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Why arrhythmias occur

A change in your heartbeat - whether it seems to skip a beat or it starts to beat faster or slower - can be very scary. But according to the National Institutes of Health, this type of change, called an arrhythmia (or dysrhythmia), is fairly...

Arrhythmias can be triggered by a heart attack or can just represent a primary catastrophic rhythm d

there are over 460,000 deaths from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year in the United States, about half of which occur suddenly. Your heart is a muscle that works like a pump. It is always pumping blood throughout the body, beating an a...

Coronary bypass surgery is also known as Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Coronary Artery Bypass G

Coronary bypass surgery is also known as Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). In this procedure, blood is rerouted around clogged arteries to improve blood flow and oxygen to the heart. During the surger...

Angioplasty is a procedure that is done to improve blood flow in the body's arteries

Angioplasty Angioplasty is a procedure that is done to improve blood flow in the body's arteries. Arteries can become narrowed and blocked due to buildup of a material called plaque on their inner walls. This narrowing reduces the flow of bl...

Sickle cell disease is a heredity disorder

Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease is a heredity disorder that occurs when a person gets a defective gene for hemoglobin from both parents. Hemoglobin is responsible carrying the oxygen in our red blood cells. Normal red blood cells hav...

Chronic pancreatitis occurs more often in men than in women

Chronic pancreatitis Chronic pancreatitis can start as an acute episode, becoming chronic, as the pancreas gets damaged and scarred. Sometimes the condition is already chronic when it is first diagnosed. the most common cause is excessive al...

Pancreatitis is an inflammation, or swelling

At one time or another, most of us have experienced stomach pains. Dull or sharp abdominal pains may come and go as we challenge ourselves with new foods or undergo periods of stress. Sometimes, though, stomach pain indicates a more serious...

Hepatitis E is spread through food

Hepatitis E Hepatitis E is spread through food or water contaminated by feces from an infected person. this disease is uncommon in the United States. This is, however, a common cause of acute hepatitis in underdeveloped areas of the world an...

HDV may be spread by exposure to contaminated blood products or needles and by sex with an infected

Hepatitis D Hepatitis D virus (HDV) was first described in 1977 in patients infected with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV). All of the hepatitis viruses attack the liver, causing inflammation. When HDV occurs in patients who already have chro...

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver

Hepatitis c Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. In Hepatitis C, the inflammation is caused by the hepatitis C virus. This type of hepatitis is spread by contact with the blood of an infected person. up to 85 percent of people exposed...

Hepatitis B is passed on by direct contact with blood or body fluids from an infected person

Hepatitis B One in 20 doesn't sound like much of a chance. But people buy lottery tickets that have a lot less chance, and everyday thousands gamble at casinos all over the country with worse odds, thinking they'll hit. The truth of the matt...

Hepatitis A is caused by the hepatitis A virus

Hepatitis A Digestive System Like other types of hepatitis, the A strain is a disease of the liver. it is one of the more easily transmitted of the liver diseases, and one of the easier to prevent. Hepatitis A is caused by the hepatitis A v...

Treatment & diagnosis of gallstones

Gallstones Symptoms diagnosis Symptoms of gallstones can sometimes be confused with the symptoms of other conditions. Some of the common symptoms: * recurring intolerance of fatty foods * colic * belching * gas * indigestion Some symptoms of...

Gallstones form when liquid stored in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone-like material

Gallstones Gallstones form when liquid stored in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone-like material. The liquid, called bile, is used to help the body digest fats. It is made in the liver , then stored in the gallbladder until the bo...

Diagnosis and treatment of cirrhosis

cirrhosis Symptoms In its early stages, cirrhosis often produces no symptoms. But over time, as liver function starts to fail, a person may experience fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, weakness and weight loss. Left unchecked, cirrhosis in...

conditions of liver disease

Diseases and conditions of liver disease There are a number of diseases and conditions that can damage the liver, or result from damage to the liver. They include: * Viral hepatitis - Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Several different...

Signs and symptoms of liver disease

Because of all that it does, a damaged liver can impact the rest of the body seriously. This can lead to a number of signs and symptoms. Not all of these may be present. In fact, some people with liver disease may have no symptoms. If sympt...

Your liver is crucial to your survival

The Liver Your liver is crucial to your survival. Without a functioning liver you will die. That's because the liver does many functions that are essential to life. Your liver is about the size of a football, weighs about three pounds and is...

Diagnosis and treatments of bladder cancer

Diagnosis and treatments If a patient has symptoms that suggest bladder cancer, the doctor may check general signs of health and may order lab tests. the person may have one or more of the following procedures: * Physical exam - The doctor f...

Risk factors and symptoms of bladder cancer

Bladder Cancer The bladder is part of the urinary system. Bladder cancer strikes an estimated 55 thousand people each year. It is the sixth most common cancer. Over 12,000 people die from the disease each year. It is three times more common...

Treatments of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer Treatments Once cancer of the pancreas is found, more tests will be done to find out if cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body. This is called staging. The doctor needs to know the stage of the disease to plan...

Symptoms and risk factors of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer The pancreas is found deep in the abdomen, behind the stomach. It is shaped like a flattened pear or a fish, wide at one end and narrow at the other. The 6 inch long organ does two jobs. It creates pancreatic juices that he...

symptoms of Lung Cancer

Causes and symptoms Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. for both men and women, according. that the rate of lung cancer has been dropping among men while the rate for women is increasing. According to the National I...

The lungs are part of the respiratory system

The lungs are part of the respiratory system. Our lungs let us take in oxygen, which is needed by all our cells. The lungs also expel the waste product carbon dioxide when we breathe out. Each lung has sections called lobes. A thin membrane...

Liver Cancer of Treatments

Treatments Once adult primary liver cancer is found, more tests will be done to find out if the cancer cells have spread to other parts of the body (staging). The following stages are used for liver cancer: Adult primary liver cancer * Local...

The liver is crucial to our survival

The liver is crucial to our survival. It performs a number of tasks that keep our body working correctly. It is unusual, in that it gets blood from two sources. Blood comes from the lungs bringing oxygen and from the intestine bringing nutri...

types of eye cancer

Eyesight depends on a complex series of interactions between the different parts of the eye and brain. There are three different categories of eye cancer, determined by what part of the eye they affect. The three major parts of the eye that...

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