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What is Epilepsy By Jessica Becherer
By CPR St. Louis at July 4, 2014 | 10:01 am | 0 Comment
Epilepsy is a disorder that affects the central nervous system. When the activity of the nerve cells in a person’s brain is disturbed a seizure can result. The severity of a seizure varies from person to person depending on which area of the brain is affected. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: more...
Answers About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Emilie Arl
By CPR St. Louis at July 3, 2014 | 7:16 am | 0 Comment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord that progress over time. This disease causes motor neurons that gradually break down and die. Motor neurons are important because they send impulses to the spinal cord which then sends the impulses to the rest of the body to tell it what it should do. Once the motor neurons die, more...
What is an Appendicitis by Anna Rosikhina
By CPR St. Louis at July 1, 2014 | 12:51 pm | 0 Comment
Appendicitis is the inflammation and swelling of the appendix. The appendix is a tube–shaped sac that is located at the end of the large intestine and one can feel it on the lower right side of the abdomen. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true more...
What is Asthma by Kristeel Suleiman
By CPR St. Louis at June 30, 2014 | 8:24 am | 0 Comment
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lung's bronchioles, in other words, the airways of the lungs. When asthma affects someone they call it an asthma attack, when someone has an attack they feel as though they cannot breathe. The person will start to have shortness of breath, their chest will start to tighten, and they will start to cough, and wheeze. The more...
