...from cardiovascular disease one in two; compared with one in twenty-five die from breast cancer.1 According to research women may not be as aggressively treated as men; and another known fact is related to symptoms which may vary differently from men who are having a heart attack compared to women. Within 1 year of a man having a heart attack statistics show that 24 percent of those men die, in comparison to women it is a significant increase to 42 percent. The differences for the reason women die more than men are still not understood. We do know that women are likely to get cardiovascular disease about 10 years later in life than men, and also have coexisting chronic conditions. In 2007, cardiovascular disease was the cause of death in 306,246 females.2 Often times in cardiovascular disease related to women is considered an “older women’s disease” and it is the leading cause of death in women over the age of 65. In women age 25-44 cardiovascular disease is the third leading cause and following in the second leading cause in women age 45-64. What is cardiovascular disease? Cardiovascular disease occurs when a substance called plaque builds up in the arteries that supply blood to the heart (called coronary arteries). Plaque is made up of cholesterol deposits, which can accumulate in your arteries. When this happens, your arteries can narrow over time. This process is called atherosclerosis. Plaque buildup can cause angina, the most common symptom of cardiovascular...
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... ( First source) Below is exact words from web site that I think is useful! http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-disease-prevention/WO00041 Don't smoke or use tobaccoSmoking or using tobacco is one of the most significant risk factors for developing heart disease. Chemicals in tobacco can damage your heart and blood vessels, leading to narrowing of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Atherosclerosis can ultimately lead to a heart attack. When it comes to heart disease prevention, no amount of smoking is safe. Smokeless tobacco and low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes also are risky, as is exposure to secondhand smoke. In addition, the nicotine in cigarette smoke makes your heart work harder by narrowing your blood vessels and increasing your heart rate and blood pressure. Carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke replaces some of the oxygen in your blood. This increases your blood pressure by forcing your heart to work harder to supply enough oxygen. Even so-called "social smoking" — smoking only while at a bar or restaurant with friends — is dangerous and increases the risk of heart disease. Women who smoke and take birth control pills are at greater risk of having a heart attack or stroke than are those who don't do either. This risk increases with age, especially in women older than 35. The good news, though, is that when you quit smoking, your risk of heart disease drops dramatically within just one year. And no matter how long or how much you smoked, you'll start reaping...
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...when I woke up I still felt the same it was a horrible feeling but I tried to forget about it. The next day I felt the same way my back began to hurt and everything I would do bend down or put my head down my head would pound so much that I was able to hear the pounding in my head. It was so bad that when I walked my back would hurt and the headaches were terrible. One night I was sleeping and all of a sudden around 4am I suddenly woke up with a terrible pounding headache. And for some reason the first thing I did was place my hand on my heart and my heart was pounding and racing super fast I was freaking out I didn’t know what was going on. Then I could not breathe I felt like I could not inhale enough air for my lungs I began to sweat and freaked out I went to the living room and woke up my parents. I told my sister to call 911and she did in about 10 minutes the paramedics came in by that time I had calm down a bit. They checked my pressure and everything and they said everything was good. I was like then what was that that I just got and they said you just got an anxiety attack. I never thought in a million years I would be a victim of that. Since that day I was not able to sleep at night. I began to sleep with my mom because I had a fear of sleeping alone because I thought I was going to die and never wake up. For the next 2 weeks I would get anxiety attacks at least twice a day and I would have to get up, open the door and sit on the stairs and get air to breathe from...
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...Prevention of Heart Disease : Prevention of Heart Disease What is Heart Disease? : What is Heart Disease? Heart : The most hard-working muscle of our body – pumps 4-5 litres of blood every minute during rest Supplies nutrients and oxygen rich blood to all body parts, including itself. Coronary arteries surrounding the heart keep it nourished with blood What is coronary artery disease? : What is coronary artery disease? Over time, fatty deposits called plaque build up within the artery walls. The artery becomes narrow. When this occurs in the coronary arteries, heart does not get sufficient blood, the condition is called coronary artery disease, or coronary heart disease Slide 4: Myth : fat deposits at old age! It starts from 2 years of age Are Other organs Affected? : Are other organs Affected? Brain stroke. Vascular Disease results in the stop of some organs. Coronary Heart Disease Angina MI (Heart Attack) Sudden Cardiac Death What are the symptoms of Coronary artery disease? : What are the symptoms of Coronary artery disease? No symptoms for long period Chest pain for short period on exertion also known as Angina or minor heart attack Myocardial Infarction or major heart attack-Severe chest pain, death of heart muscle, heart failure, irregular heart beats Sudden Death How Big is the Problem ? : How Big is the Problem ? No. 1 killer disease worldwide 12 Million deaths annually . Why Me ? : Why Me ? Genetic .Poor handling of fats and...
