Look up tetany in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tetany or tetanic seizure is a medical sign consisting of the involuntary contraction of muscles, which...
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Grass tetany also called the staggers , is a metabolic disease involving magnesium deficiency, which can occur in such ruminant livestock as beef cattle...
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Trousseau sign of latent tetany is a medical sign observed in patients with low calcium. From 1 to 4 percent of normal patients will test positive for...
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respiratory alkalosis (an alkaline blood pH). The Trousseau sign of latent tetany is another sign of decreased calcium in blood where muscles in the hand...
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Transport tetany is a disease that occurs in cows and ewes after the stress of prolonged transport in crowded, hot and poorly ventilated vehicles. It is...
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generalized tetany (unrelieved and strong contractions of the hands, and in the large muscles of the rest of the body) are seen. Latent tetany Trousseau...
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breathing hyperventilation syndrome, cryptotetany, spasmophilia, latent tetany, and central neuronal hyper excitability syndrome (NHS), is a respiratory...
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calcium in the blood, often causing cramping and twitching of muscles or tetany (involuntary muscle contraction), and several other symptoms. It is a very...
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Signs and symptoms of respiratory alkalosis are as follows: Palpitation Tetany Convulsion Sweating Respiratory alkalosis may be produced as a result of...
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associated with carcinomas of the lung and pancreas Trousseau sign of latent tetany, a sign of hypocalcemia Truso, an ancient town in East Prussia This disambiguation...
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Veterinary Medicine (5th ed.). London: Baillière Tindall. pp. 841–847 (Lactation Tetany). ISBN 0-7020-0718-8. Look up photosensitivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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muscular tetany. William G. MacCallum in 1908, investigating tumours of the parathyroid, proposed their role in calcium metabolism. He noted that "Tetany occurs...
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triad of hypoparathyroidism (with episodes of hypocalcemia, hypocalcemic tetany and hypocalcemic seizures), severe intellectual disability and dysmorphism...
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medicine. Both are attributed to Armand Trousseau: Trousseau sign of latent tetany Trousseau sign of malignancy (aka migratory thrombophlebitis) This disambiguation...
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Historically, the term trismus was used to describe the early effects of tetany, also called "lockjaw". "Trismus – The Oral Cancer Foundation". Retrieved...
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H. (2010). "Coat colour dilution lethal ('lavender foal a'): Syndrome tetany syndrome of Arabian foals". Equine Veterinary Education. 17 (5): 260–263...
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common symptoms of hyperventilation—pins and needles, muscle cramps and tetany in the extremities, especially hands and feet.[citation needed] Because...
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pathologic process. On the mild part of the spectrum, cramps, spasms, and even tetany are often temporary and nonsevere. On the moderate to severe parts of the...
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causes sudden, powerful, and painful contractions of muscle groups, called tetany. These episodes can cause fractures and muscle tears. Other symptoms include...
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Balinese ritual. Myoclonus Generalized tonic–clonic seizure Stretch reflex Tetany Tetanic contractions Hilder, Joseph M.; Zev W. Rymer (September 1999). "A...
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heat exhaustion, heat syncope, heat edema, heat cramps, heat rash, heat tetany. Prevention includes avoiding medications that can increase the risk of...
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medicine include Trousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau–Lallemand bodies (an archaic synonym for Bence Jones proteins)...
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around noon of the next day. The cause of death was believed to be either tetany or spasmophilia; however, at the time of her death an autopsy was carried...
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rigid. Patients can have pain secondary to uterine contractions, uterine tetany or localized uterine tenderness. Signs can also be due to abruptio placentae...
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myopathies. Common symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, stiffness, and tetany.[citation needed] Myopathies in systemic disease results from several different...
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features of hypocalcaemia including carpo-pedal muscular spasms, cramping, tetany, and if the calcium deficit is severe, generalized seizures. IQ is typically...
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Railroad sickness may refer to: Transport tetany in livestock Motion sickness in humans de:Eisenbahnkrankheit, an obsolete 19th century diagnosis of "railroad...
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hypocalcemia. Symptoms of hypocalcemia include (but are not limited to): tetany paresthesias muscle cramps muscle weakness sudden changes in mental status...
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inactivated until the end plate potential is restored to baseline levels. Tetany in evoked stimulus, as defined in Morgan & Mikhail's Clinical Anesthesiology...
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atherosclerotic plaques, heart attack, stroke Macrominerals Calcium Osteoporosis, tetany, carpopedal spasm, laryngospasm, cardiac arrhythmias Fatigue, depression...
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