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  2. Cold shock response - Wikipedia

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    The cold water can cause heart attack due to severe vasoconstriction, [2] where the heart has to work harder to pump the same volume of blood throughout the arteries. For people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease , the additional workload can result in myocardial infarction and/or acute heart failure , which ultimately may lead to a ...

  3. Can you really die from a hickey? - AOL

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    Hickey Causes Stroke, Kills 17-year-old Teen ... If a clot forms or becomes lodged in an artery, it can cut off blood flow to the heart or part of the brain, causing a heart attack or a stroke.

  4. Diving reflex - Wikipedia

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    Diving reflex in a human baby. The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the basic homeostatic reflexes, and is found in all air-breathing vertebrates studied to date.

  5. Hickey - Wikipedia

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    A hickey, hickie, or sometimes referred to as a love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by biting or sucking the skin of a person, usually on their neck, arm, or earlobe. [ citation needed ] While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superficial blood vessels under the skin to ...

  6. How Do You Get Rid of a Hickey Fast? Asking for a Friend... - AOL

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    A hickey is bruise on your skin that occurs when the pressure from someone's lips damages your blood vessels, which causes them to leak, says dermatologist Naana Boakye, MD. This results in a ...

  7. How to Get Rid of a Hickey as Fast as Possible - AOL

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    A hickey is a bruise caused by sucking or biting the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Hickeys happen when small blood vessels rupture and leak blood under the skin’s surface.

  8. All The Best Ways To Make Your Hickey Disappear Faster - AOL

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    A hickey takes a few days to heal, depending on the severity of the bruise. In the meantime, prepare to see all the colors of the rainbow reflected on your neck.

  9. List of signs and symptoms of diving disorders - Wikipedia

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    Although AGE may occur as a result of other causes, it is most often secondary to PBT. AGE is the second most common cause of death while diving (drowning being the most common stated cause of death). Gas bubbles within the arterial circulation can block the supply of blood to any part of the body, including the brain, and can therefore ...