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Sexual activity for the first time may set the stage for an associated asthma attack or may aggravate pre-existing asthma. Intense emotional stimuli during sexual intercourse can lead to autonomic imbalance with parasympathetic over-reactivity, releasing mast cell mediators that can provoke postcoital asthma and / or rhinitis in these patients.
Venous leak, also called venogenic erectile dysfunction and penile venous insufficiency, is one category of vasculogenic impotence — a cause of erectile dysfunction in males. [2] It affects all ages, being particularly awkward in young men. [ 3 ]
Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.
Diseases are also common causes of erectile dysfunction. Diseases such as cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, kidney failure, vascular disease, and spinal cord injury can cause erectile dysfunction. [10] Cardiovascular disease can decrease blood flow to penile tissues, making it difficult to develop or maintain an erection.
In addition to a "hard flaccid" penis, patients may also experience erectile dysfunction (difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection; painful or tight erections; penis does not fill up completely when getting an erection; no morning erections; no nocturnal erections; no spontaneous erections; painful nocturnal erections), sensory changes ...
Prostaglandin E 1 (PGE 1) is a naturally occurring prostaglandin and is also used as a medication (alprostadil). [2]In infants with congenital heart defects, it is delivered by slow injection into a vein to open the ductus arteriosus until surgery can be carried out. [3]
The WHO has released spreadsheets that can be used to link and convert ICD-10 codes to those of the ICD-11. They can be downloaded from the ICD-11 MMS browser. [26] In 2017, SNOMED International announced plans to release a SNOMED CT to ICD-11 MMS map. [27] The ICD-11 Foundation, and consequently the MMS, are updated annually, similarly to the ...
Microvascular angina is a chronic long term condition which increases the risk of heart attack and other cardiac events such as heart failure and frequent hospital admissions. The treatment consists of drugs, mainly to relieve chest pain, but a very important part of the treatment is regularly visiting the doctor and repeating the tests to make ...