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Causes: Hypotension, hypoglycaemia, arrhythmia, anaemia, hypokalaemia, thrombosis, water intoxication, dehydration: Risk factors: Poor dietary or diabetic management, genetic predisposition to cardiac arrhythmia: Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms. Some thrombotic pre-syncope may be indicated by a troponin serum level. Treatment: Dependent on ...
Although strikes in the NHS remained rare, changes in everyday industrial relations were more profound. The NHS saw a significant expansion in the number of workplace representatives in this period, sometimes forcing managers to consider the views of sections of the workforce, like the ancillary staff, who they had long ignored. This sometimes ...
The logo of the NHS for England. Criticism of the National Health Service (England) includes issues such as access, waiting lists, healthcare coverage, and various scandals. The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded health care system of England , created under the National Health Service Act 1946 by the post-war Labour ...
A sinus infection can cause facial pressure and pain, as well as nasal congestion and headaches, which are also known as heavy-headedness. [citation needed] New users to specific drugs can cause heavy-headedness. Chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) can be related to heavy-headedness. Nausea and vomiting can cause
Many conditions cause dizziness because multiple parts of the body are required for maintaining balance including the inner ear, eyes, muscles, skeleton, and the nervous system. [7] Thus dizziness can be caused by a variety of problems and may reflect a focal process (such as one affecting balance or coordination ) or a diffuse one (such as a ...
Eagle syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, [1] styloid syndrome, [2] stylalgia, [3] styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, [2] or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) [4] is an uncommon condition commonly characterized but not limited to sudden, sharp nerve-like pain in the jaw bone and joint, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, triggered by swallowing, moving the jaw, or turning the neck. [1]
NHS England, formerly the NHS Commissioning Board for England, is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care. It oversees the budget, planning, delivery and day-to-day operation of the commissioning side of the National Health Service in England as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 . [ 3 ]
One possible cause of Harlequin syndrome is a lesion to the preganglionic or postganglionic cervical sympathetic fibers and parasympathetic neurons of the ciliary ganglion. [7] It is also believed that torsion (twisting) of the thoracic spine can cause blockage of the anterior radicular artery leading to Harlequin syndrome. [ 8 ]