Coronary heart disease is a chronic disease in which plaque‚ fatty deposits‚ builds up inside the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. The build up of plaque is called atherosclerosis and can develop for many years undetected. Some common symptoms of coronary heart disease are chest pain‚ shortness of breath‚ and extreme fatigue with exertion‚ in turn increasing the risk of other health issues such as angina pectoris and eventually heart attacks. Today‚ coronary heart disease is the leading
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Coronary Artery Disease 10/31/2005 This paper will serve as a case study for the condition known as coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD occurs when the coronary arteries become hardened and narrowed; this is due to the buildup of plaque on the inner lining of the arteries. Blood flow to the heart is reduced as plaque narrows the coronary arteries‚ thereby decreasing the oxygen supply to the heart muscle. This loss of oxygen in the blood can lead to ischemia and later‚ myocardial infarction
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A single disease‚ either communicable or non communicable is already tough to deal with‚ imagine the double burden of disease. The Double Burden of Disease is generally defined as when a country is having deal with communicable diseases such as common cold‚ measles‚ STD’s etc. and ferocious non-communicable diseases like obesity‚ heart disease‚ beri-beri. Although in the past few decades‚ new improvements have been found in healthcare facilities‚ the tally of people dying due to the innumerable diseases
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Five Chronic Kidney Disease as a Risk Factor for Developing Cardiovascular Disease Authors/ Co-Authors: Hargrave‚ D Affiliations: College of Public Service‚ Jackson State University Independent Variable: Chronic Kidney Disease Dependent Variable: Cardiovascular Disease Hypothesis: Patients with severe Chronic Kidney Disease who may require renal replacement therapy (RRT) either dialysis or renal transplantation have a increased risk ofdeveloping Cardiovascular Disease Background: Chronic
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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a medical condition that affects the blood vessels. One main cause of the peripheral vascular disease is diabetes. Therefore‚ being diagnosed with diabetes will increase a person’s chances of developing PVD later on in life. Type 2 diabetes occurs in individuals that have had a long history of medical symptoms such as obesity‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ and insulin resistance. After a period of time without treatment‚ there is a buildup of medical
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the Malvern area. He is a vegetarian and has an allergy to penicillin. Current Medical conditions: -Heart Disease: is wear the vassals are narrowed or blocked that can lead to things Like a heart attack‚ angina and even strokes (Mayoclinicorg‚ 2016) -Hearing Loss: is loss of hearing to one or both ears this can be rapid or slow(Mayoclinicorg‚ 2016) -late onset dementia in Alzheimer’s disease -Depression: is the consent state of the feeling of a low mood that can affect your day to day life it affects
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Approximately one third of the patients have Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) with diabetes mellitus. Patients who have type 2 diabetes mellitus have a higher risk of developing Peripheral Artery Disease and macrovascular disease. When Peripheral Artery Disease has developed in a patient with diabetes‚ prognosis in a patient is very poor. Over a 5-year period approximately 4 % of the patients experience limb loss‚ 20 % have myocardial infarction or stroke and 30 % die. A huge majority of (75 % to
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1) Tay Sachs disease is one of many lysosomal storage diseases‚ this is caused by the lysosomes inability to produce certain enzymes needed to breakdown macromolecules. In Tay Sachs‚ the lysosome is unable to produce the enzyme beta-hexosaminidase A‚ which breaks down gangliosides within brain cells. Tay Sachs predominantly affects infants‚ and unfortunately there is no cure‚ symptoms include seizures‚ deafness‚ progressive blindness‚ and muscle stiffness. Gaucher disease is caused by the inability
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Embolism Two well-recognized exceptions to the general observationthat isolated AI occlusive disease does not result in CLI arisein the context of embolic disease. Large thrombo-emboli thatarise from a cardiac or other proximal source and lodge at theaortic bifurcation‚ referred to as saddle emboli‚ can lead toprofound acute bilateral lower extremity ischemia (blue toe syndrome).(Wingo et al‚ 1986) In contrast‚ occurs when atheroscleroticdebris breaks free from an aortic or iliac plaque andembolizes
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Coronary Heart Disease is a cardiovascular disease which is the leading cause of death in high income countries and causes more than 73‚000 deaths in the UK each year. Approximately 1 in 10 women and 1 in 6 men die from CHD‚ although the chances become similar from the age of fifty. (Nhs.uk‚ 2016) CHD is caused by a gradual build up of fatty material called Atheroma within the walls of the coronary arteries‚ which supply the heart with oxygen rich blood. This causes the arteries to become narrow
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