• Cardiovalvulitis-Arrhythmias- Hypertension- Cerebrovascular (stroke) • Rheumatic heart disease- Atherosclerosis heart disease- Angina- Cardiodynia (Wingerd, p.192-203. 2016). Summary The only cure for cardiovascular disease or a heart attack is early prevention, knowing your family history and frequent check-ups. Once you get heart disease you will have
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and one of the most common is Angina. Angina is a syndrome that is caused when oxygenated blood is restricted from getting to the heart usually this is a result of the coronary arteries becoming narrow due to a build on the artery walls called atherosclerosis. There are 2 main types of angina Stable and unstable. Stable angina is also known as effort angina and is
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should be taken immediately to a medical facility for diagnosis and treatment. The causes of stroke: An artery to the brain may be blocked by a clot (thrombosis) which typically occurs in a blood vessel that has previously been narrowed due to atherosclerosis ("hardening of the artery"). When a blood clot or a piece of an atherosclerotic plaque (a cholesterol and calcium deposit on the wall of the artery) breaks loose, it can travel through the circulation and lodge in an artery of the brain, plugging
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malformation of the heart that was in existence at birth. These diseases are one of the most dangerous as it can seriously affect the necessary blood flow throughout a person’s body. (7) Many cases of cardiovascular disease are associated with atherosclerosis which is when there is buildup of plaque and a person’s arteries. As a result of this, the blood flow has more difficulty flowing through arteries as they have become more narrow. Cardiovascular disease can be attributed to a number of behavioral
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coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) because it involves the coronary arteries. Other types of CVD include hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, congenital cardiovascular defects, hardening or narrowing (atherosclerosis) of the blood vessels, including the coronary arties, and other diseases of the circulatory system. The majority of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is caused by risk factors that can be controlled, treated or modified, such as high blood pressure
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I chose to go with climate change because whether or not we like it the weather is constantly changing around us. They have many names for it but the one that I am most familiar with is global warming. If I had to compare and contrast the climate control of global warming I would say that it doesn’t hold a candle to indoor air pollution. Rising global temperatures have been accompanied by changes in weather and climate. Many places have seen changes in rainfall, resulting in more floods, droughts
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Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a chemoattractant cytokine produced by a variety of tissue and blood cells. Unlike many other cytokines, it has a distinct target specificity for the neutrophil, with only weak effects on other blood cells. Interleukin 8 (IL-8) or CXCL8 is a chemokine produced by macrophages and other cell types such as epithelial cells, airway smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. Endothelial cells store IL-8 in their storage vesicles, the Weibel-Palade bodies. In humans, theinterleukin-8 protein
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Stroke is a disease with disturbance or damage in brain function that may cause temporary or permanent function loss of the part of the body or even death. This disease is one of the major leading causes of death almost in all over the world, including Indonesia. According to Riskesdas' survey result, stroke causes 15,4% death in all ages in Indonesia. This rate is the highest among all death rates caused by other non-transmitted diseases. (Departemen Kesehatan RI, 2011) As a heterogeneous disease
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Peter Frontera has a lot of risk factors for developing heart disease. First, both of his parents take medication for high cholesterol, which can put him at a higher risk of inheriting high cholesterol and/or heart disease. He is currently cutting out all red meat, which can help lower cholesterol levels because of the less saturated fats. Next, Peter’s father has Type 2 diabetes, which can make him have a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease. He tends to have a slightly unhealthy diet because
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Analyse health revision notes 1. Cirrhosis Pathogenic process includes: 1. Necrosis of liver cells 2. repair by fibrosis 3. regeneration * Liver cells exposed to toxins become inflamed, liver cells then infiltrated with fat and white blood cells and are replaced by fibrotic tissue. * If damage continues over a long period of time more liver cells are replaced with fatty tissue and scar tissue, cirrhosis can develop. * Liver regeneration continues abnormally, the
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