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  2. Diseases of affluence - Wikipedia

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    Other risk factors include lack of physical activity, genetic predisposition, being over 45 years old, tobacco use, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. [16] In United States, the prevalence of obesity was 39.8% in adults and 18.5% in children and adolescents in 2015–2016. [ 25 ]

  3. Non-pharmacological intervention - Wikipedia

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    The first line of treatment for hypertension is lifestyle changes, including dietary changes, physical exercise, and weight loss. Although these have all been recommended in scientific advisories, [7] a Cochrane systematic review of available relevant studies found that although weigh-loss diets did reduce body weight and blood pressure, beneficial effects of those changes could not be ...

  4. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    One of the more frequently used treatment schedules is the US Navy Table 6, which provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy with a maximum pressure equivalent to 60 feet (18 m) of seawater (2.8 bar P O 2) for a total time under pressure of 288 minutes, of which 240 minutes are on oxygen and the balance are air breaks to minimise the possibility of ...

  5. Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy

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    Pressure on the nerves can cause tingling sensations, numbness, pain, weakness, muscle atrophy and even paralysis of the affected area. In normal individuals, these symptoms disappear quickly, but in sufferers of HNPP even a short period of pressure can cause the symptoms to occur. Palsies can last from minutes or days to weeks or even months ...

  6. Crush syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] It is a reperfusion injury that appears after the release of the crushing pressure. The mechanism is believed to be the release into the bloodstream of muscle breakdown products—notably myoglobin , potassium and phosphorus —that are the products of rhabdomyolysis (the breakdown of skeletal muscle damaged by ischemic conditions).

  7. Cachexia - Wikipedia

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    An example is the reduction in cachexia when a person has AIDS by highly active antiretroviral therapy. [29] Treating cachexia is further complicated by its unclear pathogenic drivers, making it difficult to utilize a single medication for treatment. [20]

  8. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    Definitive treatment – Medical treatment generally accepted as most appropriate for the condition. Deltoid muscle – is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the human shoulder . Anatomically, it appears to be made up of three distinct sets of fibers though electromyography suggests that it consists of at least seven groups that can be ...

  9. Syncope (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Low blood pressure and a fast heart rate after the event may indicate blood loss or dehydration, while low blood oxygen levels may be seen following the event in those with pulmonary embolism. [1] Routine broad panel laboratory testing detects abnormalities in <2–3% of results and is therefore not recommended.