When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Seal finger - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_finger

    Seal finger was first described scientifically in 1907. [4] [5] It can cause cellulitis, joint inflammation, and swelling of the bone marrow; untreated, the course of "seal finger" is slow and results often in thickened contracted joint. [3] Historically, seal finger was treated by amputation of the affected digits once they became unusable.

  3. Lazarus syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_syndrome

    Lazarus syndrome (the Lazarus heart), also known as autoresuscitation after failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, [1] is the spontaneous return of a normal cardiac rhythm after failed attempts at resuscitation. It is also used to refer to the spontaneous return of cardiac activity after the patient has been pronounced dead. [2]

  4. Myocardial scarring - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_scarring

    A myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, often result in the formation of fibrosis. [2] A myocardial infarction is an ischemic event, or a restriction of blood flow to body tissue, such as by atherothrombosis. [4] Without blood flow to the myocardium, it is deprived of oxygen, causing tissue death and irreversible damage. [5]

  5. ‘Seal finger’ warning over infection if bitten by sea mammal

    www.aol.com/seal-finger-warning-over-infection...

    The seals can live for as many as 35 years in the wild while dealing with predators like orcas and larger leopard seals. They survive on fish, squid, and other smaller prey to survive.

  6. 'Nasty' blood infection warning if bitten by seal - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/nasty-blood-infection-warning...

    The animals' teeth are coated in necrotic bacteria which could result in a "seal finger" infection. 'Nasty' blood infection warning if bitten by seal Skip to main content

  7. Scar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scar

    For example, scars in the skin are less resistant to ultraviolet radiation, and sweat glands and hair follicles do not grow back within scar tissues. [2] A myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, causes scar formation in the heart muscle, which leads to loss of muscular power and possibly heart failure .

  8. Nail clubbing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_clubbing

    Nail clubbing, also known as digital clubbing or clubbing, is a deformity of the finger or toe nails associated with a number of diseases, anomalies and defects, some congenital, mostly of the heart and lungs. [2] [3] When it occurs together with joint effusions, joint pains, and abnormal skin and bone growth it is known as hypertrophic ...

  9. 'Humbled': 'Supernatural' star Mark Sheppard reveals he had ...

    www.aol.com/news/humbled-supernatural-star-mark...

    The widowmaker isn’t always fatal, but a blockage in the LAD can cause the heart to stop beating, and to vibrate frantically in what’s called fibrillation. Prompt use of a defibrillator can ...