This post is a continuation of 'PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #1', and 'PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #2', as posted on this blog February 2020, and February 10, 2022 respectively.
In American football, 'rushing' means running the ball after starting behind the line of scrimmage, not including forward passes. The play continues until the player carrying the ball, usually a backfielder, is tackled.
HOARDING DISORDER
My friend takes a jaunt every quarter
To support her Aunt Clutter, a hoarder,
Who stores mail on her bed,
Sleeps on sofa instead;
In her house, far from clean,
She keeps felines, fifteen.
That's a sort of compulsive disorder.
Dr.G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2022
Authors' Note: Although folks with this engrained problem may be categorized as having depression, schizophrenia or obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder may be a psychiatric entity in its own right.
TORSADE DE POINTES
When your ECG's torsade de pointes,
QRS peaks may cycle and slant;
Q-T interval's wide
(And you well might have died);
Your heart tries to fly straight, but it can't.
Dr G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2022
Authors' Note:
Torsade de pointes (tor-sad duh PWAnT), is an Anglo-French medical term for twisting of the peaks, named in 1966 by its French cardiologist discoverer. It is a pattern seen on the ECG (electrocardiogram), with 'twisting' or cycling of the height of the ventricular 'QRS' complexes, and is often associated with factors, inherited or acquired, that widen the 'Q-T' interval on the tracing. This pattern is associated with nasty ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. If you are lucky, you have survived the initial episode and have correctable factors (e.g. electrolyte disorders, certain pharmaceuticals, etc.)
Flying straight is a casual metaphor associated with performing expected or routine function.
Flying straight is a casual metaphor associated with performing expected or routine function.
AND, HERE'S A LIST OF LINKS to collections of intriguing verses on other medical/dental topics that can now be found on various posts including:
Patients and their Maladies (parts #1, #2 and #3)
Funny Bones (parts #1 and #2)
Doctors and their Practices (parts #1 and #2)
Doctors and their Practices (parts #1 and #2)
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