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  2. Dizziness - Wikipedia

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    Presyncope describes lightheadedness or feeling faint; the name relates to syncope, which is actually fainting. Disequilibrium is the sensation of being off balance and is most often characterized by frequent falls in a specific direction. This condition is not often associated with nausea or vomiting. Non-specific dizziness may be psychiatric ...

  3. Lightheadedness - Wikipedia

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    If any of these serious disorders are present, the individual will usually have additional symptoms such as chest pain, a feeling of a racing heart, loss of speech or a change in vision. Many people, especially as they age, experience lightheadedness if they arise too quickly from a lying or seated position.

  4. Syncope (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms include deep and fast respiration, weak and slow pulse, and respiratory pauses that may last for 60 seconds. Subclavian steal syndrome arises from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis (narrowing) and/or occlusion of the subclavian artery. [ 9 ]

  5. Balance disorder - Wikipedia

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    Presyncope is a feeling of lightheadedness or simply feeling faint. Syncope, by contrast, is actually fainting. Syncope, by contrast, is actually fainting. A circulatory system deficiency, such as low blood pressure, can contribute to a feeling of dizziness when one suddenly stands up.

  6. Inappropriate sinus tachycardia - Wikipedia

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    IST symptoms include palpitations, chest discomfort, exhaustion, shortness of breath, presyncope, and syncope. [1] While sinus tachycardia is very common and is the most common type of tachycardia, it is rare to be diagnosed with inappropriate sinus tachycardia as an independent symptom that is not part of a larger condition. Although somewhat ...

  7. What is an 'incompetent cervix?' Why experts want women to ...

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    While cervical insufficiency does mean a higher risk for preterm birth and pregnancy loss, it doesn't mean a woman won't be able to carry a pregnancy to full-term and deliver close to their due date.

  8. Subclavian steal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Presyncope (sensation that one is about to faint). Syncope (fainting). Neurologic deficits. Blood pressure differential between the arms. Severe memory problems. Hands showing circulation problems (hands can have blotchy patches of red and white) (associated with other stigmata of vascular disease (e.g. vascular insufficiency ulcers of the ...

  9. Mom Spent 6 Days in Coma After Welcoming Triplets, Then ... - AOL

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    Moments after Marisa Christie gave birth to three healthy baby girls last year, she experienced a rare and life-threatening complication and was put into a medically induced coma When she woke up ...