Homeostatic Balances Research Paper
Running Head: Homeostatic Imbalances
Homeostatic Imbalances
BIO 100
June 7, 2010
Abstract
It is known that homeostasis is a physcialogical process that perpetually adjust to maintain relative stediness of your internal state of balance it is towards “a body in balance” due to the state of optimal for survival. It is achieved various feedback control mechanisms. Heart dieseas is a very common illness in an individual that can cause serious harm to a individual that does not take care of the problem.
Heart Dieseas
I have had heart problems in the past six years. I have had an Angeo Plasy done in 2004. One of the issues is palpitations are sensations that feel like your heart is pounding or racing. You may have an unpleasant …show more content…
awareness of a high heart rate or a rapid heartbeat. It is like if your heart has been raising or running all day that you can feel the heart beat in your stomach. It is a very strange feeling that can slow your life down.
This unsettling heart beat sensation may be felt in your chest, throat or neck.
It is an ugly feeling that you have that your heart might come out of your body . It is known during an episode of the palpitations, you may experience if your heart is coming out and is not able to stop running and it keeps working like if it is hundred miles per hour. According to my Cardiologist it is caused sometimes by stress and pressure. It is not a serious condition Many causes for a racing heart beat, high pulse rate, rapid heartbeat or heart palpitations are isolated, short term heart racing and pounding no damage or harm may occur to your heart or body. It is caused by stress or caffeine intake of the person through out the day. One of the biggest concern from the doctor is to be able to control your stress and manage your caffeine intake on a daily basis. It is more easy said than done by any person that has the palpatations.
Lifestyle changes that create a healthy heart in your midst of heartbeat caused heart palpitations include: * exercise …show more content…
routinely * control blood pressure * maintain normal cholesterol levels * consume well balanced, low fat diet * manage stress ~ try yoga, meditation
The symptoms of palpitations include feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, beating too hard or too fast. Often, palpitations are harmless and your heart is actually working normally. However, palpitations can be a sign of a more serious problem. There may be a problem if in addition to palpitations you also feel dizzy or confused; feel lightheaded or faint; have difficulty breathing or feel short of breath; feel pain, pressure, or tightness in your chest, jaw, or arm; or have unusual sweating. These may be signs of a heart arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat).
Get yourself moving for your beneficial palpitations with exercise’s heart healthy pounding.
Along Similar Health Blurbs Lines: * Thyroid Gland A Cause for Anxiety * Stress: When Its Time to See A Doctor * Many Causes for Agitation and Irritability * How to Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease * Heart Attack: The Signs Every Body Needs to Know * Dietary Steps for Prevention of Iron Deficiency Anemia * Why Dopamine High from Caffeine and Stimulating Effects * About Heart Disease Uncontrollable and Controllable Risk Factors * Menopause Hormone Reduction Changes Causes Hot Flashes and Healthy Lifestyle Preparation
Many things can cause heart palpitations. You can even be aware of your heart beat when it is actually beating normally. In most cases, heart palpitations are not a sign of underlying disease. However, in some cases they can be a sign of serious heart problems.
Several things can trigger palpitations, including strong emotions, anxiety, physical activity, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, certain medicines (such as pseudoephedrine), hormonal changes, and some medical conditions including anemia. These things all tend to make the heart beast faster and/or stronger than normal but despite the sensation, the heart is still working normally.
Sometimes palpitations can be symptoms of arrhythmias, which are problems with the speed or rhythm of the heartbeat. Arrhythmias may themselves be signs of underlying heart dysfunction such as coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, or heart valve problems. Most people with heart palpitations do not have arrhythmias, but if you experience palpitations you should see your doctor to be checked out.
Who is in risk of the heart palpitations
Everyone experiences heart palpitations at some time or another. The risk of palpitations tends to increase with age. Additionally, the following factors can increase your risk of heart palpitations that are not associated with an underlying heart arrhythmia: * anxiety * stress * panic attacks * recent strenuous exercise * caffeine * nicotine * fever * hormone changes associated with menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause * certain medications, such as pseudoephedrine
Also, there are factors that can increase your risk of having palpitations that are related to underlying problems with heart rhythm, including: * Heart disease or risk factors for heart disease such as obesity and high cholesterol. * History of heart attack. * Heart failure, heart valve problems, or heart muscle problems. * Abnormal electrolyte levels (levels of ions in your blood such as sodium and potassium).
What are the treatment available of heart palpitations
If you have a medical condition that is causing your palpitations, the doctor can help treat the problem and your palpitations should resolve. If you are taking a medication that tends to cause palpitations as a side effect, the doctor can suggest an alternative medicine for you to take.
If your palpitations are due to a heart arrhythmia, you and the doctor can decide on a strategy for treating the arrhythmia or the underlying heart disease that may be causing it.
