Cardiovascular wellness focuses on plaque reduction, managing arrhythmias like AFib, and recognizing emergency signs of heart failure or infarction.
Vasoconstrictor drugs cause contraction of muscle cells in the walls of blood vessels, narrowing their internal diameter and raising blood pressure. This effect makes these medications useful for the treatment of low blood pressure, typically in an intensive care or surgical setting.
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Fluid balance in the human body requires the coordinated function of multiple body systems. The cardiovascular and urinary systems prove particularly important in regulating the distribution of water between the bloodstream and the body tissues.
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People frequently use their hands when telling a story. Your feet sometimes have a story to tell as well, revealing a medical problem that might otherwise go unrecognized.
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Disease pathology encompasses the causes, processes and changes in body organs and tissues that occur with human illness.
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Epistaxis is the medical term for a nosebleed. Although temporary nasal drying or irritation causes most nosebleeds, frequent spontaneous epistaxis can be a symptom of underlying disease. Physical examination, blood tests and diagnostic imaging help determine the abnormality or disease causing a bloody nose.
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The bacterium Enterococcus faecalis is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine. In other body locations, however, Enterococcus faecalis can cause serious infections. The urinary tract, heart, bloodstream, abdominal cavity and skin wounds are common sites of Enterococcus faecalis infections.
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Blood ammonia comes primarily from the bacterial breakdown of unabsorbed dietary protein in the intestine. Intestinal ammonia passes into the bloodstream and travels to the liver, which converts ammonia into urea. Urea subsequently passes from the body through the urine.
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