i've been trying to find that answer in several texts in the net, but i havent found out.
what im talking about goes like this:
when you compress, for example, a nerve or the brain stem, whereas a local tumor or increased intracraneal pressure, there are several reactions (dilated pupils, cardiorrespiratory arrest, etc).
now, what exactly happens? does pressure by itself cause cells damage/lesions? what kind of lesions occur? does compression trigger a response or inhibits neural signals?(like i said, dilated pupils, do they get dilated because the opposite (miosis) signals are inhibited or dilatation is triggered?, the same would go for the rest of symptons and signs associated to local/global pressure.
thanks in advance
rick hunter
2007-03-01
03:09:57
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