How to prevent heart palpitations
People can reduce or prevent palpitations by treating any related medical conditions and by avoiding the things that trigger palpitations. For example: * Reduce anxiety and stress. * Avoid stimulants, such as caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or amphetamines and illegal ones such as cocaine. * Avoid medicines that act as stimulants, such as cough and cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine and certain herbal and nutritional supplements
When is the best time to seek for medical care are often harmless, but if you start experiencing them for the first time, you should see the doctor and make sure they are not a symptom of an underlying heart problem. Especially if in addition to the palpitations you also feel dizzy or short of breath, have chest pain, or you feel faint you should see a doctor right away.
If you have already seen a doctor about your palpitations and have been told that you do not have underlying heart problems, you should see the doctor again if your palpitations increase in frequency or if they occur with the symptoms mentioned above.
either case a positive feedback loop left to itself can lead only to the destruction of the system, through explosion or through the blocking of all its functions. The wild behavior of positive loops - a veritable death wish - must be controlled by negative loops. This control is essential for a system to maintain itself in the course of time.
Negative feedback leads to adaptive, or goal-seeking behavior: sustaining the same level, temperature, concentration, speed, direction. In some cases the goal is self-determined and is preserved in the face of evolution: the system has produced its own purpose (to maintain, for example, the composition of the air or the oceans in the ecosystem or the concentration of glucose in the blood). In other cases man has determined the goals of the machines (automats and servomechanisms). In a negative loop every variation toward a plus triggers a correction toward the minus, and vice versa. There is tight control; the system oscillates around an ideal equilibrium that it never attains. A thermostat or a water tank equipped with a float are simple examples of regulation by negative
feedback.
Of course, any recurrent irregular heartbeat warrants a full evaluation by your practitioner, and maybe a visit to a cardiologist, to rule out any abnormalities.
Once they have ruled out any serious underlying condition, women are often told that their symptoms are due to stress or hormone fluctuations. They may be offered prescription drugs. Women tell us that this feels like being dropped with no explanation or suggestion for relief when the doctors can’t find anything wrong with them.
Reference:
Criqui MH. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 49. http://www.healia.com/healthguide/guides/heart-palpitations http://www.webcrawler.com/webcrawler300/ws/results/Web/heart+palpitations/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true&gclid=CMeRt7bfkaICFRbyDAodfXgljg
Homeostatic Imbalances
BIO 100
June 7, 2010
Abstract
It is known that homeostasis is a physcialogical process that perpetually adjust to maintain relative stediness of your internal state of balance it is towards “a body in balance” due to the state of optimal for survival. It is achieved various feedback control mechanisms. Heart dieseas is a very common illness in an individual that can cause serious harm to a individual that does not take care of the problem.
Heart Dieseas
I have had heart problems in the past six years. I have had an Angeo Plasy done in 2004. One of the issues is palpitations are sensations that feel like your heart is pounding or racing. You may have an unpleasant …show more content…
awareness of a high heart rate or a rapid heartbeat. It is like if your heart has been raising or running all day that you can feel the heart beat in your stomach. It is a very strange feeling that can slow your life down.
This unsettling heart beat sensation may be felt in your chest, throat or neck.
It is an ugly feeling that you have that your heart might come out of your body . It is known during an episode of the palpitations, you may experience if your heart is coming out and is not able to stop running and it keeps working like if it is hundred miles per hour. According to my Cardiologist it is caused sometimes by stress and pressure. It is not a serious condition Many causes for a racing heart beat, high pulse rate, rapid heartbeat or heart palpitations are isolated, short term heart racing and pounding no damage or harm may occur to your heart or body. It is caused by stress or caffeine intake of the person through out the day. One of the biggest concern from the doctor is to be able to control your stress and manage your caffeine intake on a daily basis. It is more easy said than done by any person that has the palpatations.
Lifestyle changes that create a healthy heart in your midst of heartbeat caused heart palpitations include: * exercise …show more content…
routinely * control blood pressure * maintain normal cholesterol levels * consume well balanced, low fat diet * manage stress ~ try yoga, meditation
The symptoms of palpitations include feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, beating too hard or too fast. Often, palpitations are harmless and your heart is actually working normally. However, palpitations can be a sign of a more serious problem. There may be a problem if in addition to palpitations you also feel dizzy or confused; feel lightheaded or faint; have difficulty breathing or feel short of breath; feel pain, pressure, or tightness in your chest, jaw, or arm; or have unusual sweating. These may be signs of a heart arrhythmia (an irregular heartbeat).
Get yourself moving for your beneficial palpitations with exercise’s heart healthy pounding.
