a term that millions of us are familiar with. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention “more than 65 million individuals have hypertension” ("High Blood Pressure"‚ 2010). Blood pressure is defined as the force of blood against the artery walls as it circulates through the body. It can cause health problems if it stays high for a long time. It is measured using two numbers. The first‚ systolic‚ number represents the pressure in your blood vessels when your heart beats. The second‚
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Description: From the gross perspective the patient looks rather healthy. Grossly you can tell he had died from something like cardiac arrest or some type of stroke. But other than that we looked closely into the heart‚ lungs‚ coronary arteries‚ and brain. Lab report Description: The toxicology report had indicated that the patient had traces of cocaine in his system and also he had ethanol in his system which indicated he was drinking. He had ethybenzolecgonine in his system
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4. Joel feels little blood flowing to his hands and feet due to the vasoconstriction occurring. During this process the blood going to his extremities is being rerouting away from the dermal surface to a network of deep veins wrapped around deep arteries. When this occurs diffusion known as countercurrent exchange begins which traps heat closer to the body core and limits heat loss to the environment by reducing the temperature gradient between the arterial blood and the cold whether Joel is in.
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giant (25 to 50 mm)‚ and super-giant (over 50 mm)(Brismanet al.‚ 2006). SIA‚ also known as ‘berry aneurysms’‚ appear as a round outpouching and are the most common form of cerebral aneurysm. Fusiform aneurysms represent a widening of a segment of an artery around the entire blood vessel‚ rather than just arising from a side of an artery’s wall. They can rupture but the chance is quiet low. Micro- aneurysms typically occur in small blood vessels (less than 300micrometer in diameter)‚ most often the lenticulostriate
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Etiology & Risk Factors Congestive Heart Failure can be brought on by many conditions. These conditions include Coronary Artery Disease‚ Heart Attack‚ and lastly Cardiomyopathy. Coronary artery disease can develop in humans after years over time after years of fatty deposits in the vascular system (Arteriosclerosis). After a heart attack the heart muscles are weakened and cannot perform the way they could prior to the attack. Therefore‚ as the muscles lose their pumping ability the heart cannot work
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| First aid - what everybody should know | | | Reviewed by Dr Stuart Crisp‚ specialist registrar | Why learn first aid? | WARNING!This advice is a general guideline for use in an emergency. It is not intended to replace professional classes in first aid and resuscitation. | | | First aid is an important skill. By performing simple procedures and following certain guidelines‚ it may be possible to save lives by giving basic treatment until professional medical help arrives.
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stomach area. If you lose weight you can cut the risk of heart disease. Overweight people improve their blood pressure by losing weight. The most common form of heart disease among people is called coronary heart disease. It occurs when the coronary arteries bringing blood to the heart get clogged up fat which causes them to narrow. To lose weight you need to use up more energy (calories) than your body takes in from food and drink. If possible you should try taking in fewer calories‚ and using more
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Hypertension is a common health problem especially among people over age of 60 years. This disease is diagnostic when a patient blood pressure is more than 140 to 159 over 90 to 99. Blood pressure refers to the pressure that blood applies to the inner walls of the Diabetes is an endocrine system disorder that occurs when the body is unable to control or balance the amount of sugar in blood and within bodily tissues. You know that the human body is like a machine‚ with organ systems that are specialized
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Introduction For the last decades‚ the number of fatalities from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Australia has steadily declined‚ however it remains one of the leading causes of all deaths and the number one cause of cardiovascular deaths among Australian population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW]‚ 2011). Coronary heart disease refers to the conditions that affect the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with nutrients and oxygen (Craft‚ Gordon‚ & Tiziani‚ 2011). There
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Stress comes from many different things and is the cause of many problems in a person’s life. Stress management can be complicated and confusing because there are different types of stress. There are three main types of stress‚ acute stress‚ episodic acute stress‚ and chronic stress. Each has their own characteristics‚ symptoms‚ duration‚ and treatment approaches. Almost everyone has some type of stress. Some people cope with it better then others. Causes of stress are known as stressors. Stressors
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