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To fully understand the differences between type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure, we must first start with some simple basics of human physiology

Choking happens when something—food or another item—is caught in the back of the throat. If the object (or food) blocks the top of the trachea a person may be unable to breathe

A wound in medicine refers to a particular type of injury, characterised by the traumatic disruption of one or more external or internal tissues of the body, caused by external agents of various kinds acting in different ways

Stress is not good for health in general, and is associated with problems such as hypertension, fatigue and depression

Bipolar disorders (formerly called manic-depressive syndrome) are a group of psychiatric disorders characterised by comprising the two extremes of alternating mood disorders: depression and mania (or a less severe form called hypomania)

Properly dressing a wound is one of the most basic first aid techniques there is. The process remains unchanged regardless of the size or severity of the injury. Whether it's a child's skinned knee or a gunshot wound, the tenets of wound…

Epilepsy is a clinical manifestation characterised by sudden phenomena with generalised seizures due to an abnormal electrical discharge that is prolonged, affecting groups of nerve cells in both the cerebral cortex and the trunk

When a bone suffers a fracture, under physiological conditions a biological repair process begins, which over time leads to the formation of 'bone callus'.

Bronchial asthma is an obstructive lung disease characterised by the presence of diffuse bronchospasm that, in many cases, appears in response to numerous types of stimuli

The word 'catatonia', pronounced with the accent on the I, derives from the Greek κατά 'under' and τόνος 'tone', and indicates a psychopathological syndrome with a dissociative basis, in which the subject's actions become almost completely…