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  2. Convulsion - Wikipedia

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    A simple febrile seizure is generalized, occurs singularly, and lasts less than 15 minutes. [19] A complex febrile seizure can be focused in an area of the body, occur more than once, and lasts for more than 15 minutes. [19] Febrile seizures affect 2–4% of children in the United States and Western Europe. It is the most common childhood ...

  3. Eclampsia - Wikipedia

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    Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions) in a woman with pre-eclampsia. [1] Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that presents with three main features: new onset of high blood pressure, large amounts of protein in the urine or other organ dysfunction, and edema.

  4. Heart - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew Bible, the word for heart, lev, is used in these meanings, as the seat of emotion, the mind, and referring to the anatomical organ. It is also connected in function and symbolism to the stomach. [107] An important part of the concept of the soul in Ancient Egyptian religion was thought to be the heart, or ib.

  5. Cardiac physiology - Wikipedia

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    Cardiac physiology or heart function is the study of healthy, unimpaired function of the heart: involving blood flow; myocardium structure; the electrical conduction system of the heart; the cardiac cycle and cardiac output and how these interact and depend on one another.

  6. Syndromes affecting the heart - Wikipedia

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    Seizure; Eye (Microphthalmia, Cataract) Alagille syndrome: genetic (Autosomal dominant inheritance: loss of function mutations in either JAG1 or NOTCH2) Congenital heart problems e.g. pulmonary artery stenosis (common), Tetralogy of Fallot, overriding aorta, ventricular septal defect; and right ventricular hypertrophy.

  7. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrates, the circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the body. [1] [2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and Latin vascula meaning vessels).

  8. Cardiovascular physiology - Wikipedia

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    Under most circumstances, the body attempts to maintain a steady mean arterial pressure. [2] When there is a major and immediate decrease (such as that due to hemorrhage or standing up), the body can increase the following: Heart rate; Total peripheral resistance (primarily due to vasoconstriction of arteries) Inotropic state

  9. Epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. [10] An epileptic seizure is the clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive, and synchronized electrical discharge in the neurons. [1]