A 38-year-old member asked:
what's "stinger" injury?
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Dr. Thomas Dowlinganswered
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 40 years experience
A type of neck issue: When your head is impacted a certain way it may actually irritate or momentarily compress a nerve leaving a sudden pain radiating down an arm.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What are the causes of testicular injury?
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Dr. Videh Mahajananswered
Internal Medicine 25 years experience
Testes.: Direct trauma or torsion.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
How can a reperfusion injury be lethal?
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Dr. Tracy Berganswered
General Surgery 32 years experience
Organ failure: Reperfusion injuries are rare, complex. Loss of blood flow comes with swelling and increased pressure in limb. The leg's fascial compartments can not expand. When blood flow is restored and compartments released, reperfusion occurs. The metabolic waste products previously trapped, now get out of the leg. These waste products can overwhelm the other organs, shutting them down.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Is reperfusion injury?
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Dr. Vasu Brownanswered
Integrative Medicine 34 years experience
Reperfusion injury: Reperfusion injury refers to tissue damage caused when blood supply returns to the tissue after a period of ischemia or lack of oxygen. The absence of oxygen and nutrients from blood during the ischemic period creates a condition in which the restoration of circulation results in leaking from blood vessel the substances that produce damage to tissue - the degraded enzymes create further damage.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Why does lethal reperfusion injury develop so rapidly?
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Dr. Vasu Brownanswered
Integrative Medicine 34 years experience
Blood flow restored: When the blood flow is restored to area that was hurt or damaged the blood vessel is not able to maintain its elasticity so the blood products leak and the damage occurs since the blood is in a place it should not be. New research points to cardiac death being secondary to reperfusion injury and research is being focused on this issue for future learing.
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Dr. Tracy Berg commented
General Surgery 32 years experience
If the blood flow is restored within a four hour window, tissue damage is minimized and reperfusion is less overwhelming.
Nov 6, 2012
Yuma, AZ
A male asked:
Describe the mechanism of injury (moi), for a burner and stinger injury
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Peter Ihleanswered
Orthopedic Surgery 54 years experience
Plexus stretch: The brachial plexus gets stretched. Head & neck go 1 way and shoulder &arm go the opposite way . The nerves don't like it & let u kno about their unhappiness in a big way.
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