Smoking is the act of inhaling and then exhaling the smoke of burning tobacco via cigarettes, pipes, cigars, and hookah. People who are addicted to smoking are vulnerable to developing a wide range of conditions, some of which can be life-threatening, including long-term cases of cough and cold, severe respiratory diseases and infections, cancer, cardiovascular… Continue reading How does Smoking Affect- Your Body, Heart, Respiratory System
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Trigeminy
Trigeminy is irregular heart beat or arrhythmia comprising of a repetitive series of 2 normal heart beats and 1 premature beat. With regards to ECG activity readings, trigeminy refers to a rhythm wherein every third heart beat is ectopic, i.e. starting from some other area and not the sinus node. Without qualification, trigeminy often means… Continue reading Trigeminy
Transient Idiopathic Arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmia is a medical condition which occurs when the cardiac electrical impulses regulating the heartbeats do not work properly, thereby causing the heart to beat too slow, or too fast, or irregularly. Transient idiopathic arrhythmia refers to arrhythmiawhich occurs spontaneously and then disappears just as suddenly. Transient idiopathic arrhythmia is typically not serious. It… Continue reading Transient Idiopathic Arrhythmia