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    Syncope, commonly known as fainting or passing out, is a loss of consciousness and muscle strength characterized by a fast onset, short duration, and...
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    Reflex syncope is a brief loss of consciousness due to a neurologically induced drop in blood pressure and/or a decrease in heart rate. Before an affected...
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  • Britannica article "Syncope". Syncope may refer to: Syncope (medicine), also known as fainting Syncope (phonology), the loss of one or more sounds, particularly...
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    Heat syncope is fainting or dizziness as a result of overheating (syncope is the medical term for fainting). It is a type of heat illness. The basic symptom...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Faint or Fainting may refer to: Syncope (medicine), a medical term for fainting Lightheadedness, in the sense of "feeling...
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  • Laughter-induced syncope is an unusual but recognized form of situational syncope (fainting) likely to have a similar pathophysiological origin to tussive syncope. One...
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    Unknown Origin Section 3: Nervous System Dysfunction Chapter 18: Syncope (medicine) Chapter 19: Dizziness and Vertigo Chapter 20: Fatigue Chapter 21:...
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  • Internal medicine, also known as general internal medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention...
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    cataracts, vasovagal syncope, and neuroscience. Strokes are described in extensive detail in Book 3 of the Canon of Medicine. First, two causes of stroke...
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  • electrical sensation shoots down back & into arms) loss of consciousness Syncope (medicine) (R55) neck stiffness opisthotonus paralysis and paresis paresthesia...
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