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Hypotonia is a state of low muscle tone [1] (the amount of tension or resistance to stretch in a muscle), often involving reduced muscle strength. Hypotonia is not a specific medical disorder, but a potential manifestation of many different diseases and disorders that affect motor nerve control by the brain or muscle strength.
This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...
Developmental regression is when a child who has reached a certain developmental stage begins to lose previously acquired milestones. [1] It differs from global developmental delay in that a child experiencing developmental delay is either not reaching developmental milestones or not progressing to new developmental milestones, while a child experiencing developmental regression will lose ...
In children, compensation can result in an artificially high blood pressure despite hypovolemia (a decrease in blood volume). Children typically are able to compensate (maintain blood pressure despite hypovolemia) for a longer period than adults, but deteriorate rapidly and severely once they are unable to compensate ( decompensate ). [ 14 ]
Most affected children will need intensive care. [7] All affected children have persistent fever. [7] Other clinical features vary. [14] The first symptoms often include acute abdominal pain with diarrhoea or vomiting. [7] Muscle pain and general tiredness are frequent, [7] and low blood pressure is also common. [15]
The loss of the developing fetus prior to 20 weeks of pregnancy. [37] Common causes may be related to chromosomal abnormalities (abnormal genetic makeup) of the fetus but can also include ectopic pregnancy, maternal age, and other factors. [39] Stillbirth. The loss of the developing fetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Over 1 in 5 Americans are providing care to those who are ill, aged, and/or disabled. [3] Over 13 million caregivers provide care for their own children as well. Caregiver syndrome is acute when caring for an individual with behavioral difficulties, such as: fecal incontinence , memory issues, sleep problems, wandering , impulse control ...