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attack /at·tack/ (ah-tak´) an episode or onset of illness. Adams-Stokes attack an episode of syncope in Adams-Stokes syndrome. drop attack sudden loss of balance without loss of consciousness, usually seen in elderly women. panic attack an episode of acute intense anxiety, the essential feature of panic disorder. transient ischemic attack (TIA) a brief attack (an hour or less) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, without lasting neurological effect. vagal attack , vasovagal attack a transient vascular and neurogenic reaction marked by pallor, nausea, sweating, bradycardia, and rapid fall in arterial blood pressure, which may result in syncope.
attack an episode or onset of illness. attack rate the proportion of a population affected by the disease during a prescribed, usually short, period of time. |
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| Drop attacks occur with no warning, and vertigo is seldom present, although slower sensations involving apparent tilts of the patient's surroundings may occur. Numbness or weakness on one side of the body * Transient loss of vision in one eye * Difficulty swallowing * Slurred speech * Loss of left or right visual field * Drop attacks * Difficulty understanding or speaking * Incoordination * Headache * Dizziness * Double vision * Nausea or vomiting |
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