Along Similar Health Blurbs Lines: * Thyroid Gland A Cause for Anxiety * Stress: When Its Time to See A Doctor * Many Causes for Agitation and Irritability * How to Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease * Heart Attack: The Signs Every Body Needs to Know * Dietary Steps for Prevention of Iron Deficiency Anemia * Why Dopamine High from Caffeine and Stimulating Effects * About Heart Disease Uncontrollable and Controllable Risk Factors * Menopause Hormone Reduction Changes Causes Hot Flashes and Healthy Lifestyle Preparation
Many things can cause heart palpitations. You can even be aware of your heart beat when it is actually beating normally. In most cases, heart palpitations are not a sign of underlying disease. However, in some cases they can be a sign of serious heart problems.
Several things can trigger palpitations, including strong emotions, anxiety, physical activity, caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, certain medicines (such as pseudoephedrine), hormonal changes, and some medical conditions including anemia. These things all tend to make the heart beast faster and/or stronger than normal but despite the sensation, the heart is still working normally.
Sometimes palpitations can be symptoms of arrhythmias, which are problems with the speed or rhythm of the heartbeat. Arrhythmias may themselves be signs of underlying heart dysfunction such as coronary artery disease, heart attack, heart failure, or heart valve problems. Most people with heart palpitations do not have arrhythmias, but if you experience palpitations you should see your doctor to be checked out.
Who is in risk of the heart palpitations
Everyone experiences heart palpitations at some time or another. The risk of palpitations tends to increase with age. Additionally, the following factors can increase your risk of heart palpitations that are not associated with an underlying heart arrhythmia: * anxiety * stress * panic attacks * recent strenuous exercise * caffeine * nicotine * fever * hormone changes associated with menstruation, pregnancy, or menopause * certain medications, such as pseudoephedrine
Also, there are factors that can increase your risk of having palpitations that are related to underlying problems with heart rhythm, including: * Heart disease or risk factors for heart disease such as obesity and high cholesterol. * History of heart attack. * Heart failure, heart valve problems, or heart muscle problems. * Abnormal electrolyte levels (levels of ions in your blood such as sodium and potassium).
What are the treatment available of heart palpitations
If you have a medical condition that is causing your palpitations, the doctor can help treat the problem and your palpitations should resolve. If you are taking a medication that tends to cause palpitations as a side effect, the doctor can suggest an alternative medicine for you to take.
If your palpitations are due to a heart arrhythmia, you and the doctor can decide on a strategy for treating the arrhythmia or the underlying heart disease that may be causing it.
How to prevent heart palpitations
People can reduce or prevent palpitations by treating any related medical conditions and by avoiding the things that trigger palpitations. For example: * Reduce anxiety and stress. * Avoid stimulants, such as caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or amphetamines and illegal ones such as cocaine. * Avoid medicines that act as stimulants, such as cough and cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine and certain herbal and nutritional supplements
When is the best time to seek for medical care are often harmless, but if you start experiencing them for the first time, you should see the doctor and make sure they are not a symptom of an underlying heart problem. Especially if in addition to the palpitations you also feel dizzy or short of breath, have chest pain, or you feel faint you should see a doctor right away.
If you have already seen a doctor about your palpitations and have been told that you do not have underlying heart problems, you should see the doctor again if your palpitations increase in frequency or if they occur with the symptoms mentioned above.
either case a positive feedback loop left to itself can lead only to the destruction of the system, through explosion or through the blocking of all its functions. The wild behavior of positive loops - a veritable death wish - must be controlled by negative loops. This control is essential for a system to maintain itself in the course of time.
Negative feedback leads to adaptive, or goal-seeking behavior: sustaining the same level, temperature, concentration, speed, direction. In some cases the goal is self-determined and is preserved in the face of evolution: the system has produced its own purpose (to maintain, for example, the composition of the air or the oceans in the ecosystem or the concentration of glucose in the blood). In other cases man has determined the goals of the machines (automats and servomechanisms). In a negative loop every variation toward a plus triggers a correction toward the minus, and vice versa. There is tight control; the system oscillates around an ideal equilibrium that it never attains. A thermostat or a water tank equipped with a float are simple examples of regulation by negative
feedback.
Of course, any recurrent irregular heartbeat warrants a full evaluation by your practitioner, and maybe a visit to a cardiologist, to rule out any abnormalities.
Once they have ruled out any serious underlying condition, women are often told that their symptoms are due to stress or hormone fluctuations. They may be offered prescription drugs. Women tell us that this feels like being dropped with no explanation or suggestion for relief when the doctors can’t find anything wrong with them.
Reference:
Criqui MH. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 49. http://www.healia.com/healthguide/guides/heart-palpitations http://www.webcrawler.com/webcrawler300/ws/results/Web/heart+palpitations/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true&gclid=CMeRt7bfkaICFRbyDAodfXgljg