Many people learned about the Circulatory System in their elementary school years‚ so for many‚ it would be hard to imagine a time where Civilization were unaware of how blood works. It wasn’t until 1682 when a English physician named William Harvey discovered the Circulatory System‚ before than people didn’t know where it came from and were unaware of its importance‚ and since then medicine developed rapidly increasing people’s life span and becoming the foundation of medicine‚ and how much it has
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Risk factors are conditions or penchants that make a man more inclined to develop a disease. They can in like manner fabricate the chances that an ebb and flow disease will decay. Key risk factors for heart disease that you can deal with are: • High circulatory strain • High blood cholesterol • Diabetes and prediabetes • Smoking • Being overweight or strong • Being physically dormant • Having a family history of early heart disease • Having a foundation set apart by preeclampsia in
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Grace Clifford 1/19/15 Period 1 Chapter 26‚ Mr. Zepf Chapter 26 Exploring Health Terms: 1. Angina pectoris. 2. Noncommunicable disease. 3. Hypertension. 4. Arrhythmias. 5. Tumor. 6. Metastasis. 7. Carcinogen. 8. Biopsy. 9. Allergy. 10. Diabetes. 11. Rheumatoid arthritis 12. Profound deafness. 13. Mental retardation. 14. Americans with Disabilities Act. Recalling the Facts: 1. Hypertension is called the “silent killer” because it has no symptoms in its early stages. 2. Plaque can build up in the artery
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Of the diseases that can affect the cardiovascular system of humans‚ among the most common is a mitral heart prolapse. More of a defect than a disease‚ but equally as troublesome‚ mitral heart prolapse afflicts as many as 8 million people in the United States alone. Essentially it is a faulty heart valve‚ particularly the mitral valve (hence the name). Because of this valve’s malfunction‚ when the heart normally contracts to pump blood through the body‚ the mitral valve slips back into place too
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Abstract This paper explores Tetralogy of Fallot repair and the four defects of the heart and its major blood vessels that it includes. The first being a ventricular septal defect which is a hole between the right and left ventricles. Narrowing of the pulmonary outflow tract which is the valve and artery that connect to the heart with the lungs. Overriding aorta that is shifted over the right ventricle and ventricular septal defect instead of coming out only from the left ventricle. Lastly‚ the
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Louise does in “The Story of an Hour” described as “joy that kills”‚ because she saw that her husband is still alive. However‚ she did not die of excitement to see her husband. She died due to the fact that she was not free anymore. A few moments after the mortifying news of her husband’s death‚ Louise starts to dream about how her life is going to be from now on. She was more relieved that she was not going to be controlled or told how to live her life. “She saw beyond that bitter moment along
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Sepsis is a systemic‚ deleterious host response to infection leading to severe sepsis (Dellinger‚ 2013). A more detailed description includes acute organ dysfunction secondary to documented or suspected infection and or severe sepsis plus hypotension is not reversed with fluid resuscitation (Dellinger‚ 2013). The definition of sepsis is further defined as the presence (probable or suspected) of infection together with systemic manifestations of infection (Neviere‚ 2015). Dellinger (2013) emphasized
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We live in a world that is deeply influenced by technology. In the past forty years‚ almost everything about our lifestyles has changed. From different clothes to different foods‚ our world is constantly changing. Should our criteria for the drivers on the roads not change as well? Teenagers are often seen as the terrors of the road because they are so inexperienced‚ but many senior citizens are‚ in fact‚ much worse drivers than teenagers are. People over the age of sixty-five should be required
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Cardiac catheterization is often referred to as coronary angiography or a coronary angiogram. It is a radiographic procedure that is used to look at and visualize the heart and the coronary arteries. During a cardiac catheterization it is possible for the cardiologist performing the procedure to see how effectively blood is flowing through the coronary arteries. In addition‚ this procedure allows the cardiologists to see how blood is moving through the chambers of the heart and how effective the
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Disadvantages to Working the Night Shift By Sid Williams III‚ eHow Contributor updated: March 11‚ 2010 1. As many companies operate 24 hours per day‚ there are jobs that require night or graveyard shift employees. Although it is true that working in night shifts has advantages--higher pay and less supervision--it also has several disadvantages. Health Concerns 2. Working the night shift poses health concerns primarily because the brain is programmed to sleep at night. Since the sleeping
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