Neurogenic occurs when there is damage to the central nervous, which is composed of the brain and the spinal cord, resulting to damage in the nerves of the autonomic nervous system (elsewhere in the body). It is considered to be a type of distributive shock, a type of shock that is caused by the poor […]
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A rotator cuff tear is an injury that occurs when the tendons of the muscles in the shoulder is torn. Repetitive stress on the shoulder muscles incites inflammation and the formation of microruptures that may eventually lead to a full tear. Moreover, the bursa in the shoulder, which is a lubricating sac that allows free
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Golfer’s elbow is a form of tendinitis that is very similar to a tennis elbow injury, or lateral epicondylitis, as both have the same presenting symptom of elbow pain. The main difference lies at the location of the pain as people with golfer’s elbow complain of pain at the medial or inside aspect of the
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Athletes with tennis elbow usually present with pain and tenderness in the outside aspect of the elbow and in the upper forearm muscles. The symptoms are thought to be due to the inflammation from a tear in the tendon of the forearm muscle as it attaches to the bony prominence at the outside aspect of
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A third degree burn are also called as full thickness burns and are said to be the worst kinds of burns as they result to most damage to the skin. The skin has two layers: the epidermis (outer layer) and dermis (inner layer), where the nerves and capillaries are located. Beneath the dermis is a
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Prevalence of Anorexia Nervosa is around 0.6% of the US population and is more commonly seen in teenage females wherein consciousness on body image is at its peak. It involves the perception of being fat even when the person is very thin in reality that may eventually result to ill effects on the body. In
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As opposed to an ischemic stroke where a blood clot forms and blocks the arteries in the brain, a hemorrhagic stroke happens when there is a weakening of a blood vessel in the brain that eventually ruptures open causing blood to spill into or around the brain. The increased fluid in the brain then leads
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Foreign Body Airway Obstruction or commonly known as choking occurs when a person’s airways are blocked off by a food or other objects. This can be partial or complete blockage causing difficulty in breathing or prevents a person to breath effectively. Most of the time, the blocking object can be expectorated or coughed out by
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Tornadoes are considered to be the most violent of all atmospheric storms. It is described as a rotating column of air that is in contact with the grounds of the earth and the base of a thunderstorm. It is typically more difficult to see because of the invisibility of the wind, however, when a condensation
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Photokeratitis is an acute eye condition that occurs after too much exposure of ultraviolet rays to the eyes, thus it is also called ultraviolet keratitis or simply UV keratitis. Specifically, photokeratitis is the inflammation of the cornea of the eye, causing damage. It is likened to a sunburn of the highly sensitive skin-like tissues of
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