like cramps‚ muscle cramps‚ and weight gain. This mineral is capable of reversing water retention due to its ability to lower sodium levels. Potassium is mostly found in fruits‚ particularly in rockmelon‚ honey melon‚ and watermelon. 5. Dehydration Dehydration forces the body to retain water‚ which in turn leads to swellings in the feet‚ legs‚ ankles‚ or hands. The good news is that drinking plenty of water and avoiding coffee and soda drinks can help improve the
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Complaint‚ History and Findings | | |Complaint‚ History & Findings | |Management and Progress | |Management and Progress | |26/02/2013 10:20
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Effects of Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious medical illnesses. They often go along with other problems such as stress‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and substance use. Eating disorders can lead to the development of serious physical health problems‚ such as heart conditions or kidney failure. Someone whose body weight is at least 15% less than the average weight for that person’s height may not have enough body fat to keep organs and other body parts healthy. In severe cases‚ eating disorders
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Flood water is dirty and not drinkable‚ and because of the oil‚ pesticides‚ gases‚ and poisons swept away with floods the drinkable water is polluted and destroyed forever. This sadly leads to tremendous loss of life due to infection‚ sickness‚ and dehydration. It is piteous that ultimately‚ behind all this devastation and slow parching of our planet is corporate
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The food borne illness I have chosen is salmonella. Question 1: What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? The infectious agent (pathogen) that causes salmonella is called salmonella enteriditis. The bacteria is larger than a virus; but‚ is visible to the eye with the microscope. It is rod-shaped‚ gram negative‚ non-motile bacteria that does not form spores. Interestingly enough it communicates to its fellow bacteria via AHL. It infects the cell‚ multiplies
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CAUSES‚ SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENTS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is defined as a disorder that causes a high volume of urine in a patient; this massive volume of urine is usually accompanied by intense thirst. Although very different from Diabetes Mellitus‚ the disorder can affect infants‚ children and adults as well. With numerous causes and symptoms‚ there are also several different treatments for DI. I hope to cover and briefly discuss some of the causes‚ symptoms and treatments
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there are products to help with incontinence‚ e.g.‚ adult diapers‚ leaving them on too long can result in excoriated skin or ulcers. The family then reduces the elder’s fluid intake so he or she won’t void frequently causing symptoms of dehydration. As dehydration sets in‚ the elder‚ already in a fragile state‚ becomes confused and weak‚ leading to falls‚ kidney failure or death. This scenario can be avoided if society becomes more in tune to the signs of abuse and not mistakenly identify these
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to the ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes (Homeostasis‚ n.d.). The inability of the body to assert homeostasis may lead to death or disease‚ examples are diabetes‚ dehydration‚ hypoglycemia‚ hyperglycemia‚ gout‚ and any disease caused by a toxin present in the bloodstream‚ which is a condition known as homeostatic inconsistency. All of these diseases are caused by an increased amount of a particular substance in the blood
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LOST IN THE DESERT! By David Evans Natural Sciences Penn College/PSU Williamsport‚ PA Part I: July 13th‚ AM Mark‚ a white‚ 35-year-old male weighing approximately 70 kilogram (kg) started a three-hour drive across the desert on US 95 from Yuma‚ Arizona‚ to Blythe‚ California. He set out at 7 AM on what was expected to be a very hot July day. He anticipated that it would take him about three hours to reach Blythe—plenty of time to make his 11 AM appointment with Sarah‚ his fiancée. When he failed
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also live in the environment in brackish rivers and coastal waters. Approximately 1 in 20 infected people has severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhoea‚ vomiting and leg cramps. In these people rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shoal. Without treatment death can occur within hours. Cholera cases and deaths were officially reported by WHO‚ in the year 2000‚ from 27 countries in Africa‚ 9 countries in Latin America‚ 13 countries in Asia‚ 2 countries in Europe‚ and
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