habits. Some lifestyle diseases are some forms of cancer, but most are Heart diseases, diabetes, and stokes. Heart disease is any of several abnormalities that affect the heart muscle or the blood vessels of the heart. They are the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in the US. There are a couple dozen forms of this lifestyle disease. Heart disease can lead to congestive heart failure, a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood meet the demand of the body. Diabetes is a disease
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Shanae McKenzie Unit 14 P3: Describe the investigation that are carried out to enable the diagnosis of these physiological disorders Coronary Heart Disease Diagnosed This is when the patient refers themselves to a health professional, the will go to their GP. The person will notice something different about their body and themselves such as feeling breathlessness. Professional referral This is when the doctor will examine a patient and be extremely anxious about the diagnosis for immediate
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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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exercise demonstrating this to get me to focus on “academics”!), a healthy life is essential for me to overcome the odds. Statistics show that overweight people are more likely to suffer heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. They also have a shorter life span. According to the American Heart Association, in 2006, about 136 million U.S. adults were overweight or obese and 25 million children were at risk of becoming overweight. Besides poor eating habits, smoking is also a major
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Anxiety and Coronary artery disease 1 Anxiety is a potential contributor to heart disease. Coronary artery disease is the most common heart disease and it’s the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United Sates. This disease is also responsible for disability in both women and men as well. This article explains the relationship between both anxiety and coronary artery disease, Predictions are being made that by 2025 coronary artery disease will be one of the top causes of
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u03a1 Heart and Lungs Dr. Henry Zeidan 10/30/12 Todd Jones The heart is a hard working muscle responsible for pumping blood throughout blood vessel via continuous rhythmic contractions. It exists in all living things having a circulatory system (Maton, 1993). Function of the Heart The right ventricle The right ventricle is the pumping chamber of the pulmonary circuit. The mechanism of the right ventricle is that, deoxygenated blood flows to the right atrium from veins that are in the body
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able to restore blood flow to a heart attack patient, by consistently delivering therapy within 90 minutes or less. The study was also done on many of the staff and how they were able to delivery such a seedy treatment to the patients which untimely help save lives. We learn that many of the hospitals were not responding as quickly as the nation’s guideline had suggested. The response time is very important because it can help reduce the amount of damage to the heart muscles. This study also suggests
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Anatomy and Physiology Cell Organelles There are 50 trillion (50 million million) cells in the human body; they carry out chemical reactions essential to life, for example Blood cells. Nucleus The nucleus is the largest structure in any human cell, it contains gasps or pores, which allow protein and nucleic acid, pass through. It is the central part of the cell and it’s usually a lot darker than the rest of the cell because it absorbs stain quickly and stores the entire DNA (Deoxyribonucleic
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restricts the blood flow through the arteries and to the rest of the body. When excess plaque is built up, a blood clot, or thrombus, may form on the surface or a piece of the plaque may fall off freely into the blood stream. In either case, a heart attack or stroke is likely to occur which are two of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in today’s world [7]. Atherosclerosis is known to be a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease that may begin development even in early
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Blood flows through the heart as a result of pressure differences Blood moves via mass flow which is movement of material from high to low pressure Explain the cardiac cycle and its initiation Discuss the internal factors that control heart action Refers to the sequence of contraction and relaxation of the heart chamber during one heartbeat Systole: heart muscle is contracted Diastole: heart muscle is relaxed Cardiac output is the amount of blood flowing from the heart.= Stroke volume (Volume
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