Stretch syncope

Stretch syncope

Stretch syncope is a condition wherein a person experiences fainting while stretching the upper limbs upward with the spine extended, or with bending of the neck all the way backwards.

Stretch Syncope (fainting) has may different causes. But it is difficult to know when syncope means a serious problem, such as a seizure disorder, is present and further investigation is necessary.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Aortic valve stenosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I35.0, I06.0, Q23.0 …   Wikipedia

  • cardiovascular disease — Introduction       any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …   Universalium

  • Heat wave — A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave;cite journal |last=Meehl |first=George A. |coauthors=Tebaldi, Claudia |title=More Intense,… …   Wikipedia

  • Schatzki ring — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Endoscopic image of Schatzki ring, seen in the esophagus with the gastro esophageal junction in the background. DiseasesDB = 31504 ICD10 = ICD10|K|22|2|k|20, ICD10|Q|39|3|q|38 ICD9 = ICD9|530.3,… …   Wikipedia

  • Urination — Manneken Pis, bronze sculpture in Brussels, Belgium Urination, also known as micturition, voiding, peeing, weeing, pissing, and more rarely, emiction, is the ejection of urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the… …   Wikipedia

  • dō- : dǝ-, also dō-u- : dǝu- : du- —     dō : dǝ , also dō u : dǝu : du     English meaning: to give     Deutsche Übersetzung: “geben”     Grammatical information: (perfective) Aoristwurzel with secondary present di dō mi.     Material: O.Ind. dá dü ti (Aor. á dü m, Opt. dēyüm,… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • Hypoxia (medical) — Hypoxia ICD 9 799.02 MeSH D000860 Hypoxia, or hypoxiation, is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate ox …   Wikipedia

  • Dialect continuum — Linguistics …   Wikipedia

  • Oxygen toxicity — Classification and external resources In 1942–43 the UK Government carried out extensive testing for oxygen toxicity in divers. The chamber is pressurised with air to 3.7  …   Wikipedia

  • Effects of high altitude on humans — Climbing Mount Rainier. The effects of high altitude on humans are considerable. The percentage saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen determines the content of oxygen in our blood. After the human body reaches around 2,100 m (7,000 feet) above sea …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”