Can also cause damage to the arteries causing aneurysm‚ damage to your heart overtime causing heart failure‚ damage to your brain possibly causing dementia‚ stroke and mild cognitive impartment. Can also cause damage to your kidneys provoking kidney scarring‚ kidney failure‚ and kidney artery aneurysm. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/hbp/effect/arteries.htm blood pressure Citations: - www.mayoclinic.com - www.Health24.com
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Peer pressure Peer pressure is influence that a peer group‚ observers or individual exerts that encourages others to change their attitudes‚ or behaviors to stratify to group standard. It also might encourage others to have bad attitude and behaviors for example‚ smoking‚ alcohols‚ drugs‚ etc. Like most people‚ you already know that smoking is bad for your health. But do you really understand just how dangerous smoking really is? Tobacco contains nicotine‚ it’s too high addictive drug that makes
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1. Atherosclerosis is a disease of large and medium-sized muscular arteries Characteristics: endothelial dysfunction vascular inflammation buildup of lipids‚ cholesterol‚ calcium and cellular debris within the intima of the blood vessel wall. The build up results in atheroma (plaque formation). It is a fatty deposit in the intima of an artery‚ resulting from atherosclerosis. Atheroma/Plaque is made up of: fatty substances Cholesterol Waste products from cells Calcium
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because of this diagnosis. After admission patient Mrs X had an angiogram‚ via right femoral approach‚ which has shown multi vessel disease (LMS‚ LAD‚ LCX and RCA). She had a failed angiogram via right radial approach. Mrs X has also had an Intra-aortic balloon pump inserted via right femoral approach. On arrival to the ward significant‚ vital observations were taken‚ these were blood pressure‚ O2 saturation‚ respiration rate and heart rate‚ her blood glucose level was also measured as she was diabetic
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Assessment 2 – Congestive Cardiac Failure 1. Mr Wright’s admission states that he has CCF (congestive cardiac failure). Clearly define CCF. What organs and which body systems are affected by this disorder? Congestive cardiac failure defined Congestive cardiac failure (CCF) is a progressive disease of the heart‚ which involves loss of pumping ability by the heart. Congestive cardiac failure occurs when the myocardium loses its ability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s metabolic needs and is
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Anatomy study guide Final 2k14 Endocrine system: Function: releases hormones‚ regulates long term metabolic process and shares some function with the nervous system Hormones: chemical “messengers” that act on target cells Hormones: Growth hormone (GH): they increase cell growth and replication by increasing protein synthesis‚ interior pituitary Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH): development of follicle (females) stimulation of sperm maturation (males)‚ interior pituitary Cortisol: accelerate
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heart ensure that one-way flow occurs? You correctly answered: d. valves 3. Which of the following might be seen in both the diseased heart and the athlete’s heart? You correctly answered: c. thicker myocardium 4. The type of resistance increased in aortic valve stenosis is You correctly answered: d. increased left-ventricular afterload. 09/25/14 page 1 Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: You will now test three mechanisms to compensate for the decrease in flow rate caused by
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Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular disease is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels (arteries‚ capillaries and veins). The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse but atherosclerosis and/or hypertension are the most common. the biggest cause of deaths Types.=)) * Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries‚ usually caused by atherosclerosis or buildup of cholesterol and fatty deposits on the inner walls of the arteries
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Visible Embryo website http://www.visembryo.com/ Particular points of interest in conception to birth include Stage of Development What significant development is happening? 1 day A sperm can stay alive for up to 48 hours. It takes about ten hours to navigate the female productive track‚ moving up the vaginal canal‚ through the cervix‚ and into the fallopian tube where fertilization begins. Although 300 million sperm may enter the upper part of the vagina‚ only 1%‚ 3 million enter the uterus
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A stroke happens when the blood supply to some portion of your cerebrum is hindered or extremely decreased. This denies the brain of oxygen and nutrients leaving brain cells to die in just minutes. About every minute in the United States‚ someone suffers from a stroke. Strokes are the second leading cause of death in the US. Common symptoms of a stroke are as follows: drooping of the face‚ difficultly with vision‚ fast onset of a severe migraine‚ difficultly walking‚ and possibly paralysis of
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