Which of the following is NOT listed as a common cause of shock?

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Which of the following is NOT listed as a common cause of shock?

Shock is a life-threatening state where organs aren’t getting enough blood and oxygen. The common causes you’d expect to see are loss of blood from heavy bleeding, which lowers the circulating volume; heart problems such as a heart attack that weaken the heart’s pumping; and severe infections that trigger widespread inflammation and cause the body to divert blood away from vital organs. Fainting, or syncope, is a temporary loss of consciousness from a short-lived drop in brain blood flow. It’s a symptom rather than a primary cause of shock, and while a person who is shocked might faint, fainting itself isn’t a usual initiating cause of shock. That’s why it isn’t listed as a common cause.

Shock is a life-threatening state where organs aren’t getting enough blood and oxygen. The common causes you’d expect to see are loss of blood from heavy bleeding, which lowers the circulating volume; heart problems such as a heart attack that weaken the heart’s pumping; and severe infections that trigger widespread inflammation and cause the body to divert blood away from vital organs. Fainting, or syncope, is a temporary loss of consciousness from a short-lived drop in brain blood flow. It’s a symptom rather than a primary cause of shock, and while a person who is shocked might faint, fainting itself isn’t a usual initiating cause of shock. That’s why it isn’t listed as a common cause.

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