Diagnosis: Heart Failure Defined: “An abnormal clinical condition involving impaired cardiac pumping that results in pathophysiologic changes in vasoconstriction and fluid retention” (Lewis‚ Heitkemper‚ Dirksen‚ O’Brien‚ Bucher‚ 2007‚ p. 821). Risk factors: Increasing age and coronary artery disease are the two main risk factors for heart failure. Heart failure may also develop by other contributing risk factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and hypertension
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Stress is a natural reaction in humans‚ caused by good or bad experiences and affects body and mind. When stress occurs‚ hormones release and heart and breathing rates are accelerated in reaction. Chronic stress can cause long-term issues for the body‚ like heart issues and infertility‚ to name a few. The most common way to identify stress is through the "Fight-or-Flight" response‚ brought on through the Central Nervous System (CNS). Mental stress can cause a great many responses within the human
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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Thomas Liggins ITT Technical Institute/ N. Las Vegas Instructor: Ron Schaeffer ES3220 27th February‚ 2013 There is a dark cloud hanging over the world of contact sports and it is growing at an alarming rate. With the size and speed of today’s athletes‚ the sports of football and hockey have become more exciting‚ fast paced‚ wide open‚ and fun to watch. However‚ there is another consequence of these ever growing athletes on their sports. They have made the
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1. Background information Mr. Chan Man is a 19-year-old single male. His BMI is 18.9‚ which is in the normal range: 18.5 to 24.9 (Bickley‚ 2012)‚ with height 185 cm and weight 65 kg. He lives with parents. He is now working at CHIPS cafe. He exercises about one to two hours every day. 2. Chief complaint He felt tired and a bit dizzy and had intermittent stomach ache in these 4 days. 3. History of present problem Tiredness and dizziness were due to lack of sleep. He slept about 4 to 6 hours a
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than what kind of disease the patient has”- William Osler Different individuals react differently to developing a chronic illness. Their reactions depend on many factors‚ such as their coping skills and personalities‚ the social support they have‚ the nature and consequences of their illness and the impact of the illness on their daily functioning. At the very least‚ having a chronic condition involves frequent impositions on the patient and their families that require adaptation and adjustment.
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the chance to develop a headache‚ eat something to make your stomach hurt‚ or step the wrong way and hurt your knee. You already experience it the second you open your eyes. This is the life of a person living with chronic pain. People don’t realize when someone is suffering from chronic pain because it’s a condition that doesn’t have visible characteristics. Due to not having visible characteristics and no way to officially diagnose it make getting the correct medication difficult. There are so
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Mrs. J having all the sign and symptom with the history of having hypertension‚ chronic heart failure‚ sleep apnea‚ and smoke two pack of cigarettes a day‚ is not a thing to play with because she has expose herself to many things such as stroke‚ and brain death because the sleep apnea and the heart attach‚ will deprives the brain of oxygen since the cardiac muscle are not strong enough to be able to pump blood to her brain. Heart failure occurs when the cardiovascular system is unable to meet the
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SCI/162 Week 9 Final Draft Two Chronic Diseases Cancer and Heart Disease continue to be top killers in America‚ even though there is so much information to educate us on how to recognize them or even prevent them altogether. We have so many resources available to teach us how to keep our bodies free from disease and also how to catch diseases in their early stages. There are lifestyle changes that can be made‚ symptoms that can help diagnose the chronic condition‚ and treatments that may
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Very Old Man with Enormous Wings and What We Talk About When We Talk About Love have in common is ways that humans perceive what is happening around them. A theme for A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings is how human nature treats differences and those that are strange. A theme for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love is how everyone perceives and defines love differently. The authors of both stories use their tools to convey their themes. Gabriel García Márquez‚ the author of A Very Old Man
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Chronic Shock Introduction & Stage Model Chronic Shock • Chronic shock is the re-experiencing of a catastrophic event‚ and not resolving the physical/psychological effects of that catastrophe. • Many ACoAs/CoSAs‚ due to the rules and expectations in addictive homes‚ live with chronic shock. Shock State Physical level— • Body is preparing to manage the disaster: – Breathing patterns change. The person holds their breath during the initial phase‚ then moves to uneven breathing.
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