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Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes an impairment of the myocardium (heart muscle), which can result in heart failure. [1][5] People with TIC may have symptoms associated with heart failure (e.g. shortness of breath or ankle ...
A tic is a sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] It is typically brief and may resemble a normal behavioral characteristic or gesture. [ 4 ] Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching.
Tourette syndrome (abbreviated as Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence, characterized by the presence of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic, which characteristically wax and wane. Tourette's syndrome occurs along a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient ...
The left and right eye see different, seemingly random, dot patterns; a person viewing through both eyes sees a combination of both left and right visual field disturbances. While seeing the phenomenon, lightly pressing inward on the sides of the eyeballs at the lateral canthus causes the movement to stop being fluid and the dots to move only ...
Right now, we are supporting Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's unprovoked aggression," Harris said. "Donald Trump, if he were president, Putin would be sitting in Kyiv right now.
Coprolalia is an occasional characteristic of tic disorders, in particular Tourette syndrome, although it is not required for a diagnosis of Tourette's and only about 10% of Tourette's patients exhibit coprolalia. [2] It is not unique to tic disorders; it may also presents itself as a neurological disorder. [3] [4]
Palilalia (from the Greek πάλιν (pálin) meaning "again" and λαλιά (laliá) meaning "speech" or "to talk"), [ 1 ] a complex tic, is a language disorder characterized by the involuntary repetition of syllables, words, or phrases. It has features resembling other complex tics such as echolalia or coprolalia, but, unlike other aphasias ...
The worst-case scenario is identity theft. 2. Pop-up ads constantly warning you that “your system is infected with a virus or malware”—and that their service will save you. A pop-up ad like ...