Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Part one discussed barotrauma, symptoms of ear barotrauma and diagnosis… Part two continues with Decompression Sickness… Decompression Sickness DCS (Caisson Disease — “The Bends” — Decompression Illness) According to a report by Dr. E.D. Thalmann, DAN Assistant Medical Director, DCS describes a condition “that happens to your body
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Last year In the U.S, more than 3 million people participated in scuba diving, a sport that is enjoyed by both sexes in all age groups. Recreational scuba diving is popular and world- wide with more than 23 million scuba diver certifications issued in 2015. However, its growth
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board “More than 200,000 people visit a doctor each year for problems with their ability to taste,” according to the National Institute of Health (NIH). Below is information about Gustation, the sense of taste. Ten Facts The tongue has about ten thousand taste buds. They are not just on
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Dr. Chris Perzanowski Medical Advisory Board Cardiologist Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide. It is widely regarded as an important cause of embolic stroke, that is brain infarction (damage) resulting from thrombotic (clots) s howering the bloodstream as they break off from the heart. The state of ineffective atrial contractions (the two
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Taste and smell are connected in more ways than we realize. Eighty percent of what we taste is related to the sense of smell. There is virtually no flavor to food or beverages without the sense of smell. This article emphasizes the actions of the Olfactory nerve, i.e.
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board Our ancestors understood that certain foods or odors were dangerous and must be avoided. Today we still use the sensations of taste and smell as warning signals to avoid problems. Think of the mother who returns from shopping with her four y/o daughter, opens the door to her
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board A baby girl screams in pain as the plane is landing, while the passengers around her watch in empathy. Another says, “My ears feel blocked as if cotton is stuck in them.” Ear fullness, ear pressure, and pain are common complaints of airline travellers. For the ears to
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MD Medical Advisory Board We’ve been there. Check in at the airport, pick up our boarding passes at the check-in-counter, board the plane, spot our assigned seat and place the carry-on-luggage in the overhead compartment. We sit down and fasten our seat belts. The flight attendant reviews the safety precautions with us,
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Joseph R. Anticaglia MDMedical Advisory Board IN 2015, the Zika virus outbreak in Recife, Brazil made international headlines. The Brazilian Health Ministry and the World Health Organization rang the alarm bell because pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus were suspected of giving birth to children with birth defects, most notably, microcephaly. (1, 2) However,
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Joseph R. Anticaglia, MD “A sudden, sharp increase in babies with ‘no foreheads and very strange heads’ was baffling doctors in Brazil. That set off a search for answers that led to a little-known pathogen, the ZIKA virus.” — NY Times, February 6. 2016. The Zika virus, ZIKV, belongs to a group of viruses related
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