Case Study 1: Anemia Situation: The client is a 77 – year – old widow who relies on her late husband’s savings for all her expenses. Over the past few years‚ she has eaten less and less meat because of her financial situation and the trouble of preparing a meal “just for me”. She also has medicines to buy for the treatment of hypertension and arthritis. Over the past 2 to 3 months‚ she has felt increasingly tired‚ despite sleeping well at night. When she goes to the clinic‚ the doctor orders blood
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1) Anatomy & Physiology 227 Spring 2012 Dr Sheila M Wicks Take Home Exam Chapters 23 & 24 100 points Due April 8 Critical Thinking Clinical Questions Sami has been hospitalized with acute gastritis. Her symptoms were epigastric pressure (just above the stomach)‚ headache‚ nausea‚ and vomiting. She revealed that she had been suffering back pain and drank four shots of gin and took three aspirin to "kill the pain." What led the physician to make this diagnosis‚ and
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ability to walk are impaired the more you drink. Your vision may become blurred as well. Alcohol abused for a lengthy period of time can be fatal to the body. According to WebMD.com excessive drinking can lead to cancer‚ cardiovascular disease‚ cirrhosis‚ anemia‚ depression‚ dementia‚ seisures‚ gout‚ high blood pressure‚ nerve damage‚ infectious disease‚ and pancreatitis. Alcohol abuse has costs that do not just drain your wallet‚ but your entire
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metabolized through the liver‚ and cannot be speed up with the use of exercise‚ drinking coffee‚ eating certain food‚ or taking a cold shower. Alcohol has a generally negative impact on health. Chronic use of alcohol will have the user develop sever cirrhosis (scarring of the liver)‚ higher blood pressure‚ various cancers‚ and major cognitive impairments‚ memory loss‚ including dementia. The constant abuse of alcohol or alcohol dependence will cause people to live shorter lives and they will have withdrawal
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Drunkorexia By: Jennifer Lockerby Drunkorexia‚ drugorexia‚ or drunkarexia is eating less food (intaking less calories when eating)‚ so as to be able to drink more and not gain weight. It is a slang term for an unofficial disorder but drunkorexia is linked with bulimia‚ binge drinking and anorexia. Symptoms for drunkorexia include sleeping disorders‚ excessive weight loss and long term diet problems. Many people affected by drunkorexia become very aggressive in behaviour due to the physical extremities
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Hemochromatosis 1 Hemochromatosis is a genetic metabolic disorder that affects over 1 million Americans 1. It is the result of the body absorbing too much iron 1. If the excess of iron continues to build up in the bloodstream it can cause damage to joints and organs‚ and can even be fatal 1. Despite iron be harmful in this case‚ iron is an essential nutrient that is found in a daily diet. It is specifically responsible for carrying oxygen to all parts of the body. The normal absorption is 8 to 10
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Caffeine stimulates your central nervous system‚ helps breakdown fatty acids in your liver‚ boost your mood and alleviate headaches. People who regularly ingest caffeine are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease‚ colon cancer‚ gallstones‚ and cirrhosis of the liver. Sponsored Links 5 Foods you must not eat: Cut down a bit of stomach fat every day by never eating these 5 foods. Trimdownclub.com Carbonated Water Carbonated water is a primary ingredient of soft drinks. Carbonated water
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the Blood to bleed off to the vena cava inferior‚ if the vena portae hepatis is blocked. Such an anastomosis occurs between the veins of portal circulation and those of systemic circulation. A congestion of the vena portae (caused for example by cirrhosis of the liver) hepatis can cause a portal hypertension. Blood flowes directly to the vena cava by portalcaval anastomosis. However‚ the capacity of this „alternative route“ is very limited! Thus‚ because of the increased blood flow‚ some clinical
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Benefits [edit] Reduced risk of Alzheimer ’s disease Several studies comparing moderate coffee drinkers (about 2 cups a day) with light coffee drinkers (less than one cup a day) found that those who drank more coffee were significantly less likely to develop Alzheimer ’s disease later in life. [2][3] [edit] Reduced risk of gallstone disease Drinking caffeinated coffee has been correlated with a lower incidence of gallstones and gallbladder disease in both men[4] and women[5] in two studies performed
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Alcohol: Lowering the Legal Drinking Age Karita Lockwood Professor O’Quinn COM 323 October 29‚ 2012 Introduction Alcohol is a drink that is made from corn‚ barley or a beverage containing ethyl. There is currently an ongoing debate as to if the legal age limit for alcohol consumption should be lowered. Despite the dangers‚ everyday in the United States more than 13‚000 children and teens consume alcohol. The age range between eleven and eighteen is the most influential period when youths
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