Exercise and Obesity One issue in American society today that is a growing danger to both adults and children is obesity. The terrifying fact is that approximately 12.5 million children in America aged 2-19 suffer from obesity‚ along with over 78 million adults (Ogden‚ Carroll‚ Kit‚ Flegal‚ 2012). Being overweight is hazardous to one’s health; fortunately there is a simple solution that provides multiple health benefits. Exercise and changing daily eating habits has been proven to help people overcome
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Chief Complaint Followup for inpatient stay for "complicated migraine". History Patient is a 54-year-old right-handed white female who has a long history of migraine headaches. She states she had headaches as a child. When she started having her menses‚ they became menstrually related. It would also occur during ovulation. For a while‚ she was on Topamax and other medications. She went through menopause four years ago with a marked decrease in her migraine frequency. She did note that in
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which represents the pressure while heart contracts to pump the blood to the body. The lower number is the diastolic pressure which represents the pressure when heart relaxes between the beats. What is High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)? High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure or tension within the arteries.
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interventricular pressure _____________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why is hypertension hard on the heart? ventricular pressure must rise higher to open the semilunar valves; the same increase in a normal BP‚ less _______________________________________________________________________________ blood is ejected in a hypertensive case so the heart with hypertension must work harder to eject the same _______________________________________________________________________________
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risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. There are five major factors to look for; out of these five a person only needs three to be diagnosis with metabolic syndrome. They are obesity‚ mainly that of the waistline‚ insulin resistance‚ hypertension‚ dyslipidemia‚ and systemic inflammation. Once a person has three or more of these a medical professional can take the necessary steps in order to begin treatment. Allowing an improved and more efficient way to help patients that are at risk of
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Case Study 1 Unit 2: Age-Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System Slide 1 The title page introducing what subject I am planning on presenting to the residents of the independent living facility. It tells them who I am and what subject is being presented. The residents that I am going to be addressing are healthy‚ active and mentally alert senior who want to learn more about health conditions that are affecting their age group in general and are of major concern. Slide
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ALI = How does acute kidney disease progress to chronic? Discuss renal ischemia‚ nephrotoxins‚ and various modifiable factors such as unmanaged diabetes‚ preeclampsia‚ obesity‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension and kidney trauma. So‚ again‚ you basically need to say how acute kidney disease becomes chronic. Most of the evidence I have found suggests that is because of uncontrolled BP‚ nephrotoxic medications‚ and renal ischaemia. Don’t include how you get acute or chronic kidney disease (eg. diet
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the brain. There are several factors that can cause an aortic aneurysm. Some of the main causes include atherosclerosis‚ smoking‚ hypertension‚ vacuities‚ cocaine use‚ genetic links‚ or a traumatic/previous aorta injury. There are not as many causes for a cerebral aneurysm. A couple of things that can cerebral aneurysms include: weakness in the artery wall‚ hypertension‚ and arteriosclerosis. Symptoms for aortic aneurysms and cerebral aneurysms also differ. Aortic aneurysms symptoms include: throbbing
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IIA. FIRST LEVEL ASSESSMENT: HEALTH POTENTIALS | HEALTH PROBLEMS | WELLNESS CONDITIONS:1. Correct and healthful nutritional or eating habitsCues: * Adequate food intake of all family members both in quantity and quality * Family’s diet is more on vegetable and poultry rather than junk foods or red meat. * Eats 3 times a day2. Absence of stress provoking factorsCues: * Smooth interpersonal relationship between and among family members‚ occasional conflicts occur but is immediately resolved
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the third intercostal space near the sternum edge‚ a third degree systolic murmur above the lower sternum‚ and a blood pressure of 80/60 mmHg. The electrocardiogram showed signs of right ventricular overload. The patient was known with arterial hypertension form 2009‚ had an episode of atrial fibrillation and deep vein thrombosis of the right calf in 2005 and had a hip replacement
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