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Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder arising from a problem in the inner ear. [3] Symptoms are repeated, brief periods of vertigo with movement, characterized by a spinning sensation upon changes in the position of the head. [1] This can occur with turning in bed or changing position. [3]
Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders.
In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation (also known as terminal sedation, continuous deep sedation, or sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient) is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of a sedative ...
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Those who are dying may lose their ability to swallow and may have increased production of bronchial secretions, resulting in such an accumulation. [3] Usually, two or three days earlier, symptoms of approaching death can be observed, such as saliva accumulating in the throat, difficulty taking even a spoonful of water, shortness of breath ...
Albama authorities are searching for a 1-year-old boy whose months-long disappearance only came to light after members of his family were killed in a car crash.
Courtesy of Kate Porter "Nighttime is when things start to flare up a bit more, and I just get nervous." As night falls, fear takes hold. Despite debilitating exhaustion and fatigue, many patients ...
Here are four of the most common overlooked reasons that can lead to misdiagnosis of your knee pain - causing it to linger and not go away: 1. You’re focusing on knee strength over mobility