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What is Heterochromia Iridis by Alexandra Adelman
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 11, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
The iris is an intricate part of the eye. Its job is to level out the amount of light that enters the pupil, acting as an aperture. Iris can be many colors such as shades of brown, green, blue, hazel, and sometimes even violet. Heterochromia iridis is when the iris color does not match the other eye's. The name is pretty self-evident; “hetero”, meaning different, more...
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How Common is Preeclampsia (Pregnancy) by Loretta Hughes
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 10, 2013 | 12:42 pm | 0 Comment
Preeclampsia is a disease that affects 5% to 8% of all pregnant women. This disease causes high blood pressure and high protein levels in the urine sometime after the 20th week. If left untreated the outcome for mother and baby can be deadly. Symptoms are shadowed by what may be regarded as normal pregnancy symptoms, from mild to severe and from slowly developing to more...
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What is Hemiparesis by Taylor Autry
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 8, 2013 | 7:45 am | 0 Comment
Hemiparesis is a disorder which impairs movement. This disorder refers to one-sided weakness. This disorder occurs in about 80% of people who have suffered a stroke. Hemiparesis causes weakness and possibly the complete inability to move one side of the body. Weakness can impact all of the limbs on the effected side of the body. Although hemiparesis is found very common more...
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What is Cellulitis by Dina Imsirevic
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 7, 2013 | 7:56 am | 0 Comment
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection that can occur on any part of the body but is most common on the lower legs. Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are the typical causes for Cellulitis. This infection may appear on the exterior side of one’s skin, but it may also extend and move into the bloodstream and lymph nodes. Orbital cellulitis and periorbital cellulitis more...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Amanda Whitehead
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 6, 2013 | 7:45 am | 0 Comment
The Carpal Tunnel is a passageway that surrounds the median nerve and tendons in our forearm, it consists of ligaments and bones at the bottom of our hands. The median nerve starts from the forearm and runs to the palms of our hands, it controls the feelings to the anatomical side of the fingers and impulses to the muscles in our hands that allow movement to occur. more...