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...Lean For Personal Development By Salim Khan - 10/11/2012 MGT5090 Prof. R. Thompson Contents Page 1. Introduction 2 2. Lean Principals 3 3. Applying Lean in other Areas of my Life 6 4. Conclusion 7 5. References 7 1. Introduction Lean Management Defined: Lean management is a set of principles and business processes which are aimed at identifying and eliminating wasteful expenditure of resources through continuous improvement, thereby increasing value as defined by the ultimate customer. The aim of this paper is choose 3 Lean principles and then illustrate how these principals impact my personal life. Firstly I will briefly explain the fundamentals of the chosen principals and then contextualise the impact it has on my personal life via specific examples. 2. Lean Principals An article by Timothy G. Olson, President of Quality Improvement Consultants Inc. et al, 2003, says that, twenty to forty percent of company’s efforts are spent on redoing things that went wrong. Generally, time in manufacturing efforts is considered to be 90% waste and 10% value. More and more companies are realizing that applying lean practices really pays and through the guidance of their managers they are working towards profitability by improving quality, cost, and delivery. According to Don Tapping and Tom Shuker (2002:50) Lean principles focus on eliminating waste...
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...How to choose a healthy, low sodium diet: How to choose a healthy, low sodium diet: Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Monitoring Your Blood Pressure Most People | <140/90(<135/80 at home) | People with diabetes or kidney disease | <130/90 | Most People | <140/90(<135/80 at home) | People with diabetes or kidney disease | <130/90 | Choose from the following: -Whole grains -Lean meat, fish, and poultry -Low fat dairy products -Fresh fruit and vegetables -Herbs and spices to flavor food – avoid adding extra salt What to Avoid: -Food high in salt, sugar, or trans fat -Cured meats or fish -Use of condiments such as ketchup, mustard, gravies, or any sauce that has a high salt or sugar content Choose from the following: -Whole grains -Lean meat, fish, and poultry -Low fat dairy products -Fresh fruit and vegetables -Herbs and spices to flavor food – avoid adding extra salt What to Avoid: -Food high in salt, sugar, or trans fat -Cured meats or fish -Use of condiments such as ketchup, mustard, gravies, or any sauce that has a high salt or sugar content What Is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? What Is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? What should your blood pressure be? What should your blood pressure be? By: Nina Skaria, RN By: Nina Skaria, RN References: . (n.d.). . Retrieved July 15, 2014, from http://www.rorc.research.va.gov/rescue/prevention/RFP_Hypertension_2-UP_Bookmark.pdf Recommended Childhood Immunization...
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...Disease Asthma Organization: Topical Specific Purpose: At the end of my presentation, I want my audience to be educated on the conditions of asthma, how to manage the disease, and how to help someone under an attack. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: What illness do you think is the leading cause for children missing 14.4 school days and 14.2 million adults missing a workday? Well I personally thought the common cold or fever would be the leading cause, but in 2008 the American Lung Association deemed Asthma as the illness responsible (“Asthma”, 2010) B. Relevance: Allergy season is here. Since allergies are a main contributing cause of asthma attacks, it is important to know the signs and symptoms which could save the lives of many and even your own. C. Credibility: Having my first asthma attack at the age of 10 was a terrifying experience. My lungs began closing up and I did not know whether I was going to breath again. However, my coach knew exactly what was happening to me and helped me through every step of the attack, saving my life. Because of the impact of my coach being educated on this life-threatening disease, I feel it’s truly necessary for my community to be capable of the same actions on anyone who may have a potential attack. D. Central Idea: Asthma is a disease that affects millions of people. If you or someone you know is affected by it, the importance to fully understand the condition is key to managing it. E. Initial...
