Essays Tagged: "sudden interruption"

CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) aka Stroke.

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), more commonly known as a stroke, is a sudden interruption of blood flow in a vessel that supplies the brain. Strokes are the third leading ... osterior cerebral artery would affect the occipital lobe (Tyrer 161-162).Symptoms of stroke include sudden weakness or numbness of face, arm or leg, loss or dimming of vision, difficult or slurred spe ...

(2 pages) 101 0 2.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Frostbite

t usually occurs in cold weather); more severe cases may result in a dangerous gangrene (which is a sudden interruption of blood flow such as due to burns, freezing, injury or a blood clot). Free circ ...

(1 pages) 17 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases