Patients suffering from ailments such as gout or headache were directed to touch electric fish in the hope that the powerful jolt might cure them.

Patients suffering from vocal fold scar always complain about increased phonatory effort, vocal fatigue, breathlessness, dysphonia as well.

Patients suffering from homocystinuria have Marfan habitus, however, as an autosomal recessive disease it seems to fit better into Akhenaten's family tree-Akhenaten's parents, Amenhotep III and Tiye, were most probably healthy.

Patients suffering from this condition experience seasickness even when they get off the ship.

Patients who suffer from the burning mouth syndrome, most likely menopausal women, are often suffering from dysgeusia as well.

Patients suffering from vascular dementia present with cognitive impairment, acutely or subacutely, after an acute cerebrovascular event.

Patients suffering from anterograde amnesia may have either episodic, semantic, or both types of explicit memory impaired for events after the trauma that caused the amnesia.

Patients suffering from fibromyalgia often report unrefreshing sleep.

Patients suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria ( PNH ) appear to be especially at risk for Budd – Chiari syndrome, more than other forms of thrombophilia: up to 39 % develop venous thromboses and 12 % may acquire Budd-Chiari.

Patients who are suffering from coronary artery disease should avoid the use of SNRIs.

Patients who are suffering from Stein-Leventhal syndrome ( also referred to as polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS ) can also suffer from anovulation.

Patients suffering from pulseless VT or unstable VT are hemodynamically compromised and require immediate cardioversion.

Patients afflicted with chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease tend to have significantly worse prognoses than those suffering only from the latter.

Patients suffering from cancer that has not spread beyond the nipple and the surrounding area are often treated with breast-conserving surgery or lumpectomy.

</ br ></ br > Patients suffering from the disorder into their adulthood often have trouble being involved in daily activities such as eating, walking, dressing, as well as performing everyday tasks.

Patients suffering from this genetic condition have progressive nyctalopia and eventually their daytime vision may also be affected.

( Patients suffering from HIV / AIDS or Hepatitis C are usually excluded from this demand.

Patients with paroxysmal hypertension who test negative for phaeochromocytoma are said to be suffering from pseudophaechromocytoma, a disorder with no known cause.

Perhaps Kleinman's most influential work is Patients and healers in the context of culture ( 1980 ), a groundbreaking work of medical anthropology, followed by The Illness Narratives: suffering, healing, and the human condition ( 1988 ) and Social origins of distress and disease: depression, neurasthenia, and pain in modern China ( 1986 ).

Patients suffering traumatic brain injury experience profound disturbance of the basic functions of the cognitive, behavioral, emotional and intellectual systems.

Patients with catatonic excitement can suffer from exhaustion if not treated.

Patients may suffer from disorders of consciousness, or may need to be anesthetized for a surgical procedure.

Patients with CMT must avoid periods of prolonged immobility such as when recovering from a secondary injury as prolonged periods of limited mobility can drastically accelerate symptoms of CMT.

Patients with type 2 diabetes are often insulin resistant and, because of such resistance, may suffer from a " relative " insulin deficiency.

Patients may feel these symptoms in areas far from the actual site of damage, a phenomenon called referred pain.

Patients who recover from Wernicke ’ s aphasia report that, while aphasic, they found the speech of others to be unintelligible.

Patients may develop muscle weakness, or myopathy, either from the disease, or its treatments.

Patients are also instructed to abstain from food or drink ( an NPO order after midnight on the night before the procedure, to minimize the effect of stomach contents on pre-operative medications and reduce the risk of aspiration if the patient vomits during or after the procedure.

Patients usually recover from this operation over a period of 4 days.

Patients who are most likely to benefit from the placement of an ICD are those with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy ( with systolic ejection fractions less than 30 %) as demonstrated by the MADIT-II trial.

Patients who undergo PAIR typically take albendazole or mebendazole from 7 days before the procedure until 28 days after the procedure.

Patients frequently suffer various psychological disturbances, ranging from euphoria to psychosis.

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Patients with medullary, anaplastic, and most Hurthle cell cancers do not benefit from this therapy.

* Patients rightfully want immediate relief or improvement from their illness or symptoms.

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Patients can also choose to be placed in the room, prompting Kaysen to remark, “ freedom was the price of privacy .” Here, a patient can be blessedly alone for a period, free from scrutiny and company but confined to even tighter quarters.

Patients with blindsight have damage to the second, “ mammalian ” visual system ( the visual cortex of the brain and some of the nerve fibers that bring information to it from the eyes ).

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Patients often suffer from respiratory difficulties, such as pneumonia, and from seizures due to dysmyelination in the white matter.

Patients with damage to Broca's area and / or to neighboring regions of the left inferior frontal lobe are often categorized clinically as having Expressive aphasia ( also known as Broca's aphasia ).

Patients with frontal lobe disorder have trouble putting verbal items into a proper sequential order, monitor personal behaviors as well as a deficient judgment in recency.

Patients who have experienced frontal lobe trauma may know the appropriate response to a situation but display inappropriate to those same situations in “ real life .” Similarly, emotions that are felt may not be expressed in the face or voice.

Patients with frontal lobe damage ( e. g., Phineas Gage ) provided the first evidence that the frontal lobes were associated with decision-making and social conduct.