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Pulsatile mass above umbilicus- abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a permanent localised dilation of the abdominal aorta and greater than 3cm. 95% of abdominal aortic aneurysm are due to atherosclerosis.Other aetiologies are inflammatory ( variant of atherosclerosis aneurysm ),...

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Medical symptom checker - Peritoneal signs / abdominal rigidity - General overview

Abdominal rigidity is one of the peritoneal signs . This hub will provides information about abdominal rigidity generally as well as the approach to this condition in emergency setting.

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Olive Leaf for Controlling Blood Pressure

Controlling blood pressure is important because it’s the number 1 culprit to the number 1 killer in the United States and olive leaf can lend a helping hand. Do you know what the number 1 killer is in the U.S. is? Well it’s heart disease also...

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Joe Biden's Life History - Surviving the Tragedies

Introduction Christened as Joseph Robinette, Joe Biden was born to Joseph Robinette Sr. and Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Finnegan on November 20, 1942. A first-born child in an Irish Catholic family, he has two brothers and one sister. Until the...

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Kawasaki disease/ Mucocutaneous lymph node Syndrome/ Infantile Polyarteritis nodosa

It’s a acute febrile vasculitis of childhood. Affecting six months to four years of age and the peak incidence towards the end of the first year. Vasculitis mainly affecting medium and large arteries with a...

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - A 15 Minute Test Can Save Your Life

You could be walking around with an abdominal aortic aneurysm about to burst, and not know it. There are no symptoms for this, the 4th biggest killer of men aged 65 and over, yet a simple 15 minute test can detect it and help save your life.

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Life In Play

A reflection on death drawn from a peculiar call on the job

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Hematoma from Head Injury

Head injury usually causes brain injury. This is most common in children and elderly. Head injury is the most common cause of death in young adults worldwide. Head trauma, insult, or any pathology can cause hemorrhage in the skull or in brain. Hemorrhage causes 15% of the strokes in US. Brain injury can have detrimental effect immediately, after days or even months. Injury to the brain does not only damage the function of the brain, it can affect the whole body including mobility.

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The Aneurysm Issue

I have other hubpages here, but this is my first one about aneurysms. I don't really know where to begin with this, so I guess the best thing is to begin at the beginning -- if that makes any sense. ...

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abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abdominal aortic aneurysm Description Abdominal aneurysm, an abnormal di­lation in the arterial wall, generally occurs in the aorta between the renal arteries and iliac branches. More than 50% of all...

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