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Spinal Stenosis Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Spinal stenosis? Spinal stenosis is abnormal narrowing of one or more areas in your spine and everyone will experience low back pain. It may occur in the center o your spine most often in your lower back and neck. About 75% cases are occurring in the lower back which can cause pain along the back of the leg. Stenosis affects equally men and women, most common over 50 years old. Mostly adult people are affected. Types of spinal stenosis include: Lumbar stenosis : Lumbar stenosis is narrowing of the spinal nerve roots which compress the lower back or choked. It may affect younger person due to developmental causes. It can produce numbness or weakness in to the legs and buttocks. Foraminal stenosis : Nerve root leave the canal through a hole in the side of the spinal canal called the lateral foramen. Foraminal is common result of disc degeneration. Other causes of neural foraminal are arthritis, chronic meningitis, osteoarthritis and tumors. Central stenosis : Central stenosis is...

Cardiogenic Shock Causes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Cardiogenic shock? Cardiogenic shock is a condition in which the heart has been damaged and heart suddenly unable to supply enough blood to meet your body's requirement. This shock decreased pumping ability of the heart. Cardiogenic shock is a complication of variety chronic and acute disorders, it is based upon an inadequate circulation of blood. Most often cardiogenic shock is caused by a severe heart attack which leads to death from oxygen starvation. It is very dangerous for health. Causes of Cardiogenic : Cardiogenic shock occurs when your heart can't pump enough blood. Cardiogenic shock is caused due to damage of the heart muscles by a heart attack. It happens when your heart's main pumping chamber is damages due to lack of oxygen. Cardiogenic is one type of shock other type include vasodilatory (VAZ-oh-DILE-ah-tor-e) shock and hypovolemic (hy-po...

Trauma Disorder Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Trauma? Trauma is a disorder psychic or behavioral state resulting from physical injury, mental or emotional stress. A traumatic event for one person is a challenge to another person. The trauma effects of major events as kidnapping, rape, war, abuse, accident, life-threatening illness or natural disaster. There are two types of trauma: Mental Trauma : Medical Stress includes painful feelings or frightening thoughts and response to serious injury. Emotional Symptoms include anger, irritability, confusion, fear or anxiety, feeling sad and hopeless. Physical Trauma : Physical Trauma cause physical pain or injury. Physical symptoms include insomnia, pain, aches, and fatigue or muscle tension. Some time traumatic injuries cause of death. But the right treatment helps and support families to recover from this disease. Physical and emotional trauma can cause stressful event. Trauma can be affected to anyone whether it is children, women, men or someone has almost died or may suff...

Anasarca Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Anasarca is a medical condition referred to a person who experiences generalized edema. Anasarca is a general swelling throughout the body, considered a massive edema due to effusion of fluid in to the extracellular space. There may be other type edema occurring simultaneously, other organs and cavities also affected by edema. Anasarca is different condition than a slight swelling mostly occurs in the feet. Anasarca is very common in patients with kidney failure and heart failure. Usually anasarca indicates severe illness and may often be seen in the serious condition. Usually it is caused by cirrhosis of the liver or renal failure and increase over a short period of time. To manage the swelling treatment will be seen by doctor. Causes of Aanasarca : There are some medical conditions which leads to swelling include. There are different causes which affect both men and women: Eclampsia / Pre-eclampsia Liver failure due to cirrhosis leads to a variety of other complications Kidney dise...

Amnesia Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Amnesia? Amnesia is a condition resulting in loss of memory because of brain hemorrhage. It can be last for two hours, two months or few hours for a long time. Many people have amnesia in the form of a transitory "blackout”. Amnesia may also involve a total loss of memory about the period or event. In severe cases, people not only loss his past memory but also have painful event, period of time and his or her identity. Person who has amnesia lives only with present no collection of the past. This loss of memory occurs due to some brain hemorrhage, head injury, stroke, psychological experience or a result of disease such as trauma or stress. Some common types of amnesia are: Anterograde Amnesia : In this condition the person short term memory is impacted due to injury to the head which causes brain trauma. Retrograde Amnesia : In this condition memory loss for events before brain hemorrhage. Lacunar amnesia : This type of amnesia create blockage in your mind. Transient Glo...

Quadriplegic Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Quadriplegic? Quadriplegic is a form of the motor disorder means the part of spinal cord inside the neck has been injured and injured spinal cord result in loss of sensation and function of the bladder and bowel. Quadriplegic is a paralysis affected both legs and arms in which arm and leg movements are difficult and stiff. Persons are unable to perform functions such as gripping an object, walking or moving positions more challenging. Quadriplegia refers to the paralysis ( About Paralysis ) of four limbs. Paraplegia ( About Paraplegia ) is similar Quadriplegia but not affect to arms. Causes of Quadriplegia : Quadriplegia may be caused by injuries, spine, brain, mostly to the spinal cord, damage to the cervical spinal cord segments and neck. These causes impact on varying different section in the body like arms and legs. There are two types of cause Quadriplegia like: Traumatic causes have many factors include traffic accidents, Domestic accidents, sport related injuries, co...

Hypovolemic Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

What is Hypovolemic? Hypovolemic shock is a surgical or emergency condition in which rapid fluid loss and severe blood result in multiple organ failures. hypovolemic shock refers to a condition in which heart unable to pump enough blood to the body. In this condition many organs is stop working. Causes of Hypovolemic shock : Main cause is losing 1/5 or more amount of blood in your body. • Blood Can loss due to many reasons: • Bleeding from injuries • Internal bleeding • Bleeding from cuts Blood circulating in body may drop many other body fluids which happen with • Diarrhea ( About Diarrhea ) • Vomiting • Excessive perspiration • Burns Symptoms of Hypovolemic shock : The most common symptom is shortness of breath. Some Symptoms will include: • Decrease in blood pressure ( About Blood pressure ) • Pallor of the skin • Increased resting heart rate • Agitation or Anxiety ( About Anxiety ) • Increase in respiratory rate • Sweating is increased • Unconsciousness • Rapid Breathing • Genera...