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… perfusion scan measures the amount of blood in your heart muscle at rest and after it has been stressed. It is often … are not getting enough blood or to find out how much heart muscle has been damaged from the heart attack. During the … . The tracer travels through the blood and into the heart muscle. As the tracer moves through the heart muscle, areas …
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… swallowing Gastrointestinal (stomach) : nausea, pain or cramps, vomiting, diarrhea Cardiovascular (heart) : paler … that something bad is about to happen), headache, uterine cramps, metallic taste A severe reaction can take place … swallowing Gastrointestinal (stomach) : nausea, pain or cramps, vomiting, diarrhea Cardiovascular (heart) : paler …
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… symptoms can make them worse. Anxiety may cause the smooth muscle in the prostate and the muscles at the opening of the bladder to stay tense and not relax. If these muscles do not relax, urination will be difficult. Take …
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… endurance. Strength training activities . These make your muscles work against, or "resist," something. Examples … push-ups. These activities help tone and strengthen your muscles and bones. Stretches . These let you move your joints and muscles through their full range of motion. Stretching helps …
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… . Urine is made by the kidneys and stored in a sac made of muscle, called the urinary bladder . A tube called the … to the outside of the body. Around this tube is a ring of muscles called the urinary sphincter. As the bladder fills … shut while the bladder stays relaxed. The nerves and muscles work together to prevent urine from leaking out of …
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… bah-RAY") is a problem with your nervous system . It causes muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, and numbness or tingling … hands and feet and sometimes around the mouth and lips. Muscle weakness in your legs and arms and the sides of your … or tingling in the fingers and toes. Over several days, muscle weakness in the legs and arms develops. After about 4 …
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… Overview Increasing your core stability means making the muscles of your trunk stronger to keep your spine and body … Breathe with your diaphragm . The diaphragm is the large muscle that helps move air in and out of your lungs. Find … The therapist can make sure you're using the right muscles and breathing properly during the exercises. They …
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… and proteins that are linked with injury of the heart muscle. The test checks for the proteins troponin I (TnI) and troponin T (TnT). If your heart muscle is injured, such as from a heart attack , troponin proteins leak out of damaged heart muscle cells, and their levels in the bloodstream rise. The …
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… Tracking Disorder: Exercises Actionset Overview The thigh muscles (quadriceps) help keep the kneecap (patella) stable … Exercises to increase flexibility and to strengthen the muscles around the hip can also help. Patience and … during some exercises to help you learn to contract certain muscles, especially the inner muscle of your quadriceps. …
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… palsy? Bell's palsy is a paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of your face. Damage to the facial nerve that controls muscles on one side of the face causes that side of your … In most cases of Bell's palsy, the nerve that controls muscles on one side of the face is damaged by inflammation. …
