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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>Vasovagal Anxiety Reaction</b>, also known as "<i>needle anxiety</i>" or "<i>needle allergy</i>", is not uncommon for some people, before a piercing or injection of <a href="/index.php?title=Anesthetic" title="Anesthetic">anesthesia</a>. </p><p>They become pale and feel cold and clammy — some experience nausea and lightheadedness. This can progress to <a href="/index.php?title=Hypotension"...")
 
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<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>Vasovagal Anxiety Reaction</b>, also known as "<i>needle anxiety</i>" or "<i>needle allergy</i>", is not uncommon for some people, before a piercing or injection of <a href="/index.php?title=Anesthetic" title="Anesthetic">anesthesia</a>.
[[File:MikeWilson.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Mike Wilson]]
</p><p>They become pale and feel cold and clammy — some experience nausea and lightheadedness. This can progress to <a href="/index.php?title=Hypotension" title="Hypotension">hypotension</a> (abnormally low blood pressure) and <a href="/index.php?title=Bradycardia" title="Bradycardia">bradycardia</a> (a drop in pulse rate, generally to below 60 bpm).
'''Mike Wilson''' (aka '''The Illustrated Man''') may be known to many of you due to his involvement in the [[Coney Island Side Show]], and the [[New York Tattoo Society]], as well as appearances in the book [[Modern Primitives]], and movies and music videos. 90% of his body was tattooed. In 1986, he moved to New York from San Francisco because he couldn't find an artist who would tattoo his face. He died July 29th, [[1996]] from a head injury caused by a fall after a diabetic seizure. Some say he committed suicide, drinking himself to death.
</p><p>In a clinical setting a doctor would pick up on this being likely and prescribe a small amount of sedative or tranquilizer as a premedicant. If it does happen, the client should first be put into a position where they have a clear airway in case of vomiting, and then the legs should be elevated to correct any effects of postural hypotension. <a href="/index.php?title=Smelling_Salts" title="Smelling Salts">Smelling salts</a> can be used to awaken the person.
</p><p>While this primarily applies to anesthetic-related procedures, it can also apply to pretty much all piercing procedures where a <a href="/index.php?title=Needle" title="Needle">needle</a> is involved.
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==External links==
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* [https://michael-wilson-the-illustrated-man.blogspot.ca/ Memorial blog]
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19960803&id=NEAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CX0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4370,2618287 Coney Island's Tattoo Man was Living Work of Art]

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Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson (aka The Illustrated Man) may be known to many of you due to his involvement in the Coney Island Side Show, and the New York Tattoo Society, as well as appearances in the book Modern Primitives, and movies and music videos. 90% of his body was tattooed. In 1986, he moved to New York from San Francisco because he couldn't find an artist who would tattoo his face. He died July 29th, 1996 from a head injury caused by a fall after a diabetic seizure. Some say he committed suicide, drinking himself to death.

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