insufficiency is a condition where the veins have trouble sending blood back to the heart, which can lead to stasis dermatitis. The poor circulation is a result of a condition called venous insufficiency. The blood collects in the veins of the lower leg causing leakage of blood cells and fluid into tissues and the skin leading to itching and inflammation. Other causes are varicose veins and congestive heart failure. As people get older, the conditions causing stasis dermatitis develop or progress
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Graft. Current dx: Heart Failure Medical Model: A number of tests would be performed to analyze the extent of damage of the heart. An electrocardiogram would be one of the first tests performed to check the electrical activity of the heart and detect any type of ischemia (AHA, 2015). The tests would include X-Rays CT, and MRI scans. Also “Angiography that would allow imaging of the blood vessels” (AHA, 2015). Essentially it is creating a map of the heart. Ultrasound evaluations
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cardiovascular diseases. The following paper is a comprehensive research in which in which I seek to uncover the history of cardiovascular disease as well as how it affects dental practices. History An American Heart Association commonly abbreviated as (AHA) describes the various heart disease as cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovascular illnesses are a leading cause of death throughout the world. Cardiovascular disease dates from several years back. The period at which the disease is said to have
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Chagas disease, the parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, is found mainly in Latin America, where it is mostly transmitted to humans by the feces known as “kissing bugs”. The Triatoma or “kissing” bug. Image/CDC in 2013 the number of cases of Chagas disease in the United States to be somewhere between 300,000 and 1 million. The United States is ranked 7th among nations for the amount of cases. In Texas, approximately 45% of the collected kissing bugs have tested positive for T. cruzi
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in relation to a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of these elements and Obesity is defined as having excess body fat. Obesity is a self-afflicting (most cases) disease that elicits health problems such as; congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, liver disease, asthma, skin infections, cancer, and sleep deprivation. On the other hand, causes of this disease stems from a kid’s nutrition and health practices in his/her family, eating habits of certain
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of heart disease. His father suffered a heart attack when he was a child. He does not know the age of his father when he had the heart attack. L.G. also states he has a family history of atherosclerosis. L.G. denies any other significant family medical history. L.G. denies illicit drug use and also denies alcohol use. L.G. denies any allergies to any medications, foods, or environmental factors. Past Medical History L.G. has a past medical history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, renal
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------------------------------------------------- Hypertensive emergency From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A hypertensive emergency is severe hypertension (high blood pressure) with acute impairment of an organ system (especially the central nervous system, cardiovascular system and/or the renal system) and the possibility of irreversible organ-damage. In case of a hypertensive emergency, the blood pressure should be substantially lowered over minutes to hours with an antihypertensive agent
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cause of death (after heart disease and stroke) in developed countries. Studies have shown that there were 10 million new cases, 6 million deaths, and 22 million people living with cancer worldwide in the year 2000 (Parkin, 2001). Unfortunately, what’s more troubling is drugs used as therapeutic drugs to treat cancer have many troubling issues of drug toxicity and tumour resistance. Toxicity can cause major complications, such as low-white blood cell counts or heart failure. Also, the tissue damage
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occur with increasing work of breathing. The types of respiratory disease are asthma, allergies, COPD, emphysema, lung cancer, sinusitis. Factors contributing to one having tachypnea are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and or heart attack, stress and
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nails that look scooped out. Spoon nails are a sign of iron deficiency anemia or a liver condition. Terry's nails, most of the nails appear white except for a narrow pink band at the tip. Terry's nails can be a sign of liver disease, congestive heart failure, kidney failure or
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