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A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking. [1] Because epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term convulsion is often used as a synonym for seizure. [1]
In neurourology, post-micturition convulsion syndrome (PMCS), also known informally as pee shivers or piss shivers, is the experience of shivering during or after urination. [1]
A higher occurrence is reported in people with irregular sleep schedules. [4] When they are particularly frequent and severe, hypnic jerks have been reported as a cause of sleep-onset insomnia. [3] Hypnic jerks are common physiological phenomena. [5] Around 70% of people experience them at least once in their lives with 10% experiencing them daily.
For all adults in the second quarter of 2024, at least 1 in 10 people (13%) reported using mental health counseling in the past year, up from a little over 12% in 2022.
Why do people get upset stomachs after going to the pool? “It’s not pool water that gets people sick, it’s the people hanging out at the pool,” Dr. Sharon Nachman, a professor of pediatric ...
Some people can deliberately evoke goose bumps in themselves without any external trigger. This is called "voluntarily generated piloerection." Further research is needed to discover more on such people. Goose bumps are accompanied by a specific physiological response pattern that is thought to indicate the emotional state of being moved. [15]
Exactly 10 years ago today, I published a commentary defending the decision to publish the contents of the Sony hack in Variety, the publication where I then served as co-editor-in-chief. Listen ...
Ultimately, they decide against it because they will get an erection. In the HBO series Six Feet Under the body of a man is shown being moved from a hospital bed to a gurney in the episode The Will. As the body is moved, a sheet falls off the body, and the man’s penis is exposed.