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...Disease Trends and the Delivery of Health Care Services HCA 240 June 16, 2013 * * * This document will discuss how demographics disease trends affect the delivery of healthcare. Starting with current age composition of the United States population and how future changes will occur in the next 10 to 20 years. Next will be identifiable factors that support environmental and changing demographic trends. Providing examples of relevant diseases and how the aging trend will increase or decrease health issues and how to reduce health complications because of age. The current rate of obesity will be discussed and how it will change in the next 10 to 20 years. This paper will identify environmental and changing demographics related to the obesity trend; including examples of diseases related to this health issue. Explaining how this trend may increase or decrease health issues and how to reduce health complications. Last this document will discuss the future and how healthcare services will adapt to provide care for these trends and age-related health issues. * The current age composition of the United States population is based on two measures, estimates of the past and projections supported by assumptions on future demographic trends. Estimates gather information on existing data from several sources; whereas, projections assume what the future demographic trends will be. The current United States population is the world’s third largest population of over...
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...Course assignment Topic: Phobias Prepared by: Accepted by F1-10 ------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents What is a phobia? pg 3 Types of phobias pg 3 Symptoms of phobias pg 5 Coping with phobias pg 5 Bibliography pg 7 What is a phobia? The word “Phobia” comes from the Greek “phobos” meaning fear. But it is not an ordinary type of fear. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational, fear of something that possess little or no actual danger. In many cases it is usually limited to one particular thing such as the fear of heights or lifts, of enclosed or open spaces, of travelling by plane, of certain animals and, in the worst of cases, of people. A phobia that has recently become very common is the fear of being “unclean” or contaminated by dirt or germs, and this leads to frequent and obsessive washing. Although the hands of a person with this phobia will get sore from repeated use of soap, he will not stop washing them. Some people have purely personal phobias. One woman was frightened that while she was driving a car, a bird would fly in front of a widescreen. Another man would never stand on a balcony fearing that at any moment it might collapse...
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...phobia? The meaning of phobia is fear of something that is intense and persistent of that certain situation, activity, animal or person. The fear of dogs is known as Cynophobia. The main symptom an individual might have from this disorder is the excessive and unexplainable desire to stay away from that fear. The fear can become beyond the control of an individual which then can control an individual’s daily life. One example of a phobia is dogs. Phobias are one form of anxiety disorders. Signs and symptoms of phobias The symptoms of a phobia can range from mild feelings of apprehension and anxiety to a full-blown panic attack. Usually when an individual gets closer to the dog, he or she starts to have greater fear. Physical signs and symptoms of a phobia is an individual starts to have the following issues: difficulty breathing, racing or pounding heart, chest pain or tightness, trembling or shaking, feeling dizzy or lightheaded, a churning stomach, hot or cold flashes; tingling sensations or sweating. There are some emotional signs that go along with phobia also. Some of those signs are: Feeling of overwhelming anxiety or panic, an intense need to escape feeling “unreal” or detached from yourself, fear of losing control or going crazy, feeling like you’re going to die or pass out. Causes Phobias are really known for an emotional response that has been learned due to a life experiences. The excessive fear of...
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...vascular system as well possibly affecting the renal system. Atherosclerosis slows the flow of blood and oxygen through an artery, because of the buildup of plaque and fat clog the vessel. Atherosclerosis comes from the Greek words, Athero means porridge like deposits and Sclerosis means hardening of tissues. So with the fatty deposits and the narrowing and hardening of the blood vessels, Atherosclerosis is a major cause of heart attack and stroke. The process of fat and plaque development is the same no matter what a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, or geographic location is. This paper will describe the disease state, as well as the dietary needs for a person with Atherosclerosis, what dietary limitations are needed for a person with Atherosclerosis, and the proper educational tools for teaching a person with Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis develops over the course of a person’s life and can begin as early your teenage years. Plaques and fat deposits can begin to develop in childhood. “Small cholesterol plaques in the coronary arteries, which feed the heart its vital blood supply, can be found in more than 15 percent of “normal” American teenagers and in 85 percent of people over the age of 50.” (Samaan MD, 2012). An actual cause of the disease is not known, however it is believed that, “damage or injury to the inner layer of the artery”, (Clinic, 2012). One of the causes of Atherosclerosis appears to be fat and plaque retention, which causes chronic inflammation and hardening...
