How To Write A Case Study Susan's On And Off Rapid Heartbeat

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Hypothesis: If Susan's on and off rapid heartbeat is occurring often and last longer every time it happens, then it is possible that Susan has a heart disease that is slowly developing over time. Because her rapid heartbeat cannot be the result of just because of her normal workout regimen, even though her heartbeat is supposed increased whenever she exercises.
Like many healthy people, exercising is part of Susan's lifestyle. It should be normal for her heart rate to increase whenever she exercises, this should not raise any alarm health wise. Susan's condition might not be a rare case, like usual she was working out in the gym that is when she noticed something that is unfamiliar about her heart beat. As she was making her way to the weight machines in the gym, her heart started to beat rapidly, but she experienced something similar before. However, what made Susan feel panicked this time was that her heart did not only beat rapidly, but it also did not beat normal after 20 seconds. When her unusual heart beat continued, she noticed she was also experiencing some kind of a pain because there was pressure
in her chest, breathing became problematic, and she felt light headed. Any of these things did not happen when she experienced rapid heartbeat which lasted less 20 seconds, before her recent one.
Susan's condition is shocking, a person with a healthy lifestyle like hers should not have the problem of irregular heartbeat. When she visited the ER, the Cardiologist took different tests such as her blood pressure, hematocrit, and cholesterol. All of her test results came out normal, which made me wonder if the test results are correct because there should be some kind of sign or a result that indicates Susan is not as healthy as she and her Cardiologist might think. A healthy person at Susan's age should not experience a painful heartbeat if anything Susan should experience a heartbeat that does not last more 10 seconds since based on her test results there was not any indication that she might be sick. After considerable questioning of Susan's symptoms and test results, my hypothesis is that Susan have a heart disease that is slowly developing over time and that is part of the reasons why she is unable to live her life well without feeling the dreadful irregular heartbeat.
Many women in America and other countries have heart disease that they had no idea about until it finally becomes a major problem to their health. In Susan's case, she is possibly very close to having a heart attack one day. Some of the symptoms she was having during her rapid heartbeat in the gym, are symptoms that often women in her age range sometimes experience before having a heart attack. What is a heart? Donovan and Cherney claim that "Heart disease is one of the leading health risks facing men today. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), more than one in three adult men has heart disease. Heart disease is an umbrella term that includes heart failure, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, angina, and other heart-related infections, irregularities, and birth defects." (Donovan and Cherney 1).
Many people are not aware of the signs and symptoms of heart attack, while both men and women suffer from heart disease the disease is kind of similar in both genders. For example, the symptoms men feel before and heart attack like chest pain, shortness of breath, and irregular heartbeat is the same symptoms women feel too before collapsing from a sudden heart attack. Now, what exactly cause a heart disease? To say there is just one contributing risk factor in this case would be extremely inaccurate because there are many things that contribute to having a heart disease either in men or women. However, some of the contributing factors of a heart disease are poor lifestyle choices such as, drinking alcohol in an abusive way, smoking, diabetes, and sometimes reckless unhealthy eating can also be part of the risk factors for heart disease.
Most of the symptoms that Susan experienced during her rapid heartbeat after her workout at the gym point to a possibility of a heart disease.
But the question is, if Susan's condition is due to a sign of a heart disease, then how is it possible that her results did not indicate any possibility of a disease? Perhaps her Cardiologist might have missed out on some of her severe symptoms. Because it is not normal for a person who is as healthy as Susan to suffer from a rapid heartbeat without a good reason. "The signs and symptoms of coronary heart disease (CHD) may differ between women and men. Some women who have CHD have no signs or symptoms. This is called silent CHD. Silent CHD may not be diagnosed until a woman has signs and symptoms of a heart attack, heart failure, or an arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)." ("National Institutes of Health"
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After Susan's visit to the ER, her ECG results came out normal just like the rest of the tests she took. Her Cardiologist prescribes low-dose beta-blockers this medicine is supposed to help Susan feel better, but the medicine is not going work for too long because it is not for heart disease which Susan had. Susan will take the medicine and feel better for some time, but she might also experience another rapid heartbeat and with the previous symptoms as well. Her rapid heartbeat is not going to disappear unless her Cardiologist is able to detect her symptoms and is able to put the signs under the category of heart disease, that is the only time Susan will acknowledge that she is suffering from a heart disease and this will be able to save her life before is too late. Susan's condition is serious, and it would be best if her Cardiologist took another test and monitor how often she is having a rapid heartbeat and whether or not if there is a decrease or an increase whenever the symptoms arise.