which condition is known as a silent killer?
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Why is hypertension called the silent killer? Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is called the “silent killer” because very, very few people know when their blood pressure goes up. When I tell somebody that they have high blood pressure for the first time they say, “I don’t understand. I’ve had low blood pressure my whole life.” Well, you do until you don’t.
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Causes Bell's Palsy: this condition is also known as idiopathic (cause unknown) facial paralysis and represents its most common cause. Recent evidence suggests that herpes simplex virus is the most likely agent behind Bell's palsy7. The incidence of this condition approaches 30 per 100,000 people.
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- Heart attacks are the number 1 killer in the US each year. Heart attack survival rates with modern treatment is above 90%. A silent heart attack is one in which there are no symptoms. Early warning signs of a heart attack include fatigue, jaw pain, and headache.
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- The Invisible Killer. Carbon monoxide, also known as CO, is called the Invisible Killer because it's a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas. More than 150 people in the Unites States die every year from accidental non-fire related CO poisoning associated with consumer products, including generators.
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- Interesting Medical Articles: 1  Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases. 2  Online Diagnosis. 3  Self Diagnosis Pitfalls. 4  Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis. 5  Research Your Symptoms. 6  Diseases & Medical Conditions. 7  Medical Diagnosis. [ 8 Full list of premium articles on symptoms, diseases, and diagnosis]
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High Blood Pressure â The Silent Killer High Blood Pressure is not known as the silent killer for nothing – it is a major risk factor for many dreaded medical conditions. Even a moderate raise in arterial blood pressure is associated with a shortened life expectancy. Hypertension, as mentioned above, puts your heart under continuous stress.
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informative speech It's one of the most common causes of heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pain, an irregular heartbeat, and hair loss. Also known as the silent killer, stress is the second leading cause of death among college students.
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Mentalis One of the movement disorders caused by the mentalis muscle is referred to as geniospasm, which causes uncontrollable tremors of the chin and lower lip. This is a harmless condition that usually begins in childhood and may occur due to genetic factors.
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Narcissists & The Silent Treatment Narcissists are fond of using the Silent Treatment as a cruel (but not unusual) punishment for you doing nothing wrong at all and, from experience, I can tell you that the affect of this method of passive-aggressive control is sheer torture.
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Provigil Heart disease is often called a “silent killer”. Your doctor may not diagnose the disease until you show signs of a heart attack or heart failure. Symptoms of heart disease vary depending on the specific condition. For example, if you have a heart arrhythmia, symptoms may include: a fast or slow heartbeat.
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Do You Need a Tetanus Shot? Tetanus, sometimes called lockjaw, is a rare disease caused by bacteria known as Clostridium tetani. A toxin produced by the bacteria affects the function of the nerves and leads to severe muscle spasms in the abdomen, neck, stomach, and extremities.
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What is Pyruvic Acid? The pyruvate can then be converted into acetyl-coenzyme A, which is necessary to start a series of reactions known as the Krebs cycle, also known as the citric acid cycle. In the Krebs cycle, oxygen is used to convert carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into carbon dioxide and water, generating energy in the process.
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Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.Approximately 90% to 95% of infections cause no symptoms.oliomyelitis has existed for thousands of years, with depictions of the disease in ancient art. The disease was first recognized as a distinct condition by Michael Underwood in 1789 and the virus that causes it was first identified in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner.
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The 5 Most Terrifying Diseases That Doctors Can't Explain It's not the first act of a horror movie, but a real, baffling disease that had doctors puzzled at the beginning of the 20th century. It's called encephalitis lethargica, or the sleeping sickness, and it struck the world as an epidemic just after the Spanish flu died down.
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Werdnig Hoffman Disease Werdnig-Hoffman disease, which is also known as spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1) or acute spinal muscular atrophy, refers to individuals who have symptom onset prior to 6 months of age. SMA 2 patients will show symptoms prior to age 1 year, will sit but never walk.
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- the most common lethal genetic disease in the united states is an important technique that helps provide insight into interesting genetic questions at the molecular level such as reasons for hairless dogs is called
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"Why High Blood Pressure is a ""Silent Killer""" There’s a reason it’s often called the “silent killer”. Most of the time, high blood pressure (HBP or hypertension) has no obvious symptoms to indicate that something’s wrong. The best ways to protect yourself are being aware of the risks and making changes that matter. High blood pressure often has no signs or symptoms.
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Symptoms of Chlamydia Chlamydia is known as a silent disease because three quarters of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms. The infection is frequently not diagnosed or treated until complications develop. In women, the bacteria initially attack the cervix (opening to the uterus) and the urethra (urine canal).
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- An acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw, and caused by the toxin of the bacillus Clostridium tetani, which typically infects the body through a deep wound. Also called lockjaw. 2.
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Serial Murder This case spawned many legends concerning serial murder and the killers who commit it. In the 1970s and 1980s serial murder cases such as the Green River Killer, Ted Bundy, and BTK sparked a renewed public interest in serial murder, which blossomed in the 1990s after the release of films such as Silence of the Lambs.
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Reduce the Ravages of Stress Silent inflammation is a direct result of excess production of pro-inflammatory eicosanoids. In an effort to shut down these eicosanoids, your body’s primary hormonal defense mechanism is to secrete more cortisol. Unfortunately, cortisol is too powerful for its own good.
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Human Physiology/Print Version A Dr. Ozgen Dogan , Cardiology (Cardiovascular Disease), answered. Some people aren't aware that they have high blood pressure because there really are no symptoms. That's why it's called the silent killer. For example, despite what many people believe, headache is not a sign of high blood pressure.
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Werdnig-Hoffmann disease  (SMA1) Type I spinal muscular atrophy (also called Werdnig-Hoffman disease) is a severe form of the disorder that is evident at birth or within the first few months of life. Affected infants are developmentally delayed; most are unable to support their head or sit unassisted.MA-LED and the late-onset form of spinal muscular atrophy caused by VAPB gene mutations are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of the altered gene in each cell is sufficient to cause the disorder. X-linked spinal muscular atrophy is inherited in an X-linked pattern.
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immobility At the root of the hysterical fear of premature burial was the fact that physicians recognized, and patients suffered, a number of peculiar conditions characterized by immobility and insensibility, and known variously as trance, catalepsy, cataplexy, and suspended animation.
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Why is hypertension called the silent killer? Hypertension is called the silent killer because most patients with high blood pressure have no symptoms to alert them to the elevated pressure. But over time, high blood pressure increases the risk of serious problems such as stroke, congestive heart failure, heart attack, and kidney failure.
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Night Terrors In Adults: When Sleeping Turns To Terror After Dark Night Terrors Exposed. The rare sleep disorder goes by many names: night terrors, sleep terrors, pavor nocturnus, or AXIS I: 307.46 (The DSM’s code). It remains a medical mystery. What medical researchers do know is that night terrors are caused by an over-arousal of the central nervous system (CNS) during sleep.