Health Topic: Sleep Video #1: “Kids and Sleep Apnea” URL- http://www.webmd.com/video/kids-and-sleep-apnea Alyssa Mitzkat‚ a six years old girl‚ suffered Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal episodes of blocked breathing during sleep. Each pause in breathing‚ called an apnea‚ can last from a few seconds to minutes‚ and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. As the video shows‚ Cindy‚ Alyssa’s mother‚ noticed that her daughter was having a
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Fish: Fish Niche - Fishes ecological niches that work in with their respiratory systems and gas exchange posess live in water eg. sea‚ rivers‚ streams and ponds. Fish such as cod live near the sea floor with competitors such as red cod‚ spotty and kahawai challenge them. There are predators such as dolphins‚ sharks and also people. Their gas exchange system has to be efficient for them to be able to compete with those fish and escape from predators. Fish live in an acquatic environment. Water
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Sleep disorders Some causes for sleep deprivation are illness‚ work‚ sleep disorder‚ medications‚ environment and babies. Illness such as colds and tonsillitis can cause snoring and frequent waking. Sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and snoring cause sleep deprivation. Medication used to treat ADHD and epilepsy can cause insomnia. Your sleep could be interrupted for many environmental reasons too like if it’s too hot or cold‚ noisy neighbors‚ a snoring bed partner or children. Shift-work also
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INTRODUCTION Student Council is a representative body composed of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extra-curricular activities. Student Leadership development is the process of involving students in meaningful ways both in and out the classroom. It is the time of the students to show their talents‚ skills‚ and interests while developing a new skills. Student council can be good leaders because they can influence the students to be a goo followers. And the
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Describes the stages of sleep Most people think that when we sleep‚ we can shut down our mind. However‚ with the power of advanced technique‚ scientist made a careful observation of human brain waves‚ body temperature‚ heart rate‚ breathing‚ and other physical functions. They received a new light on sleep. Our brain and body actually are active during sleep‚ sometimes even more active than we are awake. There are two type of sleep‚ making up a complete 90 to 100 minute cycle that can be repeated
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The Alternate Speaker The story The Alternate Speaker is about a boy named Daniel‚ who is in a speech competition and has high hope in getting into the regional competition. Unfortunately‚ Daniel comes in as fourth place which means he can’t get into regionals‚ unless someone can’t make it. Daniel becomes sad‚ and looses hope in ever making it to regionals. He looses all hope until a girl in regionals gets sick and Daniel has to compete. Daniel gets so excited to compete in regionals. He enters
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Change in respiratory rate during exercise Aim: To record and investigate how the breathing rate varies for the duration of light and heavy exercise. Introduction: When an individual exercises‚ the muscles being used needs extra energy from oxygen. The lungs pump oxygen to the heart‚ and then the heart pumps the oxygenated blood through the blood to the particular muscle that is working. The human body has a series of organs working together‚ which is named the respiration system. The organs involved
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The Realms of Sleep Kimesha Frazier 156 11-15-2012 Dr. Joan Brand The Realms of Sleep I remember a time when I experienced the most unnerving sensation as I laid in my bed. I was conscious of all of my surroundings. I listened as my clocked ticked away and I could hear the sweet innocent sounds of children playing outside. Everything appeared to be as normal as any other day. To my surprise‚ something was definitely wrong. I opened my eyes and I thought it was strange; I could not move
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Sleeping Hours: Age and condition | Sleep Needs | Newborns (0–2 months) | 12 to 18 hours | Infants (3–11 months) | 14 to 15 hours | Toddlers (1–3 years) | 12 to 14 hours | Preschoolers (3–5 years) | 11 to 13 hours | School-age children (5–10 years) | 10 to 11 hours | Adolescents (10–17 years) | 8.5 to 9.25 hours | Adults‚ including elderly | 7 to 9 hours | Pregnant women | 8(+) hours | On the other hand‚ Sleep deprivation may leads to mood alternation‚ increased
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Sleep Deprivation Essay Circadian rhythms are biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle. This is the earth’s cycle of days and nights that our bodies adapt to by developing a pattern of bodily functions. Our alertness‚ core body temperature‚ moods‚ learning efficiency‚ blood pressure‚ metabolism‚ and pulse rate all follow these circadian rhythms. When these rhythms are disrupted‚ that is when we begin to have problems with our sleep. A lack of sleep causes increased fatigue‚ decreased concentration
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