Sentences with phrase «potentially fatal results»

If the proteins were to become solid too soon in silk - producing animals, they could permanently block the spinning system, with potentially fatal results.

Not exact matches

One danger is derived from the mutually reinforcing effects of alcohol and these drugs, resulting in accidental and potentially fatal overdoses.]

Disordered eating results in serious health problems, some of which are potentially fatal (the mortality rate in severe cases can be as high as 10 to 15 % from heart failure, hormonal imbalances or suicide), including:

As a result, players and advocates have been increasingly calling for a way to protect the athlete's brain against the potentially fatal head injury.

«This helps answer a longstanding and important question of how expression of SPI1 and SPI2 genes are synchronised which can result in a potentially fatal infection.»

Two days later, the lab results came back, revealing that Gehrke did not have E. coli, but rather a staphylococcus, or staph, infection caused by methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a potent bacterium that has developed resistance to most of the old standby antibiotics, making it difficult to treat and potentially fatal.

This «start low and go slow» approach is intended to avoid refeeding syndrome — a potentially fatal condition resulting from rapid electrolyte shifts, a well - known risk when starting nutrition therapy in a starving patient.

And low sodium levels can cause water to enter the cells in excess, resulting in swelling — tolerable in muscles but potentially fatal in the brain, which, enclosed in the skull, has nowhere to expand.

It is a progressive and potentially fatal heart condition resulting from an enlarged and weakened heart muscle.

When you over hydrate, it can lead to a damaging and potentially fatal condition known as hyponatremia as a result of extremely low blood sodium levels.

If you are deficient in copper elastic fibers are not properly maintained — resulting in sagging skin, stretch marks and crow's feet to the more serious varicose veins, hemorrhoids and aneurysms, potentially fatal.

A magnesium deficiency can result in muscle cramping, excessive soreness, inadequate force production, disrupted recovery and sleep, immune system depression, and even potentially fatal heart arrhythmias during intense exercise.

Time slips, lost time, and memory lapses afflict the members of the expedition to varying degrees that ultimately result in potentially fatal suspicion, paranoia, and distrust.

More than 20 years later, veterinarians and cat breeders have a better understanding of feline blood types and know how to avoid potentially fatal transfusion reactions and neonatal isoerythrolysis, which results when nursing kittens have type A blood and the queen has type B blood.

This food is extremely toxic to our feline friends, and consuming even a small amount (cooked or raw) can result in a potentially fatal case of Heinz body anemia.

As a result, at Veremedy we recommend six doses of the preventative each year to insure against the transmission of this fairly rare, though potentially fatal, problem.

That's just how dogs communicate, but it can result in a potentially fatal fight.

The cat eats a bit of any part of the flower, petals, stems, or even just sniffs the pollen, and can suffer irreversible, potentially fatal, kidney damage as a result.

Hyperthyroidism is the most common hormonal disease of cats resulting from excess thyroid hormone, which puts significant and potentially fatal stresses on the body.

It is dangerous for cats to lose weight too quickly because this predisposes them to the development of hepatic lipidosis, a potentially fatal liver disease whereby fat is deposited within the liver as a result of a change in metabolism during fasting.

Without an efficient amount of dietary fiber, an animal's intestines can become sluggish, resulting in bloat and gastric stasis; hairballs that cause blockages and cecal impaction leading to enteritis, a potentially fatal bacterial infection of the intestines.

Vaccines were causing the animals» immune system to turn against their own tissues, resulting in potentially fatal diseases such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia in dogs (AIHA).

This displacement may result in potentially fatal human - bear conflicts, and may expose the cubs to increased mortality due to harsh winter conditions for which they are not yet prepared.

Sometimes, whether it's the result of bad upbringing, unfortunate circumstances involving an unexpected stimulus or another dog's behavior, man's best friend can turn into a vicious beast capable of causing serious, potentially - fatal damage.

More than 7,000 of these accidents result in serious and potentially fatal injuries each year.