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  2. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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    A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.

  3. Cold shock response - Wikipedia

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    The cold water can cause heart attack due to severe vasoconstriction, [2] where the heart has to work harder to pump the same volume of blood throughout the arteries. For people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease , the additional workload can result in myocardial infarction and/or acute heart failure , which ultimately may lead to a ...

  4. Coprolalia - Wikipedia

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    Coprolalia (/ ˌ k ɒ p r ə ˈ l eɪ l i ə / KOP-rə-LAY-lee-ə) is involuntary swearing or the involuntary utterance of obscene words or socially inappropriate and derogatory remarks. The word comes from the Greek κόπρος ( kópros ), meaning "dung, feces ", and λαλιά ( laliā́ ) "speech", from λαλεῖν ( laleîn ) "to talk".

  5. Klazomania - Wikipedia

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    The shouting can be accompanied by other symptoms, such as oculogyric crises or other involuntary movements. [2] The presentation of klazomania has been compared to temporal lobe epilepsy, although the two can be distinguished by the duration of the attack and the fact that the patient experiencing klazomania appears to retain consciousness. [2]

  6. Heart attacks spike every Christmas. How cold weather, big ...

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... sudden fatigue or shortness of breath, a cold sweat, rapid or irregular heartbeat and pain or numbness in an arm, your back ...

  7. Goose bumps - Wikipedia

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    Goose bumps can be experienced in the presence of flash-cold temperatures, for example being in a cold environment, and the skin being able to re-balance its surface temperature quickly. The stimulus of cold surroundings causes the tiny muscles (arrector pili muscle) attached to each hair follicle to contract. This contraction causes the hair ...

  8. Why is sitting for too long bad for your health? What new ...

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    “Smartwatches, which track movement, steps, flights of stairs, heart rate, heart rate variability, etc., have been a valuable tool,” Serwer says. They can also remind you to get up every hour.

  9. Phil Collins reveals health issue, 'shock' of being unable to ...

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    For Phil Collins, decades of rock stardom have not come without a cost.. In "Phil Collins: Drummer First," a new documentary released Wednesday, the musician opened up about the health toll of ...