (emptiness of arterial and venous capillaries);Brick-red congestion (fulness of arterial and venous capillaries);Plaice spots -- lighter spots occasionally scattered over the brick-red skin (unexplained);Cyanosis (weakness of venules, usually associated with contraction of arteries);Sclerosis (induration of skin with pale marbling);Sphacelus (sloughing from arterial constriction);Onychitis and arthritis;Chilblain and other forms of inflammation. Certain of these conditions constitute the essential phenomena of Raynaud's disease.Some light is thrown upon this subject by a consideration of what takes place in ordinary frost-bite. The freedom with which the ether spray can be used for the production of local anaesthesia shows that the skin can be actually frozen without serious consequences, if this condition be not kept up for more than a minute or 'No. 86, p. 86.so. But if the skin is exposed to a very low temperature for a prolonged period harm will result. There is first contraction of all the unstriped muscle of the part, so that the arterioles are narrowed until, it may be, their lumen is obliterated. Consequently, the arterial blood supply is cut off, and the part becomes shrunken and pale, or " dead." Since no warm blood reaches it, it now freezes readily if the exposure be continued, and if this persist still longer, necrosis of the part will take place, and thereafter, even if warmth be applied, the circulation ... ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This text documents syncope, a sudden loss of consciousness, looking at differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment. As many elderly people suffer falls as a result of syncope, it should be useful for professionals in the fields of geriatrics, cardiology and neurology. ... Read more