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Body temperature

The temperature of the body in the armpit is considered normal if it is located between 36 and 37 ° C and varies within a day from a few tenths to 1 ° C. A noticeable decrease in it is observed rarely (general exhaustion of the body, heart failure, intoxication by some toxic substances, endocrine disorders).

Facial expression

The facial expression depends not only on the patient's mental state, but also on the coloring of the skin, the type of eyes, nose, lips, teeth, cheeks, and rashes that are associated with various cytological processes. At a number of diseases the person acquires a characteristic kind.

Fainting (loss of consciousness)

Most attacks of short-term loss of consciousness are associated with syncope (syncope) or, more rarely, epilepsy. When you leave this state, satisfactory or well-being returns quickly enough.

Comatose conditions

Comatose conditions occur with significant changes in the system of homeostasis, which is often caused by severe lesions of internal organs. The most commonly observed: uremic, hepatic, diabetic (ketoacidotic, hypoglycemic) coma, to whom with craniocerebral trauma (CCT) and alcoholic coma.

Impairment of consciousness

Consciousness is a complex philosophical concept used in a wide range of areas of knowledge (for example, legal, historical consciousness, etc.). In medicine, the concept of consciousness is one of the fundamental. The disturbance of consciousness is understood as a breakdown of the reflection of the environment, objects, phenomena and their connections, manifested by the total impossibility or impermanence of perception of the environment, disorientation in time, place, surrounding persons, self, incoherence of thinking.

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