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What is Irregular Heart Rhythm?

An irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia is not the same as an irregular heart rate. These two conditions do not necessarily occur together. The normal heart rate is 50 to 100 beats ...
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What Is BLS? Basic Life Support

BLS means Basic Life Support: BLS is certification that you can get from a relatively short training course that is required by many health professionals to help revive resuscitate ...
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What is ACLS? Advanced Cardiac Life Support

ACLS or Advanced Cardiac Life Support is actually a protocol for handling patients who are experiencing serious medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest. This protocol is all about ...
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What Are Premature Ventricular Contractions? (PVC) Symptoms & Treatment

What are premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)? They are a common cause of irregular heart rhythms. A heartbeat is created by an electrical signal that originated in an area of ...
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What Is Syphilis? Symptoms And An Effective Treatment For Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease. The syphilis is a result of a bacterial infection of the genital tract by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It can be passed from one person ...
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What Is Streptococcus? Group A – Group B

Streptococcus is a Gram- positive bacterium. The streptococcus bacteria belong in a genius of coccus bacteria, it is a chained bacteria and it is in the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) ...
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What Is Herpes? Symptoms & Treatment Of Herpes

Herpes is a virus that causes eruption of small blister like vesicles on the skin or mucous membranes, especially herpes simplex or herpes zoster. The group of viral diseases caused ...
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What Is ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram?

What Is ECG/EKG Electro-cardiogram? An electrocardiogram or EKG, ECG is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. The electrocardiogram can translate ...
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What Is Bronchial Asthma? Symptoms And Treatments

When someone talks about the term bronchial asthma, he/she is probably talking about a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that can cause night attacks of coughing, wheezing, ...
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What Is Atrial Flutter?

Atrial Flutter is a common abnormal heart rhythm. Atrial Flutter is very similar to atrial fibrillation. In most cases the atrial fibrillation is considered as the most common abnormal ...