Such a movement is a certain indication that the bowel is not emptying itself satisfactorily and that a constant toxemia or poisoning is going on.
The blood pressure is raised not only by intestinal toxemia and uremia, but also by lead poisoning and the conditions generally present in gout.
If it is due to a toxemia from intestinal disturbance, that may readily be remedied.
Any one of these symptoms may or may not indicate toxemia; but it should be reported at once to the attending physician.
The most common immediate exciting cause during pregnancy is toxemia from faulty metabolism and excretion.
The condition is usually caused by a combination of hereditary tendency, general toxemia, and/or a high-fat diet, especially one high in animal fats.
Instead, we die in raucous prose--of arterio-sclerosis, of diabetes, of toxemia, of a noisome perforation in the ileo-caecal region, of carcinoma of the liver.
It becomes paralyzed in negative emotional states; any foods eaten are poorly digested, causing toxemia.
