The disease that is characterized by episodic muscle weakness triggered by an autoimmune attack on the acetylcholine receptors is ___________________ ______ ___________________ ______.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Question 2
Your patient is a 3-year-old male who developed sudden stridor while playing with some of his 5-year-old cousin's toys. The patient is alert and anxious, producing stridor when he cries. His skin is pink and warm, and capillary refill is less than 2 seconds. Which of the following is appropriate in the management of this child?
A) Attempt a finger sweep to remove the foreign body from the child's airway.
B) Perform back blows and chest thrusts.
C) Perform abdominal thrusts.
D) Transport the child in a restrained car seat with his mother by his side.
Black flies are blood-sucking insects who vector disease, like River Blindness, while feeding on hum
Muscle contracture.
Inverse Relation Between IQ and Disease. Could this explain the Flynn effect?
The gaping hole in the destroyer USS Cole, in the port of Aden, Yemen, was the work of suicide bombe
Ischemic compression (i.e., direct pressure) to a trigger point in the trapezius muscle.
Testing the strength of the sternocleidomastoid muscle against resistance