attacks

Vestibular system

...g bed rest. The tell-tale sign of BPPV are vertigo attacks which repeatably appear when the head is brought into a specific orientation. In most cases BPPV can be eliminated (for the patient in an almost miraculous way) by lying down, bringing the head in the right orientation, and sitting up quickly. Ex...

Stem cell

...ently able to repair muscle damaged after heart attacks . Heart attacks are due to the coronary artery being blocked, starving tissue of oxygen and nutrients . Days af...

Immunology

... ), and autoimmunity , in which the immune system attacks its own antigens (examples include systemic lupus erythematosus , rheumatoid arthritis , Hashimoto's disease and myasthenia gravis ). Other immune system disorders include different hypersensitivities , in which the system responds inappropriat...

Immune system

...and those that represent non-self , and launching attacks against harmful members of the latter group. Disti...properly distinguish between self and non-self and attacks a part of the patient's own body. Other examples of overzealous immune responses in disease include ...

Diabetes mellitus

...disorder , in which the body's own immune system attacks the beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans of the pancreas , destroying them or damaging them sufficiently to reduce insulin production. The autoimmune attack may be triggered by reaction to an infection, for example by one of the viruses of the ...

Cryptozoology

... The Beast of Gvaudan (mysterious "giant wolf" attacks in 18th century France) The Bunyip Chupacabra Crocotta Dobhar-chu Gulon Hyote Japanese Wolf Jersey Devil Mongolian Death Worm Thylacine The Beast of Funen Herbivorous mammals Bonnacon Jackalope (fictiona...