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...Human stress “You are only human. You don’t have to have it together every minute of every day.” By Anne Hathaway. While I was researching about human stress I found relevant information. Human stress is our body’s way of responding to any kind of demand of threat. In modern time humans stress is an issue that affect teenagers, adults and seniors. Human stress has causes, symptoms, affect our bodies, and there is ways to manage it. To begin, what is stress? Stress is our body’s way of responding to any kind of demand of threat. When your sense danger- is the body’s way of protecting you. Causing major damage to your health, your mood, your productivity, your quality of life. Another question that may come with this is what are the causes? Anything that puts high demands on you can be stressful. Stress can also be internal or self-generated, when you worry excessively about something. Common external causes of stress are: major life changes, financial problems, work or school,...
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...Carolina Garcia Aguilar Psychological Disorders Panic disorder is a psychological disorder. The main features are recurrent events of panic abrupt, events of extreme fear, bordering on terror. The person not only experiences the recurrent events, but also a pounding heart, shortness of breath, faintness, and shaking. All these happen unexpectedly and are sometimes unexplainable. These recurrent events can play in the person’s head for up to 10-20 minutes. There is a relatively history of this psychological disorder, different causes and effects, those who are more likely to suffer from panic, and there are also treatments found for panic disorder. Psychological disorders have had different names throughout time, like mentioned in the book Understanding Panic and Other Anxiety Disorders, the author mentions, “During the American Civil War, Dr. Jacob Mendes DaCosta described finding in soldiers what he believed to be a cardiovascular disorder involving chest pains and palpitations of the heart, but, as it turned out, actual heart disease was not usually present” (Root 1). This syndrome became known as neurocirculatory asthenia, also known as effort syndrome, cardiac neurosis, soldier’s heart, and DaCosta’s syndrome. It was linked with the emotional and physical distress of war. During the twentieth century’s two world wars, sufferers of panic disorder slowly but surely came to be treated less often by those in the field of internal medicine and more often by psychiatrists. Observers...
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...June 9, 2014 COM156 Healthy Eating Have you ever really sat down and thought about the benefits of eating healthier foods? Having a healthy eating routine and diet is a lifestyle for many people. People who eat healthy foods on a daily basis, do not seem to focus on the actual dieting, they just do it. Eating healthier can help a person in various ways, which is why many people decide to change their eating habits to begin with. Healthy eating is beneficial because of the changes it can make on your body, your health, and possible biological risks. To begin with, having a healthy diet or eating habits can make various positive changes on your physical health. With that being said some of the better changes are losing weight, building body mass, a better memory, and increased energy levels are the positive payoffs of having a good physical health. Eating healthier foods can help loose unwanted weight and avoid gaining weight for most people seeking a healthier body. Eating more fruits and vegetables can assist with the weight loss process with very noticeable results, as well as a welcomed change in their clothing size to something smaller than before. Having a healthier diet can make a person create more muscle and lose their body fat. For example, eating a nice low-carb salad, with a light salad dressing, can assist with making the body more lean, building more muscle and losing the fat that is already stored. It also changes the mind and memory of a person. Also,...
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...10 ways to control high blood pressure without medication You don't always need prescription medications to lower your blood pressure. By making these 10 lifestyle changes, you can lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart disease. By Mayo Clinic staff If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure (a systolic pressure of 140 or above or a diastolic pressure of 90 or above) or with prehypertension (a systolic pressure between 120 and 139 or a diastolic pressure between 80 and 89), you might be worried about taking medication to bring your numbers down. Don't assume medications are the key to controlling your high blood pressure (hypertension). Lifestyle plays an important role in treating your high blood pressure. If you successfully control your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you may avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication. Here are 10 lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure and keep it down. 1. Lose those extra pounds and watch your waistline Blood pressure often increases as weight increases. Losing just 10 pounds can help reduce your blood pressure significantly. In general, the more weight you lose, the lower your blood pressure. Losing weight also makes any blood pressure medications you're taking more effective. Besides shedding pounds, you should also keep an eye on your waistline. Carrying too much weight around your waist can put you at greater risk of high blood pressure. In general, men are considered...
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