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Apoplexy====Also Known as: Stroke; fit, attack, heart attack, seizure, convulsion, paroxysm==It is bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms. The term formerly referred to what is now called a stroke, however, nowadays, health care professionals typically specify the type of apoplexy, such as cerebral, ovarian and pituitary apoplexy. From the late 14th to the late 19th centu...
A brain hemorrhage is a type of stroke that occurs in or around the brain. It's caused by an artery in the brain bursting and causing localized bleeding in the surrounding tissues. It is frequently uncontrolled bleeding in the brain. This bleeding kills brain cells. Brain hemorrhage is often labeled according to precisely where it occurs in the brain. In general, bleeding anywhere inside of ...
Stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), cerebrovascular insult (CVI), or brain attack, is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.=== * There are two main types of stroke: ischemic , due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic due to bleeding. They result in part of the brain not functioning properly. ** An ischemic stroke is typically caused by blockage of a blood ...
Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries, which are the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart beats, it forces blood through the arteries to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the rest of the body. The strength of the blood pushing against the artery walls is blood pressure, which is measured in units called millimeters of mercury...
Please add profiles to the specific disease or cause of death if you can.== Heart disease is a word used to describe many different conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. ==Types==1) There are many cardiovascular diseases involving the blood vessels. They are known as vascular diseases :* Coronary artery disease (also known as coronary heart disease and ischemic heart disease) also **...
Please add people who have died as a result of an aneurysm or a complication of one.==An aneurysm is an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by weakness in the arterial wall allowing it to widen abnormally or balloon out. Aneurysms may remain silent or rupture, causing serious problems and even death. Aneurysms can occur in any blood vessel, with particularly lethal examples incl...
Please do NOT add profiles to this project. Add them to the specific disease or cause of death.== See "Related Projects" or linked projects below. If a needed Neurological condition is not listed, please go to the following discussion: Cause of Death Projects needed??? Neurological disorders are diseases of the central and autonomic nervous systems -- brain, spine and the nerves that connect th...