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Circulatory System.
Circulatory System Condition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anemia | is a symptom rather than a disease in itself. It indicates a shortage of red blood cells, hemoglobin,or both. Symptoms of anemia include pallor, shortness of breath, fatigue, and poor resistance to emia |
| Anemia | of breath, fatigue, and poor resistance to cold. Other symptoms may accompany specific varieties of anemia. Massage: Indicated |
| Hematoma | is a deep bruise (leakage of blood) between muscle sheaths or in other soft tissues. Superficial...are simple bruises. Deep bleeds may not be visible, but they are painful, and if extensive bleeding has |
| Hematoma | occurred, a characteristic gel-like feel develops in the affected tissue. Massage: Locally Contraindicated |
| Hemophilia | is a genetic disorder in which certain clot-ting factors in the blood are either insufficient or missing altogether. It can cause superficial bleeding that persists for longer than normal, |
| Hemophilia | or internal bleeding into joint cavities or between muscle sheaths with little or no provocation. Massage: Indicated |
| Leukemia | is a collection of blood disorders character-ized by production of nonfunctioning white blood cells in bone marrow. Different types have slightly different profiles, but all varieties include signs brought about by |
| Leukemia | interference with the production of normal blood cells: anemia, bruising, bleeding, and low resistance to infection. Massage: Indicated |
| Myeloma | is a type of blood cancer that specifically affects B cells in bone marrow. The earliest sign of myeloma is usually bone pain associated with damage from growing tumors. Other signs can include low red blood cell count, low numbers of functioning white |
| Myeloma | cells, kidney damage, andthe presence of indicator proteins in the urine. Massage: Indicated |
| Aneurysm | is a bulge or outpouching in a vein, anartery, or the heart. They usually occur in the thoracic or abdominal aorta or in the arteries at the base of the brain. Symptoms are determined by their location. Thoracic aneurysm may cause chronic hoarseness; |
| Aneurysm | abdominal aneurysms may cause local discomfort, reduced urine output, or severe backache.Cerebral aneurysms may be silent or may cause extreme headache when they are at very high risk for rupture.Massage: Contraindicated |
| Atherosclerosis | is a condition in which the arteries become inelastic and brittle as a result of the development of plaques. It has no symptoms until it is far advanced. However, it is connected to several other types of circulatory problems, including hypertension, |
| Atherosclerosis | arrhythmia, aneurysm, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease. Massage: Indicated |
| Hypertension | is the technical term for high blood pressure. High blood pressure has no dependable symptoms.The only way to identify it is by taking several blood pressure measurements over time. Massage: Indicated |
| Raynaud syndrome | is defined by episodes of vasospasm of the arterioles, usually in fingers and toes and occasionally in the nose, ears, and lips. Affected areas go through marked color changes of white, or ashy gray for dark-skinned people, to blue to red. Attacks can |
| Raynaud syndrome | last for less than a minute or several hours. Numbness and/or tingling may follow during recovery. Massage: Indicated |
| Varicose veins | are distended veins, usually in the legs,caused by venous insufficiency and retrograde flow ofblood that should be moving against gravity. They are ropy, slightly bluish, elevated veins that twist and turn out of their usual course. They are most common |
| Varicose veins | in branches of the great saphenous veins on the medial side of the calf, although they are also found on the posterior aspects of the calf and thigh. Massage:Locally Contraindicated |
| Heart Attack | Or myocardial infarction, is damage to the myocardium caused by a sudden obstruction in blood flow through the coronary arteries, which results in permanent myocardial damage. Symptoms of most heart attacks include a sensation of pressure on the chest, |
| Heart Attack | spreading pain, lightheadedness, dizziness, and nausea. Sometimes symptoms vary, and occasionally a heart attack may occur with no symptoms at all. Massage:Contraindicated |
| Malaria | is an infection of the blood with one of four parasites that invade erythrocytes. It is spread through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria protozoa typically gestate for 1 to 3 weeks before causing symptoms, although it can take longer. When they |
| Malaria | appear, symptoms include extreme fluctu-ations of fever and chills along with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Anemia and jaundice develop when red blood cells are destroyed. The most serious form can invade |
| Malaria | the brain and cause liver and kidney failure, coma, and death. Massage: Contraindicated |
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