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What is Tinnitus by Elizabeth Dare
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 16, 2012 | 9:06 am | 0 Comment
Tinnitus is a persistent sound, heard inside of one or both ears, for which there is no external source. For some sufferers, it sounds like chirping, while others hear clicking, whistling, hissing, roaring, or ringing. The sound may be a single tone or multiple tones, and it may remain constant or vary at random. The sound level may be anywhere from soft to more...
Metastatic Breast Cancer in Liver by Ogulbyabek Annayeva
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 15, 2012 | 9:37 am | 1 Comments
Metastatic breast cancer in the liver is breast cancer that has spread from its original site, which is the breast to the liver. The liver is the second most common area the breast cancer spreads to, the first being the bones. The breast cancer that matures where it first started in the breast is so-called the primary cancer. The place where it spreads to which is the more...
Lyme disease by Gina Bloomburg
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 27, 2012 | 4:43 pm | 0 Comment
Lyme disease affects approximately 16,000 people each year in the United States alone, as reported by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease was not known in the United States until 1977, when a group of children in Lyme, Connecticut were diagnosed with symptoms resembling arthritis, although there is some indication that it was discovered in more...
Hs and Ts for Cardiac Arrest | Hydrogen Ions, Acidosis | Nashville CPR
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 15, 2012 | 8:10 pm | 1 Comments
CPR Nashville Brings You the Hs and Ts of Cardiac Arrest. Go here for Hypoxia. Hydrogen ion (acidosis) Metabolic Acidosis Defined: State of excess acid accumulation and deficient base bicarbonate. Symptoms are a result of the body's attempt to compensate for and correct the acidotic condition. Causes: anaerobic metabolism- lactic acid production, chronic alcoholism, more...
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What is Fungal Meningitis by Susan Berberich
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 14, 2012 | 8:12 am | 1 Comments
The central nervous system (CNS) consists of the brain and the spinal cord. Three connective tissue membranes called meninges cover and protect the CNS. Meningitis occurs when the meninges become infected and swell. Of the three types of meningitis, viral, bacterial and fungal, fungal is not contagious and is rarely the focus of any health news. As the name fungal more...
