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… to 30 seconds of a seizure, the entire body stiffens as the muscles contract. The back and neck arch. The woman may cry … difficulty breathing. During the next 30 to 45 seconds, the muscles jerk, or convulse, in a rhythmic pattern. While the muscles are jerking, the woman may bite her tongue or lose …
Medical tests
… 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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… 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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… 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 …
Medical tests
… 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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… 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. …
Medications
… (such as alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants, and opioid pain relievers (such as … (such as alprazolam, clonazepam, diazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants, and opioid pain relievers (such as …
Medications
… sleep or anxiety (such as alprazolam, diazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants (such as carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine), or … sleep or anxiety (such as alprazolam, diazepam, zolpidem), muscle relaxants (such as carisoprodol, cyclobenzaprine), or …
Medications
… body to theophylline. Theophylline works by relaxing the muscles around the airways so that they open up and you can … body to theophylline. Theophylline works by relaxing the muscles around the airways so that they open up and you can …
Medications
… fainting symptoms of a high potassium blood level (such as muscle weakness, slow/irregular heartbeat) Although … fainting symptoms of a high potassium blood level (such as muscle weakness, slow/irregular heartbeat) Although …
