Mr. S is 48-year-old male, who is a sales representative for a large electronics firm who travels quite a lot. He has been defined as a Type A personality. He is 6', 190 lbs. with a blood pressure of 142/88 mmHg. Five years ago he has was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He blames his 2 and half pack a day smoking habit on the stress of his job. Family history reveals his brother had a Myocardial Infarction at the age of 40. His cholesterol level is 250 mg/dl, HDL is 30 mg/dl, LDL is 170mg/dl and TG is 250mg/dl. Mr. S complains of chest pain upon exertion. Case Study # 1…
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: Revealed a pleasant but depressed appearing female who is over weight but in no acute distress. She wears a brace on her right wrist. Height is 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 252 pounds. Temperature 98°F. Pulse 80. Respiratory rate 20. Blood pressure 140/80. She has not carotid bruits or meningismus. Cranial nerves 2 through 12 are intact and detailed to include visual fields. Funduscopic exam and pupillary examination. Motor exam reveals 5 out of 5 strength in arms and legs without atrophy or vesiculation. Reflexes are trace over four. Sensory exam is negative and nonfocal.…
3. A tall basketball player has overly long extremities with hypermobile joints and a marked pigeon chest. This athlete may be at risk for marfan’s syndrome…
There are two types of aortic valve diseases: regurgitation and stenosis. Aortic regurgitation is a condition in which blood flows backward from a weak or widened aortic valve into the heart’s left ventricle. Aortic Stenosis is a narrowing or blockage of the aortic valve. This happens with the valve leaflets become coated with deposits. Since this is makes the aortic valve smaller, the left ventricle has to work harder in order to get the same amount of blood through the small opening, over time, this extra work can weaken the heart. There are three mitral valve diseases: mitral valve prolapse, mitral regurgitation, and mitral stenosis. Mitral valve prolapse disease is where one or both of the valve flaps (cusps or leaflets) are enlarged and the flaps’ supporting muscles are too long; instead of closing evenly, the one or both of the flaps collapse or bulge into the left atrium. Mitral regurgitation is caused by earlier conditions that have weakened the heart, such as if a person has had a heart attack or had rheumatic fever as a child. Mitral stenosis is a narrowing or blockage of the mitral valve, the narrowed valve causes blood to back-up into the heart’s upper-left chamber instead of flowing into the lower-left chamber. Atrial septal defect, also known as ASD, is a “hole” in the wall that separates the top two chambers of the heart. Ventricular septal defect (VSD), is the opposite of ASD, it is a hole in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart. Tetralogy of fallot is a combination of four different problems: a hold between the lower chambers of the heart, the muscle surrounding the lower right chamber becomes overly thickened, an obstruction from the heart to the lungs, and when the aorta is over the hole in the lower chambers. These are a few of the heart conditions that a cardiothoracic surgeon…
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a term used to describe what happens when the blood supply to the heart is blocked or interrupted by a build up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries. CHD is a preventable disease that can be treated.…
Duchenne MD is the most common muscle dystrophy. Due to the way the disease is acquired, it generally influences young men. It is conceivable…
In order to live with SMA you often of to take orthopedic physical therapy. There is about an average of 10.8% of individuals have SMA and or the SMN1 gene tied to chromosome #5. This is a negative mutation. This disorder will often decrease chances of survival. You often have difficulty moving or sitting up on your own. If a killer or someone looking to harm you targets you, it is difficult to get away from them because of your difficulty moving. This will also affect your amount of physical…
There are many health conditions that can affect an individual’s, such as well known ones such as a visual impairment, arthritis and on to others such as:…
Have a genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue, such as Marfan syndrome, Turner syndrome, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.…
The disease I chose was compartment syndrome because it’s very rare, fewer than 20,000 US cases per year. Compartment syndrome is when a very dangerous and very painful condition cause from pressure builds up from internal bleeding or swelling of the tissues, the pressure decreases blood flow, depriving muscles and nerves of needed nourishment. The cause of this disease is often causes by injury, such as a fracture, that causes bleeding in a muscle which then causes increased pressure in the muscle. Some more causes of this disease are Crush injuries, burns, overly tight bandaging and blood clots.…
When you are told your whole life that you are incapable of doing something, it is easy to comply and give up. But I for one, am not someone who likes to take the easy way out. Perseverance: a characteristic and talent that can be hard to acquire. I have acquired and learned perseverance throughout my seventeen short years.…
This papers purpose is to inform the reader of the symptoms and tips on how this Disorder can be fixed.…
My specific purpose is to inform my audience about the effects of alcohol on the fetus, the many effects and harms associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and treatment for fetal alcohol syndrome.…
My condition which has inconvenienced me the most is that I am unable to straighten either of my elbows. My left elbow can come much closer to being straight than my right leading to me having a different reach on the two different sides of my body. Although this is an obvious feature portrayed when I simply just walk around or do other things no doctor or organization that I have visited for tests or examinations have a confident hypothesis for a solution. Also pertaining to my arms I have very limited motion in my shoulders and…
Hollywood, amazingly out of this world, and when I say out of this world, I mean it. Whether we realize it or not, Hollywood can sometimes be seen as an artificial way of life and in the movie I Am Sam, Hollywood is extremely helpful in the way we portray individuals with an intellectual disorder.…