Circulatory System
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ANEURISM
This is a local dilatation of an artery. A local tumor. Treatment. Absolute rest, restrict fluids. There is always danger from rupture. ... ANGINA PECTORIS
True angina, which is a rare disease, is characterized by paroxysms of agonizing pain in the region of the heart, extending into the arms and neck. In violent attacks there is the sensation of impending death. Usually during the exertion and excitement,... AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY OR INCOMPETENCY
The valves are not doing their work thoroughly. Symptoms. They are often long absent; headache, dizziness, faintness, flashes of light, difficult breathing, and palpitation on exertion, and pain in the heart region may occur early. The pain may be du... ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
A localized or diffused thickness of the inner coat and then of the other coats of the arteries. Arteries look lumpy and are crooked, dilated with stiff, thin or calcified walls. All coats, especially the middle, show degeneration. It usually comes in l... CHRONIC ENDOCARDITIS
Usually occurs in persons under middle age. Generally follows acute endocarditis. It may be caused by syphilis, alcoholism, gout, and prolonged over-exertion. The edges of the valve become thickened and then the thickened parts separate and cannot meet ... CHRONIC VALVULAR DISEASE
Results of valve lesions. Narrowing of a valve causes increased difficulty in emptying the chamber of the heart behind it. Insufficiency of a valve allows the return of the blood through the valve during the dilation of a chamber, thus increasing the am... ENDOCARDITIS
Inflammation of the lining of the heart chiefly confined to the valves; it may be acute or chronic. Simple Kind, Cause. Occurs at all ages, but most often in children and young adults. It most frequently comes with acute rheumatism, chorea, tonsiliti... FATTY HEART
This occurs often in old age, prolonged, infectious, wasting disease, anemia, alcoholism, poisoning by phosphorus and arsenic. ... HEART DISEASE, Emergency Treatment
For collapse or fainting, loosen clothing, lie down, rub camphor on forehead, and keep quiet. To Revive When Fainting. Smell of camphor or aromatic spirits of ammonia. Put one to two teaspoonfuls of whisky or brandy in eight teaspoonfuls of hot water... HEART FAILURE
The pulse may be slow and weak or fast and weak. Digitalis. Give five drops of the tincture in a little water. Another dose can be given in fifteen minutes. Then another in an hour, if necessary. ... MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY OR INCOMPETENCY
This is the most common valvular disease. The segments of the valve may be shortened and deformed. There is often stenosis (narrowing) caused by this deformity. The effects are regurgitation, flowing back of blood from the left ventricle into the left ... MITRAL STENOSIS
This is the narrowing of the valve opening. It is most common in young persons, chiefly females. The narrowing of the valve opening may be due to thickening or hardening of the valve segments, adhesion of their edges, thickening and contraction of the t... MYOCARDITIS
This is an inflammation of the muscle substance of the heart. It may be acute or chronic. Causes. Endocarditis and pericarditis in the course of rheumatism; acute fevers like typhoid, etc.; clots lodging in the heart arteries, coming from diseases su... NARROWING (Aortic Stenosis)
Caused by chronic endocarditis, etc. Their valve segments are usually adherent to each other by their margins and are thickened and distorted. Symptoms. When compensation is gone, diminished blood in the brain causes dizziness and faintness. ... PALPITATION OF THE HEART
Irregular or forcible heart beat action usually perceived by the person troubled. Causes. Hysteria, nervous exhaustion, violent emotions or sexual excesses; overdose of tea and coffee: alcohol or tobacco. Symptoms. There may be only a sensation of ... PERICARDITIS
This is an inflammation of the pericardium, the sac containing the heart. Primary or First Causes. They refer in this disease to a peculiar constitution. Children that have a tuberculous constitution are more liable to this disease. Acute rheumatism ... PHLEBITIS, INFLAMMATION OF THE VEINS
Causes. Some irritation of the vein, as a puncture or any other injury accompanied by infection. Symptoms. Pain and tenderness along the course of the vein with discolored skin and acute swelling (watery) below the obstruction. Pulse rapid, high temp... PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT FOR VARICOSE VEINS
Palliative. Remove the cause if possible. Treat the heart and lung troubles. Remove the pelvic tumors. In pregnancy, the woman afflicted with this trouble should not be much on her feet, but should remain lying down in bed as much as possible. This pos... The Heart
The heart is the central organ of the entire system and consists of a hollow muscle; by its contraction the blood is pumped to all parts of the body through a complicated series of tubes, termed arteries. The arteries undergo enormous ramifications (bra... TRICUSPID (VALVE) INSUFFICIENCY
Cause. Usually due to dilatation of the right ventricle in mitral disease or with lung emphysema or other obstruction to the lungs' circulation. ... TRICUSPID STENOSIS (NARROWING)
Rare except in cases from the time of birth. Recovery from the valvular disease, depends upon the degree of compensation maintained and is best when this is acquired spontaneously. This is to be judged by the heart action. The prognosis is poor in c... VARICOSE VEINS (Varix)
This term means an enlarged, elongated, tortuous, knotty condition of the veins. The term "varicose veins" is restricted in general use to the veins of the extremities, and especially those belonging to the lower extremity. The disease begins with a slo...